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 La Altagracia province.

Corales Puntacana Championship
Tournament information
LocationPunta Cana, La Altagracia, Dominican Republic
Established2016
Course(s)Corales Golf Club
Par72
Length7,670 yards (7,010 m)[1]
Tour(s)PGA Tour (alternate event)
Web.com Tour (2016–2017)
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$4,000,000
Month playedMarch
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Dominic Bozzelli (2016)
To par−24 as above
Current champion
United States Billy Horschel
Location map
Corales GC is located in the Dominican Republic
Corales GC
Corales GC
Location in the Dominican Republic

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 2018.[1] 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]

Winners

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Year Tour[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Corales Puntacana Championship
2024 PGAT   Billy Horschel 265 −23 2 strokes   Wesley Bryan
2023 PGAT   Matt Wallace 269 −19 1 stroke   Nicolai Højgaard
2022 PGAT   Chad Ramey 271 −17 1 stroke   Ben Martin
  Alex Smalley
Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship
2021 PGAT   Joel Dahmen 276 −12 1 stroke   Rafael Campos
  Sam Ryder
2020 PGAT   Hudson Swafford 270 −18 1 stroke   Tyler McCumber
2019 PGAT   Graeme McDowell 270 −18 1 stroke   Mackenzie Hughes
  Chris Stroud
2018 PGAT   Brice Garnett 270 −18 4 strokes   Keith Mitchell
2017 WEB   Nate Lashley[b] 268 −20 1 stroke   Augusto Núñez
2016 WEB   Dominic Bozzelli[b] 264 −24 4 strokes   Blake Adams
  Roberto Díaz
  Sam Ryder

Notes

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  1. ^ PGAT − PGA Tour; WEB − Web.com Tour.
  2. ^ a b Player graduated to the PGA Tour via the Web.com Tour regular-season money list.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship". ESPN. March 25, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
  2. ^ "New event in Dominican Republic". PGA Tour. October 28, 2015.
  3. ^ "Puntacana tournament transitioning to the PGA Tour in 2018". PGA Tour. April 18, 2017.
  4. ^ Boone, Kyle (September 2, 2020). "PGA Tour releases 2020-21 schedule with 50 total events, most in a season since 1975". CBS Sports. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
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