Joel Dahmen signed for a bogey-free, 10-under 62, on Thursday at the Corales Puntacana Championship, setting a new tournament-record and marking his lowest round on Tour since the 2020 RSM Classic. With 10 birdies, he notched his most in a single round on Tour.
The 2021 champion is bidding for second victory in his 221st start on Tour aiming to become the first multiple winner of the event.
“I felt good. I get good feelings when I come back to this place, good vibes,” said the American. “The wind was probably the least we’ve played it in a long time and took advantage of it. Just putted really well today. Fairways are generous and I think I hit a bunch of ’em, and obviously got around the hole and made all those.
“I would say the Masters motivated me to get back on the golf course. I had a sour taste leaving [the Valero Texas Open] with the missed cut there. I needed the week off, I needed the refresher, I needed to get back home and just relax and get my mind right for these four weeks in a row. So far so good. I was very ready to play this week, I would say that. There’s sometimes it’s harder to wake up and be motivated when you’re doing this 25 weeks out of the year, but I was ready to play.”
2023 champion Matt Wallace of England carded a bogey-free 64 for a share of second place at 8-under alongside American Keith Mitchell, who made bogeys at the par-4s 10th and 16th, as well as south African Garrick Higgo who made one bogey at the par-4 5th.
The Corales Puntacana Championship is the first of three events where players can qualify for the next Signature Event, the Truist Championship, via the Aon Swing 5. The five players (not exempt via the Aon Next 10 or a higher category) who earn the most FedExCup points in the Corales Puntacana Championship, Zurich Classic of New Orleans and THE CJ Cup Byron Nelson, will qualify for the Truist Championship.
On Tuesday of tournament week, the PGA Tour and Groupo Puntacana announced a multi-year extension of the Corales Puntacana Championship.
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| Pos. | Player | To Par | R1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joel Dahmen | -10 | 62 |
| T2 | Matt Wallace | -8 | 64 |
| T2 | Keith Mitchell | -8 | 64 |
| T2 | Garrick Higgo | -8 | 64 |
| T5 | Matt NeSmith | -7 | 65 |
| T5 | Chris Gotterup | -7 | 65 |
| T5 | Andrew Putnam | -7 | 65 |
| T5 | Quade Cummins | -7 | 65 |
| T5 | Rikuya Hoshino | -7 | 65 |
| T10 | Dylan Wu | -6 | 66 |
| T10 | Jeremy Paul | -6 | 66 |
| T10 | Thomas Rosenmueller | -6 | 66 |
| T10 | Aaron Baddeley | -6 | 66 |
| T10 | Charley Hoffman | -6 | 66 |
| T10 | Trevor Cone | -6 | 66 |
| T10 | Ben Polland | -6 | 66 |
| T10 | Will Chandler | -6 | 66 |
| T10 | Kaito Onishi | -6 | 66 |
| T19 | Vince Whaley | -5 | 67 |
| T19 | Nate Lashley | -5 | 67 |
| T19 | Matti Schmid | -5 | 67 |
| T19 | Alex Smalley | -5 | 67 |
| T19 | Greyson Sigg | -5 | 67 |
| T19 | Justin Lower | -5 | 67 |
| T19 | Henrik Norlander | -5 | 67 |
| T19 | Pierceson Coody | -5 | 67 |
| T19 | John Pak | -5 | 67 |
| T19 | David Skinns | -5 | 67 |
| T19 | Seamus Power | -5 | 67 |
| T19 | Chan Kim | -5 | 67 |
| T31 | Harry Hall | -4 | 68 |
| T31 | Tommy Gainey | -4 | 68 |
| T31 | Mark Hubbard | -4 | 68 |
| T31 | Rico Hoey | -4 | 68 |
| T31 | Max McGreevy | -4 | 68 |
| T31 | Alejandro Tosti | -4 | 68 |
| T31 | Jackson Suber | -4 | 68 |
| T31 | Sam Choi | -4 | 68 |
| T31 | Ben Kohles | -4 | 68 |
| T31 | Scott Piercy | -4 | 68 |
| T31 | Fabián Gómez | -4 | 68 |
| T31 | Zac Blair | -4 | 68 |
| T31 | Ben Martin | -4 | 68 |
| T31 | Joseph Bramlett | -4 | 68 |
| T31 | Nick Hardy | -4 | 68 |
| T31 | Bill Haas | -4 | 68 |
| T31 | Mason Andersen | -4 | 68 |
| T31 | Willy Pumarol | -4 | 68 |
| T31 | George McNeill | -4 | 68 |
| T31 | Kris Ventura | -4 | 68 |
| T51 | Russell Knox | -3 | 69 |
| T51 | Chez Reavie | -3 | 69 |
| T51 | Emiliano Grillo | -3 | 69 |
| T51 | Jimmy Walker | -3 | 69 |
| T51 | Chandler Phillips | -3 | 69 |
| T51 | Hayden Springer | -3 | 69 |
| T51 | Kevin Roy | -3 | 69 |
| T51 | Patrick Flavin | -3 | 69 |
| T51 | Martin Laird | -3 | 69 |
| T51 | Troy Merritt | -3 | 69 |
| T51 | Rafael Campos | -3 | 69 |
| T51 | Chad Ramey | -3 | 69 |
| T51 | Danny Willett | -3 | 69 |
| T51 | Michael Thorbjornsen | -3 | 69 |
| T51 | Ben Crane | -3 | 69 |
| T51 | Noah Goodwin | -3 | 69 |
| T51 | Matthew Riedel | -3 | 69 |
| T68 | Jonathan Byrd | -2 | 70 |
| T68 | Kyle Stanley | -2 | 70 |
| T68 | Chesson Hadley | -2 | 70 |
| T68 | Luke List | -2 | 70 |
| T68 | Carl Yuan | -2 | 70 |
| T68 | Braden Thornberry | -2 | 70 |
| T68 | Hayden Buckley | -2 | 70 |
| T68 | William Mouw | -2 | 70 |
| T68 | Philip Knowles | -2 | 70 |
| T68 | David Lipsky | -2 | 70 |
| T68 | Adam Svensson | -2 | 70 |
| T68 | Ryan Fox | -2 | 70 |
| T68 | Mac Meissner | -2 | 70 |
| T68 | Takumi Kanaya | -2 | 70 |
| T68 | Thomas Aiken | -2 | 70 |
| T68 | Cristobal Del Solar | -2 | 70 |
| T68 | Kevin Velo | -2 | 70 |
| T68 | Bo Hoag | -2 | 70 |
| T86 | Sung Kang | -1 | 71 |
| T86 | Bo Van Pelt | -1 | 71 |
| T86 | Jason Dufner | -1 | 71 |
| T86 | Ricky Castillo | -1 | 71 |
| T86 | Juan Jose Guerra | -1 | 71 |
| T86 | Cougar Collins | -1 | 71 |
| T86 | Robert Streb | -1 | 71 |
| T86 | Austin Cook | -1 | 71 |
| T86 | Cameron Champ | -1 | 71 |
| T86 | Jeff Overton | -1 | 71 |
| T86 | Brandon Matthews | -1 | 71 |
| T97 | S.Y. Noh | Par | 72 |
| T97 | Kevin Tway | Par | 72 |
| T97 | Nick Watney | Par | 72 |
| T97 | Danny Walker | Par | 72 |
| T97 | Cody Gribble | Par | 72 |
| T97 | Dylan Frittelli | Par | 72 |
| T97 | Nicholas Thompson | Par | 72 |
| T97 | Stephen Stallings Jr. | Par | 72 |
| T97 | Justin Hicks | Par | 72 |
| T97 | David Hearn | Par | 72 |
| T97 | James Hahn | Par | 72 |
| T97 | Harry Higgs | Par | 72 |
| T97 | Tyler Duncan | Par | 72 |
| T97 | Kevin Kisner | Par | 72 |
| T97 | Theo Humphrey | Par | 72 |
| T112 | Carson Young | +1 | 73 |
| T112 | Aldrich Potgieter | +1 | 73 |
| T112 | Kevin Chappell | +1 | 73 |
| T112 | Paul Waring | +1 | 73 |
| T112 | Brian Stuard | +1 | 73 |
| T112 | Connor Doyal(a) | +1 | 73 |
| T112 | Erik Compton | +1 | 73 |
| T112 | Frankie Capan III | +1 | 73 |
| T112 | Steven Fisk | +1 | 73 |
| T112 | Tim Widing | +1 | 73 |
| T122 | Erik van Rooyen | +2 | 74 |
| T122 | Taylor Dickson | +2 | 74 |
| T122 | Paul Peterson | +2 | 74 |
| T122 | Manuel Torres | +2 | 74 |
| T122 | Hiram Silfa | +2 | 74 |
| T122 | Ricky Barnes | +2 | 74 |
| T128 | Taylor Montgomery | +3 | 75 |
| T128 | Enrique Valverde(a) | +3 | 75 |
| 130 | Ryan Armour | +4 | 76 |
| 131 | Rodrigo Huerta(a) | +6 | 78 |
| W/D | Lanto Griffin | - | 74 |
