2025 Puerto Rico Open format, cut rules and PGA Tour playoff format
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2025 Puerto Rico Open format, cut rules and PGA Tour playoff format

A photo of golfer Matt Wallace MUNICH, GERMANY - JUNE 21: Matt Wallace of England looks down the 11th hole during day two of the BMW International Open at Golfclub Munchen Eichenried on June 21, 2019 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)


The 2025 Puerto Rico Open format remains unchanged this year, with the PGA Tour event played at Grand Reserve Golf Club in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.

The 2025 Puerto Rico Open field is 132 players.

The Puerto Rico Open field is made up of a variety of players, namely a large number of players who finished in the top 125 in last season's FedEx Cup standings. Korn Ferry Tour, DP World Tour and Q-School grads are also in the field.

Puerto Rico Open format

The Puerto Rico Open format is a 72-hole event. The field is divided into morning and afternoon waves for the first two rounds, with players competing in threesomes each day. The same threesomes play together in each of the first two rounds, with all groups playing together in the same window.

A cut is made after 36 holes to the top 65 players and ties. All players who make the field and make the cut are eligible to finish the event.

For the third and fourth rounds, the pairings and tee times are made based on each player's total score through two and three rounds, respectively. Players with the highest total score go first, then in descending order until the two players with the lowest total score in the final group.

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The player with the lowest total score after 72 holes is the winner and will earn the 2025 Puerto Rico Open winner's share of the purse.

The winning player will get a two-season PGA Tour exemption. The winner is exempt into other tournaments as well. The winner earns 300 FedEx Cup points and 22 Official World Golf Ranking points.

Puerto Rico Open playoff format

A playoff to settle any ties after 72 holes will be played under PGA Tour rules. The Puerto Rico Open playoff format is a sudden-death format, with playoff holes being 18 played in a loop, played by any qualifying players. The players compete hole-by-hole until a winner is determined by a player scoring the lowest among the remaining players.

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