Corales Puntacana Championship

Corales Puntacana Championship
Tournament information
LocationPunta Cana, La Altagracia, Dominican Republic
Established2016
CourseCorales Golf Course
Par72
Length7,670 yards (7,010 m)[1]
ToursPGA Tour (alternate event)
European Tour
Web.com Tour (2016–2017)
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$4,000,000
Month playedJuly
WebsiteOfficial website
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Dominic Bozzelli (2016)
To par−24 as above
Current champion
Italy Stefano Mazzoli
Location map
Corales GC is located in the Dominican Republic
Corales GC
Corales GC
Location in the Dominican Republic

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 Corales Golf Course in Puntacana Resort and Club,[2] on the east coast in the La Altagracia 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 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]

The tournament was moved to an April date for the 2024 PGA Tour season, played as an "Additional" event in the same week as the RBC Heritage.[5]

Winners

YearTour(s)[a]WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Corales Puntacana Championship
2026EUR, PGATItaly Stefano Mazzoli268−201 strokeEngland Todd Clements
United States Gordon Sargent
2025PGATSouth Africa Garrick Higgo274−141 strokeUnited States Joel Dahmen
United States Keith Mitchell
Germany Jeremy Paul
United States Michael Thorbjornsen
Argentina Alejandro Tosti
2024PGATUnited States Billy Horschel265−232 strokesUnited States Wesley Bryan
2023PGATEngland Matt Wallace269−191 strokeDenmark Nicolai Højgaard
2022PGATUnited States Chad Ramey271−171 strokeUnited States Ben Martin
United States Alex Smalley
Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship
2021PGATUnited States Joel Dahmen276−121 strokePuerto Rico Rafael Campos
United States Sam Ryder
2020PGATUnited States Hudson Swafford270−181 strokeUnited States Tyler McCumber
2019PGATNorthern Ireland Graeme McDowell270−181 strokeCanada Mackenzie Hughes
United States Chris Stroud
2018PGATUnited States Brice Garnett270−184 strokesUnited States Keith Mitchell
2017WEBUnited States Nate Lashley[b]268−201 strokeArgentina Augusto Núñez
2016WEBUnited States Dominic Bozzelli[b]264−244 strokesUnited States Blake Adams
Mexico Roberto Díaz
United States Sam Ryder

Notes

  1. ↑ EUR − European Tour; PGAT − PGA Tour; WEB − Web.com Tour.
  2. 1 2 Player graduated to the PGA Tour via the Web.com Tour regular-season money list.

References

  1. 1 2 "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.
  5. ↑ "PGA Tour unveils 2024 FedExCup Season, including eight Signature Events". PGA Tour. August 7, 2023. Retrieved April 15, 2025.