Are you ready for a first time PGA Tour winner? It could happen this weekend at the Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship. The young event, formerly a Web.com Tour tournament, has only been on the PGA schedule for a few years. Because of the Pandemic, it has gained importance with it’s rescheduled September date.
In the past, the Corales was an alternative tournament held at the same time as a WGC stroke play match. A two-year exemption was handed to the winner, some OWGR points, but no invitation to the Masters. That’s different this time around. A Masters invite will be extended to the winner.
That means a whole lot of PGA regulars, such as Bryson Dechambeau who nailed down his first Major by dominating the field at Winged Foot, will be absent. That will be true for the next few events until the rescheduled Masters rolls around in early November.
That opens the door for a large number of players to grab their first Tour wins with many looking to make their way from the Korn Ferry Tour to the PGA.
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That starts with players such as Will Zalatoris at +1200 who carded his first Korn Ferry Tour win earlier this year at the TPC Colorado Championship. Zalatoris is the favorite to win outright – here’s how the top-five favorites come line up.
Will Zalatoris +1200
Mackenzie Hughes +1400
Corey Conners +1400
Sam Burns +1800
Adam Long +2000
Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship Preview
Where: Punta Cana, La Altagracia, Dominican Republic
Course: Corales Golf Club, est. 2016
Par: 72
Length: 7,670
When: Sept 24-27, 2020
Purse: $3.2 million
TV Coverage: Golf Channel
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Corales Golf Club takes full advantage of the natural oceanside beauty of the Dominican Republic. The course is open with rolling terrain and natural hazards ranging from water to rock outcroppings. The three-hole final stretch is known as the “Devils Elbow” because of tight turns along the seaside.
The course plays long, 7,600 yards, and has two par-five holes stretching over 620 yards long. Greens are medium to large with undulations but relatively large landing areas. Pin placement should not be too tricky. Sometimes ocean winds can come into play which could pose a problem to players that can’t drive the ball low.
2020 Corales Puntacana Championship Betting Tips
Mackenzie Hughes +1400
Mackenzie Hughes suffered through a long stretch of missed cuts this past year – nine total. Since then, he’s gotten his swing back and finished with four top-ten runs including sole 14th at the Tour Championship. The week prior he finished T10 at the BMW. Hughes is coming into this tournament on a high note. He finished T2 here last year.
Charles Howell III +2500
Charles Howell III has three Tour victories and could easily add a fourth at Corales Golf Club. He finished the U.S. Open 30th and has jumped into the 80s on the OWGR list. He finished T3 at the 3M Open and followed that up with an opening-round 66 a few weeks later at the Northern Trust.
Graeme McDowell +5000
You have to give some love to Graeme McDowell as he’s the defending champion of this event. Plus he’s at +5000 which makes him attractive even more. He carved up Corales last year going 18 under while besting Mackenzie Hughes and Chris Stroud by one stroke for the win.
Others I Like
Henrik Stenson + Luke List: Henrik Stenson (+2500) can add to his PGA Tour wins – of which he has six. Stenson missed the cut at the U.S. Open after a surprisingly rough first two rounds. Luke List (+4500) has a game made for this type of golf course. List can put his wedges to work around the greens.
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2020 Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship Odds
Will Zalatoris +1200
Mackenzie Hughes +1400
Corey Conners +1400
Sam Burns +1800
Adam Long +2000
Emiliano Grillo +2500
Charles Howell III +2500
Henrik Stenson +2500
Denny McCarthy +2800
Kristoffer Ventura +3300
Thomas Detry +3300
Pat Perez +3500
Sepp Straka +3500
Matthias Schwab +4000
Charley Hoffman +4000
Adam Schenk +4000
Branden Grace +4000
Henrik Norlander +4000
Brian Stuard +4000
Luke List +4500
Xinjun Zhang +5000
Kyle Stanley +5000
Patrick Rodgers +5000
Matt Jones +5000
Graeme McDowell +5000
Brice Garnett +5500
Jhonattan Vegas +6000
Will Gordon +6000
Keith Mitchell +6000
Chris Kirk +6600
James Hahn +6600
Doug Ghim +7500
Bo Hoag +8000
Beau Hossler +8000
Seamus Power +8000
Cameron Percy +8000
Kurt Kitayama +8000
Sam Ryder +8000
Kevin Chappell +8000
Kyoung-Hoon Lee +10000
Ben Martin +10000
Rob Oppenheim +10000
Matthew Nesmith +10000
Patton Kizzire +10000
C T Pan +10000
Joseph Bramlett +10000
Chris Baker +10000
Peter Uihlein +10000
Wes Roach +10000
JJ Spaun +10000
Vaughn Taylor +12500
Chris Stroud +12500
Ryan Armour +12500
Roger Sloan +12500
Tim Wilkinson +12500
Brandon Hagy +12500
Scott Harrington +12500
Nate Lashley +12500
Mark Anderson +12500
Akshay Bhatia +12500
Vincent Whaley +12500
Bronson Burgoon +12500
David Hearn +12500
Fabian Gomez +12500
Justin Suh +12500
Peter Malnati +15000
Anirban Lahiri +15000
Kiradech Aphibarnrat +15000
Josh Teater +15000
Hank Lebioda +15000
D J Trahan +15000
Chase Seiffert +15000
Martin Laird +15000
Ryan Brehm +15000
Scott Brown +15000
Aaron Baddeley +15000
Kelly Kraft +15000
Kevin Tway +17500
Michael Gligic +17500
Grayson Murray +20000
Hudson Swafford +20000
Jonathan Byrd +20000
Bill Haas +20000
Zac Blair +20000
Ricky Barnes +20000
Roberto Diaz +20000
Jamie Lovemark +20000
Kramer Hickok +20000
Zack Sucher +25000
Johnson Wagner +25000
Sean O’Hair +25000
Tyler McCumber +25000
Ryan Blaum +25000
Gavin Hall +25000
Shawn Stefani +25000
David Lingmerth +25000
Robert Streb +25000
Rhein Gibson +25000
Matt Every +25000
George McNeill +25000
Alex Cejka +25000
