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As 69 top players of the PGA Tour play at the Harbour Town Golf Links, another set of 132 have also teed up at the Corales Puntacana Championship. This field is filled with many lower-ranked and unrecognized talents who will have a chance to get their maiden victory on the PGA Tour with added benefits.

The prize purse for the field playing at the Puntacana Resort and Club’s Coral Golf Club might not be that hefty as compared to the $20 million pool compared to the RBC Heritage played at Hilton Head Island. But it has nonetheless been elevated, nonetheless. By the end of round four on Sunday, only one will take the thousands of dollars home!

Prize money breakdown of Corales Puntacana Championship

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Last year, Matt Wallace gave Nicolai Hojgaard a run for his game and eventually defeated him by two strokes. Currently, at the Corales Golf Club, neither the last-year champion nor the runner-up will be there on Sunday to enjoy the increased prize purse.

Wallace didn’t participate and the Dane pro missed the 4 under cutline. So, amiss was the opportunity to grab the $720,000 payout of the winner of the Corales Puntacana Championship from the $4 million total prize money. Interestingly, it was elevated by $200,000 from last year’s $3.8 million.

Fun fact: The prize money for the Corales Puntacana Championship is also only $400,000 less than what the winner of RBC Heritage will be getting, which is $3.6 million.

1st$720,000
2nd$436,000
3rd$276,000
4th$196,000
5th$164,000
6th$145,000
7th$135,000
8th$125,000
9th$117,000
10th$109,000
11th$101,000
12th$93,000
13th$85,000
14th$77,000
15th$73,000
16th$69,000
17th$65,000
18th$61,000
19th$57,000
20th$53,000
21st$49,000.
22nd$45,000
23rd$41,800
24th$38,600
25th$35,400
26th$32,200
27th$31,000
28th$29,800
29th$28,600
30th$27,400
31st$26,200
32nd$25,000
33rd$23,800
34th$22,800
35th$21,800
36th$20,800
37th$19,800
38th$19,000
39th$18,200
40th$17,400
41st$16,600
42nd$15,800
43rd$15,000
44th$14,200
45th$13,400
46th$12,600
47th$11,800
48th$11,160
49th$10,600
50th$10,280
51st$10,040
52nd$9,800
53rd$9,640
54th$9,480
55th$9,400
56th$9,320
57th$9,240
58th$9,160
59th$9,080
60th$9,000
61st$8,920
62nd$8,840
63rd$8,760
64th$8,680
65th$8,600

Other than this, the winner will also receive 300 FedExCup points and 24.18793 Official World Golf Ranking points, which will catapult their rankings to a better position. As the top-ranked golfer aka Hojgaard (34th), is out of the Corales field, it has given other golfers a chance to take the lead.

Who are the top golfers in contention at the Corales Puntacana Championship?

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The solo leader after the end of the moving day at the Corales Golf Club is Wesley Bryan, as he shot a round of 2 under 70 to hold his lead at the Corales Puntacana Championship. Bryan has only one victory so far in his career on the PGA Tour. The 32-year-old won the 2017 RBC Heritage.

So at Corales, winning feels like shooting two birds with one stone. First, he will be getting his redemption as he missed the 2024 RBC Heritage and second, he will win after seven years since his last victory, if he continues to play well. To Bryan, the win doesn’t hold as much grandeur rather the performance he has pulled through. He expressed, “First, last, doesn’t matter, it’s been a heck of a week so far.”

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Taking this victory might not be as easy because many, like Kevin Tway, the solo second, are following in a similar pursuit of breaking a winless drought or like Taylor Pendrith and Justin Lower; both T3, are waiting to taste a maiden win. It shall be seen who will come out victorious at the Corales Puntacana Championship.