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Sunday 20 April 2025PGA TourYear in Review
Higgo wins Corales Puntacana Championship
Corales Golf Course, Puntacana Resort & Club, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic · Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 April 2025 · Garrick Higgo’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $4,000,000 USD · Corales
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 31 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 83° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/24°C · wind 11 km/h E, gusts 24 · 2.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R229°/24°C · wind 23 km/h NNE, gusts 41 · 2.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/24°C · wind 26 km/h NE, gusts 47 · 3.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/24°C · wind 29 km/h NE, gusts 53 · 1.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Joel Dahmen USA · 275Led since the first round; closed with 76 including bogeys on the last three holes (16-18) Golf Today
- Alejandro Tosti ARG · 275Closed with 68 to post 13 under, one short ESPN leaderboard
- Keith Mitchell USA · 275Closed with 71, one short ESPN leaderboard
- Jeremy Paul GER · 275Closed with 72, one short ESPN leaderboard
- Michael Thorbjornsen USA · 275Closed with 73, one short ESPN leaderboard
132 started · cut -3, 71 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Corales Puntacana Championship
Puntacana Resort & Club, Corales Golf Course, Corales Golf Course, Puntacana Resort & Club, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Garrick Higgo
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Puntacana Resort & Club press release
20 April 2025
I truly feel for Joel, who is a great friend. I would have preferred to win under different circumstances, but that's the nature of golf.
Golf Today
21 April 2025
It was definitely hard to take finishing 135 on the FedEx last year, but like this is unbelievable and this is why I play the game.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garrick Higgo | 64 · 68 · 70 · 72 | 274 | −14 |
| T2 | Alejandro Tosti | 68 · 67 · 72 · 68 | 275 | −13 |
| T2 | Keith Mitchell | 64 · 69 · 71 · 71 | 275 | −13 |
| T2 | Jeremy Paul | 66 · 70 · 67 · 72 | 275 | −13 |
| T2 | Michael Thorbjornsen | 69 · 63 · 70 · 73 | 275 | −13 |
| T2 | Joel Dahmen | 62 · 66 · 71 · 76 | 275 | −13 |
| T7 | Vince Whaley | 67 · 70 · 66 · 73 | 276 | −12 |
| T7 | Chan Kim | 67 · 66 · 69 · 74 | 276 | −12 |
| T9 | Matti Schmid | 67 · 72 · 69 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| T9 | Charley Hoffman | 66 · 66 · 74 · 71 | 277 | −11 |
| T9 | Ben Martin | 68 · 68 · 67 · 74 | 277 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1999-05-12, Johannesburg, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 2019; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 262 that week (OWGR rankBefore for the Corales Puntacana week, OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet