Last Updated on March 20, 2023 7:45 pm by Erwin Noguera
The small white ball, with the perfect dents, will be rolled again on the grass in the Dominican Republic, next Thursday (23rd), at the start of the Corales Puntacana Championship, which brings together great golf players from all over the world.
The tournament will be held at the Puntacana Resort and Club, in the beautiful province of La Altagracia, where the event has been held since its first edition in 2016. With a length of approximately seven thousand meters, players will have plenty of time and possibilities to show their potential in this great tournament.
Americans Chad Ramey, Joel Dahmen, and Hudson Swafford were the last three winners of the competition. There is, again, a lot of anticipation about Chad Ramey, but the competition should be even fiercer this year.
The games will start on Thursday the 23rd and end on Sunday the 26th.
Corales Puntacana Championship – Favorites – Wyndham Clark
Birthplace: Denver, CO
Age: 29
Top 10 Finishes: 12
Events Played: 129
PGA Tour Wins: 0
International Wins: 0
FedEx Ranking: 39th
Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR): 90th
Moneyline odds: +1075
The young American Wyndham Clark has been appointed as one of the favorites to win the tournament, mainly due to his recent participation in international tournaments and, mainly, for being better positioned than his opponents in the main rankings: FedEx and OWGR.
Although he has never won the Corales Puntacana Championship before, the expectation is that Wyndham will be able to crown his good performances with the title, having 12 times ended the tournaments in the top 10 players.
Corales Puntacana Championship – Favorites – Joel Dahmen
Birthplace: Clarkson, WA
Age: 35
Top 10 Finishes: 20
Events Played: 162
PGA Tour Wins: 1
International Wins: 0
FedEx Ranking: 48th
Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR): 100th
Moneyline odds: +1900
The current 100th-best player in the world, according to the Official World Golf Ranking, arrives in the Dominican Republic with great expectations and serious possibilities of winning the tournament again.
Dahmen won the 2020-2021 edition and has been rising in the international rankings ever since. This will be his sixth year on the PGA Tour, giving him the experience he needs to stay calm through the toughest moments on the 7,000-plus-meter course.
It will be interesting to see the competition with Wyndham Clark and Chad Ramey, who will try to renew the Corales Puntacana Championship title.
Corales Puntacana Championship – Favorites – Chad Ramey
Birthplace: Fulton, MS
Age: 30
Top 10 Finishes: 2
Events Played: 46
PGA Tour Wins: 1
International Wins: 0
FedEx Ranking: 139th
Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR): 199th
Moneyline odds: +3700
Chad Ramey will have to play even better than when he won the tournament if he wants to dispel people’s distrust of his chances of winning this year’s edition. This year’s tournament looks even tougher as higher-ranked players have been invited and many more experienced golfers will be in attendance.
Ramey’s advantage will certainly come from his knowledge of the course, as he was the last to win the tournament. Even so, the task of defending the title will not be easy, as he will face players who have already played in a large number of tournaments and collected millions in prize money in their careers.
Betting Favorites
From the scenario presented, we believe that the tournament will be incredible and that there will be many changes in leadership in the first days. However, the three mentioned above are the big favorites:
1. Wyndham Clark, young and promising, who has been to many finals in recent years;
2. Joe Dahmen, an experienced player who won the competition a few years ago;
3. Chad Ramey, the last tournament winner.
We believe that Joe Dahmen is more prepared to take the title. If you put $100 on Joe Dahmen’s win, you could get $1925 out of a total payout of $2025.
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