Corales Puntacana Championship

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
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$3,700,000
Month playedMarch
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Dominic Bozzelli (2016)
To par−24 as above
Current champion
Chad Ramey
Location Map
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

YearTour[lower-alpha 1]WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Corales Puntacana Championship
2022PGAT Chad Ramey271−171 stroke Ben Martin
Alex Smalley
Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship
2021PGAT Joel Dahmen276−121 stroke Rafael Campos
Sam Ryder
2020PGAT Hudson Swafford270−181 stroke Tyler McCumber
2019PGAT Graeme McDowell270−181 stroke Mackenzie Hughes
Chris Stroud
2018PGAT Brice Garnett270−184 strokes Keith Mitchell
2017WEB Nate Lashley[lower-alpha 2]268−201 stroke Augusto Núñez
2016WEB Dominic Bozzelli[lower-alpha 2]264−244 strokes Blake Adams
Roberto Díaz
Sam Ryder
  1. PGAT − PGA Tour; WEB − Web.com Tour.
  2. Player graduated to the PGA Tour via the Web.com Tour regular-season money list.

References

  1. "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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