OPEN GNN RADIO MINI PLAYERThe Corales Puntacana Championship is the PGA Tour's Dominican Republic event on the schedule, with the host course proving as a worthy site for the tour. The event is an opposite-field tournament, often played against the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play.
The Corales Puntacana Championship became a PGA Tour event in 2018, known then as the Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship. It was hosted in 2020 in September, pushed back from its traditional date and treated as a standard PGA Tour event.
The event is young, but it has crowned respected champions.
Three different players have won the tournament in its three-year history.
Corales Puntacana Championship format
The Corales Puntacana Championship is played over four days, and there is a cut for the qualifying field.
The field of 120 is reduced to the top 65 players and ties for the final two rounds of the event. At the end of the 72-hole event, the lowest score wins.
Corales Puntacana Championship host courses
- 2018–present: Corales Golf Club
Corales Puntacana Championship past sponsors
The Corales Puntacana Championship has had one sponsor over the years:
- Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship: 2018-2021
- Corales Puntacana Championship: 2022-present
Corales Puntacana Championship history & results
| YEAR | WINNER | TOT | TO PAR | BY | MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Chad Ramey | 271 | −17 | 1 | $666,000 |
| 2021 | Joel Dahmen | 276 | −12 | 1 | $540,000 |
| 2020 | Hudson Swafford | 270 | −18 | 1 | $720,000 |
| 2019 | Graeme McDowell | 270 | −18 | 1 | $540,000 |
| 2018 | Brice Garnett | 270 | −18 | 4 | $540,000 |
