Corales Puntacana Championship | |
Location: | Punta Cana, La Altagracia, Dominican Republic |
Establishment: | 2016 |
Course: | Corales Golf Club |
Par: | 72 |
Yardage: | 7670yd[1] |
Tour: | PGA Tour (alternate event) Web.com Tour (2016–2017) |
Format: | Stroke play |
Month Played: | March |
Aggregate: | 264 Dominic Bozzelli (2016) |
To-Par: | −24 as above |
Current Champion: | Billy Horschel |
Map: | Dominican Republic |
Map Label: | Corales GC |
Map Relief: | yes |
Map Size: | 200 |
Coordinates: | 18.565°N -68.34°W |
The Corales Puntacana Championship is a golf tournament in the Dominican Republic on the PGA Tour, formerly on the Web.com Tour. It was first played in 2016 at the Puntacana Resort and Club,[2] on the east coast in the province.
After two years as a Web.com Tour event, it transitioned to a PGA Tour alternate event (opposite the WGC Match Play in Texas), starting in March The first PGA Tour event held in the Dominican Republic, it is similar in rewards to other alternate events: 300 FedEx Cup points for the winner, a two-year tour exemption, 24 OWGR points, but no invitation to the Masters Tournament.[3]
The inaugural event in 2016 was held in early June, then moved to early May in 2017.
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 tournament was postponed until September when it was part of the 2020–21 PGA Tour season. It was also elevated to full FedEx Cup point event status, with the winner receiving a 2021 Masters Tournament invitation.[4]
Year | Tour | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | |
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Corales Puntacana Championship | |||||||
2024 | 265 | −23 | 2 strokes | Wesley Bryan | |||
2023 | 269 | −19 | 1 stroke | Nicolai Højgaard | |||
2022 | 271 | −17 | 1 stroke | Ben Martin Alex Smalley | |||
Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship | |||||||
2021 | 276 | −12 | 1 stroke | Rafael Campos Sam Ryder | |||
2020 | 270 | −18 | 1 stroke | Tyler McCumber | |||
2019 | 270 | −18 | 1 stroke | Mackenzie Hughes Chris Stroud | |||
2018 | 270 | −18 | 4 strokes | Keith Mitchell | |||
2017 | 268 | −20 | 1 stroke | Augusto Núñez | |||
2016 | 264 | −24 | 4 strokes | Blake Adams Roberto Díaz Sam Ryder |