March 28-31
Corales Golf Club, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
$3,000,000
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4
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Australian Matt Jones set an early target with a six-under par 66 and ended Thursday in a three-way tie for the lead in the US PGA Tour's Corales Puntancana Resort Championship.
Jones hit 13 of 14 fairways and 15 greens in regulation as he fired seven birdies with one bogey in his opening effort.
He walked off the course with a three-stroke lead, but was joined on six-under at day's end by American Joel Dahmen and Ireland's Paul Dunne .
"I hit a lot of quality iron shots and got it close to the pin," said Jones, who is coming off a tie for 13th at the Valspar Championship.
He said he benefitted some from an early start, with the wind picking up in the afternoon.
"Six-under was a good score -- that was probably the worst score I could have shot today," Jones said.
Dahmen teed off on 10 and was one-under through 12 holes, but he roared home with birdies at five of his last six holes.
Dunne also opened on 10 and was one-under at the turn before making five birdies coming home.
The top trio was one stroke clear of South Korean Im Sung-jae in the tournament played opposite the elite WGC-Match Play in Austin, Texas.
Co-leader @MattJonesGolf is off to a great start at the @CoralesChamp.
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Watch highlights from his 6-under 66 on Thursday. pic.twitter.com/u9FZ8cl3Be
Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, making his third US PGA Tour start in the same event where he made his first last year, carded a seven-over 79.
Romo, who competed on a sponsor exemption, bogeyed three of his first four holes followed by a triple-bogey on the eighth. He was one-over on the back nine with a bogey at 13 and was unable to convert No. 8 to finish the front nine 6-over.
The 38-year-old was 1-over on the back nine with a bogey on No. 13.
Romo was unable to convert a birdie chance at the last.
"I think I played much better this year so far coming into the tournament than I did last year and I also think I've improved a lot in certain areas," said Romo, who was in the spotlight but also in third-from-last place. "But sometimes the score doesn't show that so there's disappointment with that I feel like.
"I think I'm going to play a little better tomorrow. There (are) some good signs of life."
Pos. |
Player | Nat |
To Par |
R1 |
T1 |
Matt Jones | AUS |
-6 |
66 |
T1 |
Joel Dahmen | USA |
-6 |
66 |
T1 |
Paul Dunne | IRL |
-6 |
66 |
4 |
Sung-Jae Im | KOR |
-5 |
67 |
T5 |
Roberto Diaz | MEX |
-4 |
68 |
T5 |
Sepp Straka | AUT |
-4 |
68 |
T5 |
Brady Schnell | USA |
-4 |
68 |
T5 |
Jonathan Byrd | USA |
-4 |
68 |
T5 |
Aaron Baddeley | AUS |
-4 |
68 |
T5 |
Sam Burns | USA |
-4 |
68 |
T11 |
D. J. Trahan | USA |
-3 |
69 |
T11 |
Jhonattan Vegas | VEN |
-3 |
69 |
T11 |
David Lingmerth | SWE |
-3 |
69 |
T11 |
Denny McCarthy | USA |
-3 |
69 |
T11 |
Seth Reeves | USA |
-3 |
69 |
T11 |
Parker McLachlin | USA |
-3 |
69 |
T11 |
Grayson Murray | USA |
-3 |
69 |
T11 |
Jim Herman | USA |
-3 |
69 |
T11 |
Mackenzie Hughes | CAN |
-3 |
69 |
T11 |
Alex Prugh | USA |
-3 |
69 |
T11 |
Rory Sabbatini | SVK |
-3 |
69 |
T11 |
Stephan Jaeger | GER |
-3 |
69 |
T23 |
Charlie Beljan | USA |
-2 |
70 |
T23 |
Kelly Kraft | USA |
-2 |
70 |
T23 |
Chris Couch | USA |
-2 |
70 |
T23 |
Brendon Todd | USA |
-2 |
70 |
T23 |
Brian Davis | ENG |
-2 |
70 |
T23 |
George McNeill | USA |
-2 |
70 |
T23 |
Chris Stroud | USA |
-2 |
70 |
T23 |
Matthew Every | USA |
-2 |
70 |
T23 |
Tyrone van Aswegen | RSA |
-2 |
70 |
T23 |
Johnson Wagner | USA |
-2 |
70 |
T23 |
Max Homa | USA |
-2 |
70 |
T23 |
Martin Piller | USA |
-2 |
70 |
T23 |
Ben Crane | USA |
-2 |
70 |
T23 |
Sang-Moon Bae | KOR |
-2 |
70 |
T23 |
Nate Lashley | USA |
-2 |
70 |
T23 |
Rafael Campos | PRI |
-2 |
70 |
T23 |
Carlos Ortiz | MEX |
-2 |
70 |
T23 |
Benjamin Silverman | CAN |
-2 |
70 |
T23 |
Jim Knous | USA |
-2 |
70 |
T23 |
Kyle Jones | USA |
-2 |
70 |
T43 |
Tyler Duncan | USA |
-1 |
71 |
T43 |
Brian Stuard | USA |
-1 |
71 |
T43 |
Jonas Blixt | SWE |
-1 |
71 |
T43 |
Harris English | USA |
-1 |
71 |
T43 |
Trey Mullinax | USA |
-1 |
71 |
T43 |
Kramer Hickok | USA |
-1 |
71 |
T43 |
Seung-Su Han | KOR |
-1 |
71 |
T43 |
Wes Roach | USA |
-1 |
71 |
T43 |
Adam Schenk | USA |
-1 |
71 |
T43 |
Kyoung-Hoon Lee | KOR |
-1 |
71 |
T43 |
J. J. Henry | USA |
-1 |
71 |
T43 |
Brice Garnett | USA |
-1 |
71 |
T43 |
Charl Schwartzel | RSA |
-1 |
71 |
T43 |
Joaquin Niemann | CHI |
-1 |
71 |
T43 |
John Chin | USA |
-1 |
71 |
T43 |
Dylan Frittelli | RSA |
-1 |
71 |
T43 |
Roger Sloan | CAN |
-1 |
71 |
T43 |
Hank Lebioda | USA |
-1 |
71 |
T43 |
Nick Hardy | USA |
-1 |
71 |
T43 |
Curtis Luck | AUS |
-1 |
71 |
T43 |
David Lipsky | USA |
-1 |
71 |
T43 |
Joey Garber | USA |
-1 |
71 |
T65 |
John Merrick | USA |
Par |
72 |
T65 |
Fredrik Jacobson | SWE |
Par |
72 |
T65 |
Chase Wright | USA |
Par |
72 |
T65 |
Chip McDaniel | USA |
Par |
72 |
T65 |
Thomas Detry | BEL |
Par |
72 |
T65 |
Jose de Jesus Rodriguez | MEX |
Par |
72 |
T65 |
David Hearn | CAN |
Par |
72 |
T65 |
Seamus Power | IRL |
Par |
72 |
T65 |
Corey Conners | CAN |
Par |
72 |
T65 |
Tom Hoge | USA |
Par |
72 |
T65 |
Davis Love III | USA |
Par |
72 |
T65 |
Cameron Tringale | USA |
Par |
72 |
T65 |
Julio Santos | DOM |
Par |
72 |
T65 |
Julian Etulain | ARG |
Par |
72 |
T65 |
Ryan Vermeer | USA |
Par |
72 |
T65 |
Davis Love IV | USA |
Par |
72 |
T81 |
Daniel Chopra | SWE |
1 |
73 |
T81 |
Chris Thompson | USA |
1 |
73 |
T81 |
Mike Ballo Jr. | USA |
1 |
73 |
T81 |
Adam Svensson | CAN |
1 |
73 |
T81 |
Juan Delgado | DOM |
1 |
73 |
T81 |
Chad Campbell | USA |
1 |
73 |
T81 |
Tim Herron | USA |
1 |
73 |
T81 |
Omar Uresti | USA |
1 |
73 |
T81 |
John Senden | AUS |
1 |
73 |
T81 |
Tommy Gainey | USA |
1 |
73 |
T81 |
Trevor Immelman | RSA |
1 |
73 |
T81 |
Brandon Harkins | USA |
1 |
73 |
T81 |
Derek Fathauer | USA |
1 |
73 |
T81 |
Graeme McDowell | NIR |
1 |
73 |
T81 |
Peter Uihlein | USA |
1 |
73 |
T81 |
Sebastian Munoz | COL |
1 |
73 |
T97 |
Shawn Stefani | USA |
2 |
74 |
T97 |
Arjun Atwal | IND |
2 |
74 |
T97 |
D. A. Points | USA |
2 |
74 |
T97 |
Hudson Swafford | USA |
2 |
74 |
T97 |
Alex Cejka | GER |
2 |
74 |
T97 |
Dominic Bozzelli | USA |
2 |
74 |
T97 |
Billy Hurley III | USA |
2 |
74 |
T97 |
Josh Teater | USA |
2 |
74 |
T97 |
Nicholas Lindheim | USA |
2 |
74 |
T97 |
Hunter Mahan | USA |
2 |
74 |
T97 |
Cameron Davis | AUS |
2 |
74 |
T108 |
Robert Allenby | AUS |
3 |
75 |
T108 |
Robert Streb | USA |
3 |
75 |
T108 |
Eric Axley | USA |
3 |
75 |
T108 |
Heath Slocum | USA |
3 |
75 |
T108 |
Justin Bertsch | USA |
3 |
75 |
T108 |
Andres Romero | ARG |
3 |
75 |
T108 |
Dicky Pride | USA |
3 |
75 |
T108 |
Theo Humphrey | USA |
3 |
75 |
T116 |
John Rollins | USA |
4 |
76 |
T116 |
Jason Bohn | USA |
4 |
76 |
T116 |
Rhadames Pena | DOM |
4 |
76 |
T116 |
Jonathan Kaye | USA |
4 |
76 |
T116 |
Jacob Eggers | USA |
4 |
76 |
T116 |
Anders Albertson | USA |
4 |
76 |
T116 |
Hiram Silfa | DOM |
4 |
76 |
T123 |
Cameron Beckman | USA |
5 |
77 |
T123 |
David Duval | USA |
5 |
77 |
T123 |
Ricky Barnes | USA |
5 |
77 |
T126 |
Brendon de Jonge | ZIM |
6 |
78 |
T126 |
Fabian Gomez | ARG |
6 |
78 |
T128 |
Tony Romo | USA |
7 |
79 |
T128 |
Zachary Zaback | USA |
7 |
79 |
130 |
Tom Lovelady | USA |
9 |
81 |
131 |
George Riley | USA |
13 |
85 |
RET |
Troy Matteson | USA |
Par |
84 |