Corales Puntacana Championship: Prediction, Tips and Odds

While the RBC Heritage will garner much attention this week, there is also the PGA Tour's alternate event taking place in the Dominican Republic - the Corales Puntacana Championship.

Marking the 10th anniversary of this tournament and the eighth time it has been an official PGA competition, the winner will receive a two-year tour exemption, 300 FedEx Cup points and 24 official world golf ranking points.

American Keith Mitchell has been installed as the 16/1 favourite, narrowly ahead of 18/1 shots Ben Griffin and Alex Smalley, while Englishman Harry Hall is priced at 20/1 in an open field.

Corales Puntacana Championship betting tips and predictions

Nate Lashley to win and each-way - 55/1

There is always value to be had in the week after a Major and given the world's leading players will be competing in the RBC Heritage, the Corales Puntacana Championship looks like a wide open event.

Several players in the field are looking to earn their maiden win on the US circuit, while others are aiming to end long trophy droughts, and Corales Golf Club usually brings about excitement with low scores out there if the wind doesn't blow.

Initial forecasts show scattered thunderstorms could hit on Friday and Saturday, so that is something to keep an eye on, but the headline selection to get the job done is Nate Lashley.

Winner of the 2019 Rocket Mortgage Classic, the 42-year-old endured a miserable start to the year, missing five cuts in his first seven starts, but he has started to turn things around and was tied-12th at the Texas Open last time out.

Lashley will be hoping to keep the momentum going and there is every chance he can do that at an event he won back in 2017 when it was on the Web.com Tour, holding off Augusto Nunez by one shot that day.

The American's six efforts at Corales since have produced efforts of 28-MC-4-28-15-MC and that is some of the most consistent form in this week's field.

Brandt Snedeker to win and each-way - 125/1

One player making his Corales debut this week will be Brandt Snedeker, a nine-time PGA Tour winner who has also racked up seven top-10 and two top-five Major finishes in his career.

Now 44 years of age, the American has been in mixed form this year but there is one standout result - a T10 at the Puerto Rico Open - that is of real interest.

Coco Beach Golf Course, where the Puerto Rico Open is staged, is a wind-affected coastal course, just like Corales Golf Club, and Snedeker's recent top-10 finish bodes well ahead of this week.

Brice Garnett won the 2018 Corales and last year's Puerto Rico Open, so there is correlating form between the two events and Snedeker looks capable of impressing on his debut in the Dominican Republic.

Previous editions of the Corales Puntacana Championship have often come down to who putts the best and former world number four Snedeker is excellent on the greens, evidenced by his strokes gained putting ranking of second.

Rafael Campos to win and each-way - 125/1

Another player worth considering is Rafael Campos, who missed the cut at Augusta National last week on his Major debut and who will have had a good amount of time to rest for this challenge.

The 36-year-old made his PGA Tour breakthrough at the 2024 Bermuda Championship, earning himself a spot at the Masters and his form leading into the Georgia spectacle can be forgiven as he would have been focused on that tournament.

Campos has looked confident on the greens this season, he ranks 21st in putting average, and he now heads to a course that he has contended at in the past.

The Puerto Rican was tied-second in 2021, losing out to Joel Dahmen by one stroke, while he also took a share of third in 2017 and that course form should stand him in good stead.

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Corales Puntacana Championship odds

Keith Mitchell	16/1
Alex Smalley	18/1
Ben Griffin	18/1
Harry Hall	20/1
Ryan Fox	25/1
Thorbjorn Olesen	25/1
Chan Kim	25/1
Seamus Power	28/1
Matt Wallace	30/1
Rico Hoey	33/1

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