Clark vs. Detry Prediction on March 24-26, 2023

Match info

The 2023 Corales Puntacana Championship, which will be held in the Dominican Republic this weekend (starting at 6:45 AM local time on Friday, March 24) at the Corales Golf Course within the Puntacana Resort & Club in Punta Cana, will be the second additional field event of the men’s golf PGA Tour season. Chad Ramey hopes to win the tournament twice in a row and earn the biggest piece of the $3,800,000 prize money, but according to the most recent odds of bookmakers with iOS apps, it’s a long shot.

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Even though it’s Spring Break and vacation season, the 120 competitors at the Corales Puntacana Championship on the eastern coast of the Dominican Republic are very much working. At the Corales Puntacana Resort & Club, the second opposite event of the 2022–23 PGA TOUR season will be held. While being in its sixth iteration since its introduction in 2018, it’s still very much not taken for granted in light of the region’s late-summer devastation by severe weather. Continue reading below the ranking of expected competitors and other factors to take into consideration for more information on that, how Corales will test this week, and other things.

The course most certainly wouldn’t have been prepared if the Corales Puntacana Championship had been set for late September, as it was in 2020 as a result of the three-month closure brought on by the pandemic in that year. The first storm of this size to hit the nation in 20 years, Hurricane Fiona, made landfall nearby in the middle of the month of 2022. The course needed major repairs and recovery time, which it now has in preparation for hosting the PGA Tour stop on an annual basis.

Although the standard par 72 courses can cover 7,670 yards, it’s still a resort course. Even when prepared for some of the world’s best golfers, it’s intended to be scoreable. With the exception of the 2021 tournament, in which Joel Dahmen won at just 11-under 277 and the field averaged 72.484, averages have fallen between 0.500 and 1.000 strokes short of par. Nevertheless, this week’s circumstances could change that as the forecast is similar to the one from two years ago. The main line of defense in a situation like this will always be the wind because the sun will predominate. All week long, predominant breezes will be maintained at 10 to 20 mph. There won’t be any surprises because daytime highs will reach the low 80s.

Greens will move more slowly than usual, supporting the idea that strong breezes have the opposite effect. On the Stimpmeter, they should reach a height of 11 feet. It was historically one foot shorter. For the second year in a row, the thickest rough is trimmed to just 112 inches after being reduced by another quarter-inch. On the property is supreme paspalum.

The Devil’s Elbow is the moniker for the last three holes at Corales. The walk down the beach comes to an end at the par-4-3-4 stretch. In contrast to last year, when it scored just 0.256 strokes over par, in 2021 it nearly tripled that mark. Whatever the case, winning the 300 FedExCup points, $684,000, and membership renewal through 2025 will take a steady hand, good course management, and a confident ball flight. The winner will also guarantee berths in the invitational events PGA Championship, Sentry Tournament of Champions, and The PLAYERS Championship in 2024.

Match analytics

On the PGA odds board, Wyndham Clark is the biggest favorite, while Thomas Detry and Joel Dahmen are closely following him.

Delivered as a Sleeper at Valspar with a solitary fifth-place finish, it was Clark’s best result since a playoff defeat at Bermuda, another windy coastal course, in the fall of 2020. Last year, an American made his Corales debut with a T22 and placed T5 in the par-5 score. His purse is filled with plus values. Also considered potential competitors for the 2023 Corales Puntacana Championship are Patrick Rogers and Taylor Pendrith. Dominic Bozzelli (2016), Dahmen (2021), and Brice Garnett (2018) are all former champions who will compete in the 2023 Corales Puntacana Championship field.

With your wagers on the 2023 Corales Puntacana Championship, should you support any of them? Well, focus on the first four players we mentioned and pick one of them for the outright winner of the tournament. Above all, focus on Clark who’s a 9.00 favorite on BetMGM to win Corales this year.