PGA Preview: 2020 Corales Puntacana Championship Predictions

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