Última atualização em 20 de março de 2023 19h45 por 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
Probabilidades de vitória: +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: 48º
Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR): 100º
Probabilidades de vitória: +1900
O atual 100º melhor jogador do mundo, segundo o Ranking Mundial Oficial de Golfe, chega à República Dominicana com grandes expectativas e sérias possibilidades de voltar a vencer o torneio.
Dahmen venceu a edição 2020-2021 e vem subindo no ranking internacional desde então. Este será seu sexto ano no PGA Tour dando-lhe a experiência necessária para manter a calma nos momentos mais difíceis do percurso de mais de 7.000 metros.
Será interessante ver a competição com Wyndham Clark e Chad Ramey, que tentarão renovar o título do Campeonato Corales Puntacana.
Campeonato Corales Puntacana – Favoritos – 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
Probabilidades de vitória: +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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