PGA First Look: Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship

by Derek Farnsworth (Notorious) Last Updated 2018-03-27 13:29:05

The PGA First Look is complete with a course preview, odds, salaries, Official World Golf Rankings, and course history.

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How great was the Arnold Palmer Invitational? More importantly, how great is the state of golf right now? Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy, and Tiger Woods were all question marks heading into the season and they are now big threats to take home the green jacket next month. We have an interesting week of golf on tap, as we have the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play and the Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship. DraftKings created a new scoring system for the match play event and will offer contests for both tournaments, while FanDuel and FantasyDraft will only have contests for the stroke play event in the Dominican Republic. We will focus on the stroke play event in the First Look, but will include WGC picks in most of our premium content.

While this is the first time that this course has hosted a PGA Tour event, it did host Web.com events in each of the last two seasons. If you are looking for course history, there are two years of data that we can use. I would typically say that we shouldn’t put much stock into a Web.com event, but this week’s field is basically as strong as most Web.com events. The Corales Golf Course is a Par 72 that measures 7,668 yards. It is a beautiful resort-style course that is set among cliffs, quarries, and ocean coves. Six of the holes are oceanside, which creates some amazing views for the visitors and for those watching on television. Speaking of television, Tony Romo is in the field.

We don’t know a ton about how the course plays, but the fairways are extremely wide and forgiving. The greens are made of Paspalum grass and by all accounts are in great shape. Being next to the ocean, wind can play a big factor. However, judging by the winning scores from the last two years (20-under and 24-under), we should expect a lot of birdies. The cut will likely end up being in the five to seven-under range. The course is relatively flat and appears to be a bomber’s paradise. If you can find a bomber that can putt (might be hard to do in this field), you should be in good shape. I’m not going to overthink this tournament. I will be targeting strong tee to green golfers that can make birdies.

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Cut Rule:Top 70 and ties will move on after the first two rounds.

Recent Winners of this Event:Nate Lashley (2017), Dominic Bozzelli (2016)

Key Statistics (In Order of Importance)

1) Strokes Gained Approach
2) Strokes Gained Off the Tee
3) Birdie or Better %
4) Par 5 Scoring
5) Driving Distance

Hole by Hole Breakdown

Salaries, Odds, and Course History (2013-2017)

Golfer	DK Salary	FD Salary	FDRFT Salary	OWGR	Odds	DK Odds	FD Odds	FDRFT Odds	2017	2016
Emiliano Grillo	$11,600	$11,700	$17,200	75	10	0%	75%	0%	500	500
Scott Piercy	$11,200	$11,900	$16,300	129	18	-50%	0%	0%	500	500
Jim Furyk	$10,800	$12,100	$16,400	181	18	33%	0%	0%	500	500
Rory Sabbatini	$10,400	$10,900	$16,000	189	24	-50%	33%	-20%	500	500
Patrick Rodgers	$10,000	$11,500	$16,100	134	19	20%	20%	0%	500	500
Graeme McDowell	$9,800	$12,200	$16,000	200	22	17%	-400%	0%	500	500
Paul Dunne	$9,600	$9,500	$15,600	84	31	-14%	56%	0%	500	500
Chris Wood	$9,400	$11,300	$15,800	95	27	13%	-17%	0%	500	500
Corey Conners	$9,100	$11,000	$15,000	517	42	-67%	-88%	-25%	53	500
Robert Garrigus	$9,000	$9,900	$15,100	217	38	-10%	31%	0%	500	500
Fabrizio Zanotti	$8,900	$10,400	$14,600	109	50	-73%	-58%	-19%	500	500
Trey Mullinax	$8,800	$11,200	$15,200	316	34	17%	-43%	0%	500	11
Harris English	$8,700	$10,800	$15,600	215	31	38%	20%	0%	500	500
Kelly Kraft	$8,600	$10,300	$15,000	190	40	7%	0%	-8%	500	500
Seungsu Han	$8,500	$7,200	$14,400	85	50	-27%	80%	5%	500	500
Retief Goosen	$8,400	$8,900	$14,300	344	51	-38%	29%	4%	500	500
David Lingmerth	$8,300	$9,400	$15,000	169	41	18%	30%	-17%	500	500
Troy Merritt	$8,200	$9,100	$14,500	376	52	-28%	12%	-35%	500	500
JT Poston	$8,100	$9,100	$14,000	342	63	-42%	-4%	4%	500	55
Kevin Tway	$8,000	$9,400	$15,000	221	40	40%	40%	0%	500	11
Abraham Ancer	$7,900	$8,000	$14,500	232	48	19%	73%	0%	41	500
Sam Ryder	$7,800	$9,000	$14,300	318	57	-14%	11%	-9%	12	2
Harold Varner	$7,800	$9,700	$14,400	180	51	5%	-24%	-5%	500	500
Derek Fathauer	$7,700	$9,500	$14,500	264	48	33%	11%	6%	500	500
Robert Streb	$7,700	$8,700	$13,900	201	69	-33%	22%	-3%	500	500
Martin Flores	$7,600	$8,900	$13,900	282	64	-12%	6%	6%	500	87
Roberto Diaz	$7,600	$7,500	$13,700	541	70	-27%	60%	6%	84	2
Andres Romero	$7,600	$8,700	$13,400	230	91	-69%	-7%	-13%	500	500
Seamus Power	$7,500	$10,000	$14,000	356	64	3%	-87%	0%	500	7
Adam Schenk	$7,500	$8,600	$13,900	285	70	-17%	28%	-10%	12	41
Keith Mitchell	$7,500	$9,000	$14,000	361	66	-3%	-7%	-7%	500	115
Daniel Summerhays	$7,500	$8,800	$13,800	234	74	-21%	0%	-3%	500	500
Nate Lashley	$7,400	$8,800	$14,300	292	54	27%	31%	-4%	1	500
Brice Garnett	$7,400	$8,100	$14,400	214	50	45%	70%	10%	75	500
Jonathan Byrd	$7,400	$8,700	$13,300	288	85	-27%	-2%	0%	30	500
Stephan Jaeger	$7,400	$9,200	$13,600	287	76	-9%	-50%	0%	84	11
Cameron Percy	$7,400	$8,200	$13,100	466	91	-36%	22%	0%	500	500
Joel Dahmen	$7,400	$8,800	$13,100	556	93	-39%	-31%	-2%	500	11
Cameron Tringale	$7,400	$8,600	$13,000	375	96	-48%	-4%	-4%	500	500
Alex Cejka	$7,300	$9,300	$14,100	225	62	35%	-18%	0%	500	500
Tom Lovelady	$7,300	$8,800	$13,300	304	88	-8%	-23%	-2%	DQ	500
Bronson Burgoon	$7,300	$8,200	$13,300	440	83	0%	31%	5%	500	500
Hunter Mahan	$7,300	$10,200	$12,900	641	96	-23%	-250%	-2%	500	500
Richy Werenski	$7,300	$8,600	$13,500	326	78	5%	19%	-3%	500	33
Michael Kim	$7,300	$8,800	$13,500	360	78	5%	-9%	-3%	500	500
Shawn Stefani	$7,300	$8,400	$12,300	398	132	-45%	-9%	-2%	500	500
Davis Love	$7,300	$9,200	$12,200	736	135	-50%	-150%	2%	500	500
Geoff Ogilvy	$7,300	$8,400	$12,200	370	141	-60%	-21%	-5%	500	500
George McNeill	$7,300	$8,000	$12,000		160	-78%	-11%	-4%	500	500
Lanto Griffin	$7,200	$8,700	$13,400	354	83	20%	2%	-3%	84	500
Matt Jones	$7,200	$8,900	$13,400	273	76	26%	-19%	5%	500	500
Ricky Barnes	$7,200	$8,800	$12,900	382	95	6%	-34%	2%	500	500
Johnson Wagner	$7,200	$8,700	$12,900	414	96	4%	-17%	0%	500	500
David Hearn	$7,200	$9,000	$12,700	371	111	-6%	-89%	0%	500	500
Rob Oppenheim	$7,200	$8,000	$12,900	250	98	-4%	19%	-8%	53	500
Fabian Gomez	$7,200	$8,500	$12,300	590	134	-18%	-16%	-4%	500	500
Denny McCarthy	$7,200	$7,800	$11,800	656	168	-46%	-1%	0%	500	500
Greg Chalmers	$7,200	$8,400	$12,000	456	161	-44%	-36%	-6%	500	123
Stuart Appleby	$7,200	$7,600	$11,700	686	191	-58%	0%	0%	500	500
Rafael Campos	$7,100	$10,600	$14,100	297	68	48%	-182%	-19%	3	78
Ryan Brehm	$7,100	$9,300	$12,000	527	160	-17%	-218%	-3%	500	41
J.J. Henry	$7,100	$7,900	$12,400	501	130	5%	16%	-4%	500	500
Zac Blair	$7,100	$8,600	$12,300	448	127	7%	-19%	2%	500	500
K.J. Choi	$7,100	$8,700	$12,600	699	119	10%	-32%	0%	500	500
Ben Crane	$7,100	$8,900	$12,200	463	140	-5%	-103%	-3%	500	500
Smylie Kaufman	$7,100	$7,900	$11,800	301	186	-25%	-10%	-3%	500	500
D.A. Points	$7,100	$8,300	$11,800	328	189	-28%	-38%	-5%	500	500
Tyler McCumber	$7,100	$7,000	$11,200	818	259	-45%	16%	-1%	500	500
Dru Love	$7,100	$8,100	$10,900		286	-55%	-52%	2%	500	500
Tyler Duncan	$7,000	$8,500	$12,900		96	30%	4%	-2%	3	33
Dou Zecheng	$7,000	$8,200	$12,000	425	155	4%	-16%	1%	16	500
Brett Stegmaier	$7,000	$8,300	$11,800	753	189	-10%	-38%	-5%	500	500
Steve Wheatcroft	$7,000	$7,400	$11,700	639	200	-14%	7%	-1%	500	500
Arjun Atwal	$7,000	$7,600	$12,200	384	143	7%	18%	-7%	500	500
Brian Davis	$7,000	$7,300	$11,300		227	-17%	8%	1%	500	500
Augusto Nunez	$7,000	$7,900	$12,200	483	136	11%	9%	-2%	2	500
Ken Duke	$7,000	$7,100	$11,100	959	255	-23%	10%	2%	500	500
Tim Herron	$7,000	$7,000	$11,100		273	-29%	13%	-2%	500	500
Zach Zaback	$7,000	$7,100	$10,400		420	-59%	-16%	-2%	500	500
Conrad Shindler	$7,000	$7,800	$11,800	433	186	-7%	-4%	-3%	97	500
Jonathan Kaye	$7,000	$7,000	$10,400		430	-61%	-10%	-4%	500	500
Jason Gore	$6,900	$7,000	$12,100	470	155	18%	35%	-2%	500	500
Andrew Putnam	$6,900	$8,000	$12,300	395	135	27%	6%	-5%	500	115
Matt Every	$6,900	$7,900	$12,400	784	126	33%	19%	0%	500	500
Eric Axley	$6,900	$8,100	$11,900	663	159	16%	-13%	4%	16	19
Ethan Tracy	$6,900	$7,700	$11,600	576	205	1%	-9%	0%	16	500
Angel Cabrera	$6,900	$7,700	$11,300	1078	232	-1%	-12%	0%	500	500
Mark Wilson	$6,900	$7,300	$11,100	1149	277	-11%	-2%	-3%	500	500
John Rollins	$6,900	$7,000	$10,900		305	-18%	6%	-2%	500	68
Trevor Immelman	$6,900	$7,000	$11,100		282	-12%	11%	-5%	500	500
Troy Matteson	$6,900	$7,200	$10,700		345	-27%	-12%	-1%	500	500
Rhadames Pena	$6,900	$7,000	$10,600		350	-28%	-2%	1%	500	500
Xin-Jun Zhang	$6,800	$7,700	$12,100		144	29%	11%	0%	500	500
Matt Atkins	$6,800	$7,500	$11,800	478	170	20%	10%	-1%	12	102
John Merrick	$6,800	$7,100	$10,900		305	-4%	-1%	-2%	41	33
D.J. Trahan	$6,800	$7,700	$10,800		340	-11%	-39%	-3%	500	500
John Daly	$6,800	$7,600	$11,100	1159	286	0%	-18%	-6%	500	500
Parker McLachlin	$6,800	$7,000	$11,100		264	5%	15%	0%	84	500
Daniel Chopra	$6,800	$7,000	$10,800	846	300	-3%	7%	4%	53	500
Marc Turnesa	$6,800	$7,100	$10,400		440	-23%	-19%	-5%	115	500
Matt Bettencourt	$6,800	$7,000	$10,700		313	-6%	4%	4%	500	500
Santiago Rivas	$6,800	$7,000	$10,300		535	-30%	-17%	-3%	500	51
Dicky Pride	$6,700	$7,700	$11,200	876	268	14%	-20%	-3%	142	500
Kyle Thompson	$6,700	$7,000	$11,300	402	247	17%	17%	-2%	75	41
Robert Allenby	$6,700	$7,000	$11,000	936	293	8%	8%	-1%	500	500
Tommy Gainey	$6,700	$7,400	$10,400		370	-3%	-23%	3%	136	500
Shaun Micheel	$6,700	$7,000	$10,400		422	-9%	-9%	-3%	107	500
Jason Bohn	$6,700	$7,000	$10,600	1083	380	-6%	-6%	-3%	500	500
Len Mattiace	$6,700	$7,000	$10,200		705	-23%	-23%	-2%	500	153
Heath Slocum	$6,700	$7,000	$10,700		370	-3%	-3%	-3%	500	500
Frank Lickliter	$6,700	$7,100	$10,200		550	-18%	-27%	2%	500	500
Willy Pumarol	$6,700	$7,200	$10,300		560	-19%	-32%	-4%	500	500
Vince India	$6,600	$7,000	$10,300		490	-4%	-15%	0%	123	136
Andrew Yun	$6,600	$7,000	$10,900	487	314	12%	3%	-5%	75	123
Brendon De Jonge	$6,600	$7,500	$10,400		390	3%	-34%	-1%	500	500
Andrew Filbert	$6,600	$7,000	$10,300		585	-10%	-20%	-5%	500	500
Dudley Hart	$6,600	$7,000	$10,200		635	-11%	-21%	-1%	500	500
Mike Weir	$6,600	$7,000	$10,400		450	-2%	-12%	-6%	500	500
Ted Purdy	$6,600	$7,100	$10,400		483	-4%	-22%	-7%	500	500
Tony Romo	$6,600	$7,300	$10,100		1150	-15%	-46%	-1%	500	500
George Riley	$6,600	$7,000	$10,100		1225	-16%	-27%	-2%	500	500
Hiram Silfa	$6,600	$7,000	$10,100		1450	-17%	-28%	-2%	500	500
Michael Bradley	$6,500	$7,100	$10,800		330	17%	-6%	-2%	500	500
Richard Johnson	$6,500		$11,400		238	32%		-2%	500	500
Cameron Beckman	$6,500	$7,000	$10,400		450	7%	-12%	-6%	500	500
Omar Uresti	$6,500	$7,300	$10,300		510	2%	-35%	-2%	500	500
Carl Pettersson	$6,500	$7,400	$10,900		318	18%	-17%	-6%	500	500
Brendon Todd	$6,500	$7,500	$10,600		375	12%	-32%	-2%	500	500
Robert Gamez	$6,500	$7,000	$10,100		825	-5%	-25%	0%	155	500
Steven Bowditch	$6,500	$7,000	$10,300		500	3%	-16%	-1%	500	500
Keith Clearwater	$6,500	$7,000	$10,200		750	-4%	-24%	-3%	500	500
Julio Santos	$6,500	$7,000	$10,200		640	-2%	-22%	-2%	500	500

Color Coding
Course history in BLUE indicates a top ten finish.
Course history in GREEN indicates a top 25 finish.
Course history in YELLOW indicates a made cut with a finish outside of the top 25.
Course history in RED indicates a missed cut.

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