March 28-31
Corales Golf Club, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
$3,000,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 3
A final-round 69 gives @Graeme_McDowell the ?
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) 31 March 2019
All the scores from the @CoralesChamp: https://t.co/1b08M27B40 pic.twitter.com/U1ii8i6huf
Former US Open champion Graeme McDowell ended a near four-year title drought with a one-stroke victory on Sunday in the US PGA Tour's Puntacana Resort Championship.
The 39-year-old from Northern Ireland, who arrived in the Dominican Republic ranked 257th in the world, took a big step toward his stated goal playing his way into the British Open at Royal Portrush.
He fired a three-under par final round of 69 for a 19-under total of 270 and a one-stroke win over American Chris Stroud and Canadian Mackenzie Hughes.
Stroud also closed with a 69 while Hughes climbed the leaderboard with a six-under 66.
"This is big," an emotional McDowell said. "This is big for the people who stood by me the last few years. It has been a rough few years. It has been a grind. My whole family, my wife and kids at home."
"Thisis a very sweet victory."
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) 31 March 2019
Cheers from @CoralesChamp winner @Graeme_McDowell. ?#LiveUnderPar pic.twitter.com/CHVoxdEwdW
McDowell, who won the 2010 US Open at Pebble Beach and is exempt for this year's US Open at the same venue, notched a fourth US PGA Tour title and his first since the Mayakoba Classic in 2015.
He took a one-shot lead over Stroud into the final round of the event, played opposite the elite WGC-Match Play Championship, and birdied four of his first seven holes.
A bogey at the ninth was followed by a string of seven pars before a brilliant birdie at the par-3 17th, where his six-iron off the tee finished up five feet from the flag as Stroud missed the green.
McDowell made his birdie putt as Stroud failed to get up and down and McDowell claimed the title despite a bogey at 18 -- where Stroud also bogeyed.
"Standing on 16 green I said to myself 'You've got to do something that's tournament-winning,'" McDowell said. "And that shot to 17 was tournament-winning level.
"I'm really happy I got this done," McDowell said.
Pos. |
Player | Nat |
To Par |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
Total |
1 |
Graeme McDowell | NIR |
-18 |
73 |
64 |
64 |
69 |
270 |
T2 |
Mackenzie Hughes | CAN |
-17 |
69 |
70 |
66 |
66 |
271 |
T2 |
Chris Stroud | USA |
-17 |
70 |
68 |
64 |
69 |
271 |
4 |
Jonathan Byrd | USA |
-16 |
68 |
67 |
71 |
66 |
272 |
T5 |
Chip McDaniel | USA |
-15 |
72 |
67 |
71 |
63 |
273 |
T5 |
Kelly Kraft | USA |
-15 |
70 |
67 |
68 |
68 |
273 |
T7 |
George McNeill | USA |
-14 |
70 |
65 |
71 |
68 |
274 |
T7 |
Aaron Baddeley | AUS |
-14 |
68 |
67 |
68 |
71 |
274 |
T7 |
Sung-Jae Im | KOR |
-14 |
67 |
67 |
69 |
71 |
274 |
T10 |
D. J. Trahan | USA |
-13 |
69 |
72 |
68 |
66 |
275 |
T10 |
Kramer Hickok | USA |
-13 |
71 |
68 |
69 |
67 |
275 |
T12 |
Sam Burns | USA |
-12 |
68 |
74 |
68 |
66 |
276 |
T12 |
Joel Dahmen | USA |
-12 |
66 |
71 |
72 |
67 |
276 |
T12 |
Grayson Murray | USA |
-12 |
69 |
69 |
70 |
68 |
276 |
T12 |
Benjamin Silverman | CAN |
-12 |
70 |
68 |
69 |
69 |
276 |
T12 |
Brady Schnell | USA |
-12 |
68 |
70 |
69 |
69 |
276 |
T12 |
Paul Dunne | IRL |
-12 |
66 |
69 |
70 |
71 |
276 |
T18 |
Dylan Frittelli | RSA |
-11 |
71 |
67 |
72 |
67 |
277 |
T18 |
Matt Jones | AUS |
-11 |
66 |
71 |
73 |
67 |
277 |
T18 |
David Hearn | CAN |
-11 |
72 |
70 |
66 |
69 |
277 |
T18 |
Seth Reeves | USA |
-11 |
69 |
71 |
68 |
69 |
277 |
T22 |
David Lipsky | USA |
-10 |
71 |
71 |
66 |
70 |
278 |
T22 |
Jim Knous | USA |
-10 |
70 |
68 |
70 |
70 |
278 |
T22 |
Peter Uihlein | USA |
-10 |
73 |
68 |
67 |
70 |
278 |
T22 |
Jonas Blixt | SWE |
-10 |
71 |
65 |
70 |
72 |
278 |
T26 |
Stephan Jaeger | GER |
-9 |
69 |
69 |
72 |
69 |
279 |
T26 |
Denny McCarthy | USA |
-9 |
69 |
69 |
71 |
70 |
279 |
T26 |
Seung-Su Han | KOR |
-9 |
71 |
68 |
69 |
71 |
279 |
T26 |
Jhonattan Vegas | VEN |
-9 |
69 |
69 |
69 |
72 |
279 |
T26 |
Julian Etulain | ARG |
-9 |
72 |
69 |
66 |
72 |
279 |
T26 |
Kyoung-Hoon Lee | KOR |
-9 |
71 |
68 |
67 |
73 |
279 |
T26 |
Sepp Straka | AUT |
-9 |
68 |
70 |
67 |
74 |
279 |
T33 |
Alex Prugh | USA |
-8 |
69 |
73 |
68 |
70 |
280 |
T33 |
Thomas Detry | BEL |
-8 |
72 |
66 |
72 |
70 |
280 |
T33 |
Daniel Chopra | SWE |
-8 |
73 |
68 |
70 |
69 |
280 |
T33 |
Adam Schenk | USA |
-8 |
71 |
68 |
70 |
71 |
280 |
T33 |
Fredrik Jacobson | SWE |
-8 |
72 |
67 |
73 |
68 |
280 |
T33 |
Ben Crane | USA |
-8 |
70 |
69 |
68 |
73 |
280 |
T39 |
Brice Garnett | USA |
-7 |
71 |
69 |
71 |
70 |
281 |
T39 |
Brendon Todd | USA |
-7 |
70 |
71 |
68 |
72 |
281 |
T39 |
Carlos Ortiz | MEX |
-7 |
70 |
68 |
73 |
70 |
281 |
T39 |
Dominic Bozzelli | USA |
-7 |
74 |
67 |
71 |
69 |
281 |
T39 |
Rory Sabbatini | SVK |
-7 |
69 |
73 |
70 |
69 |
281 |
T44 |
Wes Roach | USA |
-6 |
71 |
71 |
68 |
72 |
282 |
T44 |
Martin Piller | USA |
-6 |
70 |
72 |
67 |
73 |
282 |
T44 |
Roberto Diaz | MEX |
-6 |
68 |
74 |
67 |
73 |
282 |
T44 |
Shawn Stefani | USA |
-6 |
74 |
67 |
70 |
71 |
282 |
T44 |
Brandon Harkins | USA |
-6 |
73 |
69 |
69 |
71 |
282 |
T44 |
Charlie Beljan | USA |
-6 |
70 |
69 |
72 |
71 |
282 |
T44 |
Seamus Power | IRL |
-6 |
72 |
68 |
72 |
70 |
282 |
T44 |
Tyrone van Aswegen | RSA |
-6 |
70 |
68 |
75 |
69 |
282 |
T52 |
John Merrick | USA |
-5 |
72 |
68 |
71 |
72 |
283 |
T52 |
Cameron Tringale | USA |
-5 |
72 |
69 |
70 |
72 |
283 |
T52 |
Max Homa | USA |
-5 |
70 |
70 |
71 |
72 |
283 |
T52 |
Chris Couch | USA |
-5 |
70 |
72 |
70 |
71 |
283 |
T52 |
Joey Garber | USA |
-5 |
71 |
71 |
70 |
71 |
283 |
T52 |
Curtis Luck | AUS |
-5 |
71 |
71 |
72 |
69 |
283 |
T52 |
Hunter Mahan | USA |
-5 |
74 |
68 |
72 |
69 |
283 |
T59 |
Sang-Moon Bae | KOR |
-4 |
70 |
68 |
72 |
74 |
284 |
T59 |
Tyler Duncan | USA |
-4 |
71 |
71 |
70 |
72 |
284 |
T61 |
Trey Mullinax | USA |
-3 |
71 |
70 |
69 |
75 |
285 |
T61 |
Hank Lebioda | USA |
-3 |
71 |
71 |
71 |
72 |
285 |
T61 |
Charl Schwartzel | RSA |
-3 |
71 |
71 |
72 |
71 |
285 |
T61 |
Jim Herman | USA |
-3 |
69 |
70 |
76 |
70 |
285 |
T65 |
Parker McLachlin | USA |
-2 |
69 |
70 |
71 |
76 |
286 |
T65 |
Harris English | USA |
-2 |
71 |
70 |
75 |
70 |
286 |
T67 |
John Chin | USA |
-1 |
71 |
71 |
70 |
75 |
287 |
T67 |
John Senden | AUS |
-1 |
73 |
68 |
75 |
71 |
287 |
T69 |
Derek Fathauer | USA |
2 |
73 |
66 |
74 |
77 |
290 |
T69 |
Julio Santos | DOM |
2 |
72 |
70 |
73 |
75 |
290 |
T69 |
Jason Bohn | USA |
2 |
76 |
65 |
77 |
72 |
290 |
T69 |
Ryan Vermeer | USA |
2 |
72 |
70 |
77 |
71 |
290 |
73 |
Chad Campbell | USA |
5 |
73 |
69 |
76 |
75 |
293 |
74 |
Omar Uresti | USA |
10 |
73 |
69 |
79 |
77 |
298 |
CUT |
Brian Davis | ENG |
-1 |
70 |
73 |
- |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Brian Stuard | USA |
-1 |
71 |
72 |
- |
- |
143 |
CUT |
David Lingmerth | SWE |
-1 |
69 |
74 |
- |
- |
143 |
CUT |
J. J. Henry | USA |
-1 |
71 |
72 |
- |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Johnson Wagner | USA |
-1 |
70 |
73 |
- |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Nick Hardy | USA |
-1 |
71 |
72 |
- |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Rafael Campos | PRI |
-1 |
70 |
73 |
- |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Ricky Barnes | USA |
-1 |
77 |
66 |
- |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Robert Streb | USA |
-1 |
75 |
68 |
- |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Roger Sloan | CAN |
-1 |
71 |
72 |
- |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Chase Wright | USA |
Par |
72 |
72 |
- |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Corey Conners | CAN |
Par |
72 |
72 |
- |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Davis Love III | USA |
Par |
72 |
72 |
- |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Josh Teater | USA |
Par |
74 |
70 |
- |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Nate Lashley | USA |
Par |
70 |
74 |
- |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Tom Hoge | USA |
Par |
72 |
72 |
- |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Trevor Immelman | RSA |
Par |
73 |
71 |
- |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Adam Svensson | CAN |
1 |
73 |
72 |
- |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Arjun Atwal | IND |
1 |
74 |
71 |
- |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Cameron Davis | AUS |
1 |
74 |
71 |
- |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Davis Love IV | USA |
1 |
72 |
73 |
- |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Hudson Swafford | USA |
1 |
74 |
71 |
- |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Juan Delgado | DOM |
1 |
73 |
72 |
- |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Matthew Every | USA |
1 |
70 |
75 |
- |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Nicholas Lindheim | USA |
1 |
74 |
71 |
- |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Sebastian Munoz | COL |
1 |
73 |
72 |
- |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Tommy Gainey | USA |
1 |
73 |
72 |
- |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Hiram Silfa | DOM |
2 |
76 |
70 |
- |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Joaquin Niemann | CHI |
2 |
71 |
75 |
- |
- |
146 |
CUT |
John Rollins | USA |
2 |
76 |
70 |
- |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Justin Bertsch | USA |
2 |
75 |
71 |
- |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Kyle Jones | USA |
2 |
70 |
76 |
- |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Tim Herron | USA |
2 |
73 |
73 |
- |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Anders Albertson | USA |
3 |
76 |
71 |
- |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Jose de Jesus Rodriguez | MEX |
3 |
72 |
75 |
- |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Robert Allenby | AUS |
3 |
75 |
72 |
- |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Billy Hurley III | USA |
4 |
74 |
74 |
- |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Chris Thompson | USA |
4 |
73 |
75 |
- |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Dicky Pride | USA |
4 |
75 |
73 |
- |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Mike Ballo Jr. | USA |
4 |
73 |
75 |
- |
- |
148 |
CUT |
D. A. Points | USA |
5 |
74 |
75 |
- |
- |
149 |
CUT |
Jacob Eggers | USA |
5 |
76 |
73 |
- |
- |
149 |
CUT |
Rhadames Pena | DOM |
5 |
76 |
73 |
- |
- |
149 |
CUT |
Fabian Gomez | ARG |
6 |
78 |
72 |
- |
- |
150 |
CUT |
Heath Slocum | USA |
6 |
75 |
75 |
- |
- |
150 |
CUT |
Alex Cejka | GER |
7 |
74 |
77 |
- |
- |
151 |
CUT |
Andres Romero | ARG |
7 |
75 |
76 |
- |
- |
151 |
CUT |
Theo Humphrey | USA |
7 |
75 |
76 |
- |
- |
151 |
CUT |
Tom Lovelady | USA |
7 |
81 |
70 |
- |
- |
151 |
CUT |
Cameron Beckman | USA |
8 |
77 |
75 |
- |
- |
152 |
CUT |
Zachary Zaback | USA |
8 |
79 |
73 |
- |
- |
152 |
CUT |
Jonathan Kaye | USA |
9 |
76 |
77 |
- |
- |
153 |
CUT |
Tony Romo | USA |
15 |
79 |
80 |
- |
- |
159 |
CUT |
George Riley | USA |
18 |
85 |
77 |
- |
- |
162 |
RET |
Brendon de Jonge | ZIM |
Par |
78 |
- |
- |
- |
78 |
RET |
David Duval | USA |
Par |
77 |
- |
- |
- |
77 |
RET |
Eric Axley | USA |
Par |
75 |
- |
- |
- |
75 |
RET |
Troy Matteson | USA |
Par |
84 |
- |
- |
- |
84 |