Introducing this week's alternate event: Corales Puntacana Championship, (6 Canadians)

DP World/PGA Tours : Corales Puntacana Championship Entry List

 All you need to know about this week's Corales Puntacana Championship which makes its DP World Tour debut as part of double header alongside The Open Championship.

The DP World Tour welcomes a new event to the schedule this week as the Corales Puntacana Championship replaces the Barracuda Championship.

The event in the Dominican Republic gives 50 DP World Tour members who are not in the field for The Open the chance to compete in the PGA TOUR's alternate event as part of the Strategic Alliance.

Here, we take a look at what it is all about ahead of a potentially life-changing week, with DP World Tour and PGA TOUR cards up for grabs.

History

Matt Wallace celebrates winning in his 80th career start on the PGA TOUR

The event started life on the Korn Ferry Tour and was won by Americans Dominic Bozzelli and Nate Lashley in 2016 and 2017 before it took its place on the PGA TOUR schedule.

It was the alternate event to the WGC-Match Play in 2018 and 2019 as Brice Garnett and Graeme McDowell lifted the trophy and while it did not feature in the PGA TOUR's 2019-20 season due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it returned twice in 2020/21.

The first standalone edition in September 2020 was won by Hudson Swafford, while it also once again served as the WGC-Match Play's alternate in March, with Joel Dahmen the victor.

Chad Ramey won in 2022 and Matt Wallace claimed a first PGA TOUR title in 2023, before another switch to be the alternate for the RBC Heritage came in 2024, when it was won by Billy Horschel.

South Africa's Garrick Higgo is the defending champion.

Where is it held?

The event takes place at the Corales Golf Course, part of the Puntacana Resort and Club on the Dominican Republic's east coast.

Opened in 2010 and designed by Tom Fazio, it features six holes that run along the coast and finishes with what is known as the Devil's Elbow, made up of the 16th, 17th and 18th - wth players hitting over the ocean bay off the tee on the last.

The course is a 7,670-yard par 72 and will play host to the golf at this year's Central American and Caribbean Games.

What is at stake?

The prizes on offer this week are potentially life-changing, with the champion gaining a winner's exemption on both the DP World Tour and PGA TOUR and a place in the field for the 2027 US PGA Championship.

Also at stake are points on both the Race to Dubai and the FedEx Cup, as well as a US$4,000,000 purse.

There are 3,500 Race to Dubai points and 300 FedEx Cup points up for grabs, while the event is also the third of five on the DP World Tour's Closing Swing.

The player who tops the Swing Rankings after the Nexo Championship in August will gain entry into all events on the Back 9 and a US$200,000 bonus.

The leading player on the swing not already exempt will also earn a place in the field at the BMW PGA Championship.

Who is the defending champion?

Higgo - a three-time winner on the DP World Tour - took advantage of a late slip from Joel Dahmen to take the title in 2025.

After opening with a 62, Dahmen had dominated proceedings in the Caribbean and led stood on the 16th tee on Sunday, with Higgo posting an even-par 72 and setting the target at -14.

But Dahmen bogeyed all three holes of the Devil's Elbow to finish one behind Higgo, who won a second PGA TOUR title.

“I truly feel for Joel, who is a great friend," said Higgo. "I would have preferred to win under different circumstances, but that’s the nature of golf."

DP World Tour players are teeing it up?

There are 50 places in the field available to DP World Tour players and a host of emerging stars and established names have made their way across the Atlantic.

Former Masters champion Danny Willet flies over after a good week at the Genesis Scottish Open and will have fellow Englishman and Rolex Series winner Paul Waring for company.

Winners in 2026 Jordan Gumberg, Freddy Schott and Nacho Elvira also tee it up alongside Nacho's brother Manuel, who had a top ten at the ISCO Championship last week.

Rising star Jacob Skov Olesen is also in the field while 2025 HotelPlanner Tour graduates Maximilian Steinlechner, Filippo Celli, Stefano Mazzoli and Sebastian Garcia will be hoping for a life-changing week.

EDIT >>> Canadians : Taylor Pendrith, Mac Hughes, AJ Ewart, Adam Svensson, Ben Silverman, Adam Hadwin

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Royal Birkdale fun facts.....

 The Race to Dubai continues with the final men's Major Championship of the season as The 154th Open takes place. Here are some fun facts.

Scheffler defends

Scottie Scheffler produced a dominant performance to win his first Open Championship title 12 months ago at Royal Portrush. 

The American claimed the Claret Jug with a four-stroke victory over countryman Harris English in Northern Ireland to become a four-time Major winner. 

In doing so, he became just the fourth player to win the Masters, US PGA Championship and The Open before turning 30. 

The last 12 winners at The Open have all been first-time winners, with Scheffler bidding to buck that trend and become the first repeat winner since Ernie Els in 2012. 

Scheffler doesn't travel outside of the USA, apart from this annual fortnight in the UK, he only has 1 win this year, however he has been regularly T5 and after a poor performance last week in Scotland he has had extra practice preparing a game plan at Birkdale.

A return to a renovated Birkdale

After nine years away, golf’s oldest tournament makes a return to Royal Birkdale on the northwest coast of England. 

Widely regarded as one of the best courses on the British Isles, this marks the 11th time The Open has been staged at the Southport venue. 

Since Jordan Spieth’s triumph in 2017, a multi-year project of course alterations have been made to its championship layout. 

Among those are the introduction of a brand-new par-three 15th, with the former par five-15th redesigned to become the new 14th. The fifth was previously a blind tee shot but the hole has been remodelled, reducing its length to 321 yards and enhancing the risk-reward element. The seventh has also been redesigned to become a shorter part three, with a big move to the tee box.

To read more about the course alterations, click here.

Where greats triumph

If history is anything to go by, expect one of golf’s established stars to emerge as the 2026 Champion Golfer of the Year come Sunday. 

Across the ten previous editions of The Open at Royal Birkdale, the past champions are Australia’s Peter Thomson, Americans Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino, Johnny Miller and Tom Watson. 

Add to the mix three-time Major winners Pádraig Harrington and Jordan Spieth across the past two editions at the venue, and this appears to be a course that identifies the best players.

Spotlight shines on hometown hero Fleetwood

Tommy Fleetwood has become accustomed to life as one of the world’s best golfers and the limelight that comes with it, with that experience likely to come in handy as he returns to where it all started. 

The Englishman grew up just a few miles from the world-renowned links and would sneak on as a child for some practice. 

Back in 2017, he was the darling of the Southport crowds and there is likely to be an expectant atmosphere as the 35-year-old top ten golfer in the world bids for a breakthrough Major crown.

 After an incredibly consistent campaign worldwide so far this season, building on his long-awaited debut title on the PGA TOUR last year, victory this week would be a career highlight he’d struggle to top. C'mon Tommy lad...

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TEE TIMES 154th Open Championship...Hometown Fleetwood, in form Fitzy..Canadians Conners/Taylor

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Home hero Tommy Fleetwood will start his campaign for a dream Open win at Royal Birkdale in the company of Major Champions Jordan Spieth and Jon Rahm on Thursday.

They get started at 10.09am, in the group after defending champion Scott Scheffler hits away  in the company of England's Tyrrell Hatton and two-time U.S. Open winner Bryson DeChambeau 9.58am

Fleetwood hails from Southport and used to sneak onto the historic links for practice rounds as a child, although the World Number Nine will be walking through the front door this week.

He is sure to take huge galleries with him and they will also be able to see three-time Major winner Spieth - champion the last time The Open was held here in 2017 - and Fleetwood's Ryder Cup team-mate Rahm.

Pádraig Harrington is a former winner at Birkdale and he will look to become the oldest Major winner in history alongside England's Marco Penge and recent first-time DP World Tour winner Michael Hollick at 1.20pm.

The three Major Champions from 2026 so far go out in consecutive groups from 2.53pm, with US PGA Championship winner Aaron Rai playing with 2019 Open winner Shane Lowry and five-time Major Champion Brooks Koepka

At 3.04pm  U.S. Open winner Wyndham Clark gets started with fellow American Cameron Young and Swede Ludvig Åberg.

Then two-time reigning Masters champion and 2014 Champion Golfer of the Year Rory McIlroy looks for a seventh Major alongside 2024 winner Xander Schauffele and in-form Englishman Matt Fitzpatrick at 3.15pm.

"Fitzy" arrives at Royal Birkdale, now with owgr #3, as one of the most in-form players in the world after a third top-five finish in his last four starts worldwide at the Genesis Scottish Open last week.

A three-time winner on the PGA TOUR this season, including once alongside his brother Alex, the 31-year-old is in no doubt that there could yet be more success this week on home soil.

"I'm definitely playing better, hopefully I've not peaked yet obviously, but I just think I'm doing a lot of good stuff this year. Short game's been really, really good, and so has my irons.

I've had good seasons but never really taken advantage of that, I don't feel like; whereas now I feel like I've got that.

"I think sort of the level of experience and maturity I have, I guess, with playing and being in these situations is obviously much better now, even than before 2022, so I think that's obviously a big help as well.

Fitzpatrick is set for his 11th Open appearance, and second at Royal Birkdale having finished tied 44th in 2017. "I've played here a little bit, so I feel at least somewhat comfortable knowing the holes and just getting that comfortability with different shots you're faced with. When we played a couple of weeks ago, I was surprised at how green it was but how firm it was."

Royal Birkdale member Matt Baldwin came through Final Qualifying to earn his spot at a home Major and he will get proceedings under way at 6.35am.

EDIT >>> Canadians: 10.20am Nick Taylor, Brian Harman, Si Woo Kim,  12.58am Corey Conners, Keegan Bradley, Casey Jarvis

For a full list of tee times, click here.

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Pendrith loses playoff at ISCO Championship....Final Results

    PGA/DP World Tours : ISCO Championship   Leaderboard Results

Steven Fisk beat Taylor Pendrith in a play-off to win the ISCO Championship.

The American carded a closing 67 at Hurstbourne Country Club in Kentucky to finish at 16 under alongside Canadian Pendrith, before prevailing with two-putt par on the third extra hole.

Fisk is now a two-time PGA TOUR winner, having won the Sanderson Farms Championship last year, while this is his first on the DP World Tour in just his fourth start.

Aaron Wise and Canadian Ben Silverman finished T3 one shot out of the play-off, while American former Major winner Lucas Glover was unable to capitalise on holding the 54-hole lead as a final-round 71 saw him finish in a tie for fifth at 14 under.

On the first play-off hole, Pendrith - who closed with a 65 in regulation play - missed a nine-foot birdie putt, as Fisk got up-and-down from a greenside bunker to force a second play-off hole which both players parred again.

On the final trip down the par four 18th, Pendrith found a fairway bunker off the tee and then left his approach shot short on his way to a double bogey as Fisk sealed victory with a routine par.

"I love to be in the position [to win]," said Fisk, who climbs to a career-high 79th in the Official World Golf Ranking. I crave it like nothing else. It's what we play for. I couldn't give a damn about finishing 60th in a golf tournament. This is what I want to do.

EDIT >>>Canadians

Taylor Pendrith 2nd  70 63 66 65 -16  ($ 615,757)

Ben Silverman T3  67 68 64 66 -15 ($ 333,333)

Mac Hughes T10 66 68 66 68 -12

AJ Ewart T34  66 67 72 67 -8

Adam Svensson 66th  665 72 70 72 -1

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Tom Kim back in business..Genesis Scottish Open, Final results including Canadians

   DP WORLD Tour/PGA Tour : Genesis Scottish Open  Leaderboard Results

After Tom Kim ended his spell in the golfing wilderness with victory at the Genesis Scottish Open, first came the fist pump, then came the tears, and then came the text message from Tiger Woods.

The emotion from Kim in recording after he had signed his card for a bogey free 64 -17 was easy to understand from a player who has been on a roller coaster for the past four years.

Australia's Min Woo Lee - the champion here in 2021 - finished two shots behind -15 after a 67, two clear of home hero Robert MacIntyre 69, England's Matt Fitzpatrick 69, Japan's Keita Nakajima 67 and American Johnny Keefer 67 all -13

Keefer will make his Open debut thanks to a closing 67, with Nakajima carding the same score -13 as the pair finished one ahead of Thorbjornsen and 2023 winner Rory McIlroy, who signed for rounds of 69 and 64 respectively -12 

Perez and South Korean Si Woo Kim both finished with rounds of 66 to sit at -11 and complete the top ten.

The victory guarantees Kim an invite to the Masters Tournament in 2027, while Keefer, countryman Michael Thorbjornsen and Frenchman Victor Perez earn places at next week's Open Championship as the top three players not already exempt.

"This one I wanted to dedicate to the people that were in my corner the whole time and struggled with me and who celebrated with me."

He added: "This one is up there. I played probably as good as I could down the stretch with pressure and I executed when I needed to.

After success on the Korean and Asian Tours, Kim’s third-place finish at The Renaissance Club four years ago truly announced him on the DP World Tour and PGA TOUR stage and within 15 months he was a three-time PGA TOUR winner, Presidents Cup player and on the cusp of the top ten in the world.

Fast forward to just last month and he was outside the top 150 with just two tops tens across 2025 and 2026.

Then all of a sudden, seemingly out of nowhere, came a third-place finish at the U.S. Open and now he is a Rolex Series champion.

The Journey

“It's really hard to put into words,” he told the press after carding a closing a bogey-free 64 for his first DP World Tour title. “If it wasn't for all this media, all the photos, I would probably go in my room and cry for a couple of hours.

“Just really, it's surreal. You know, I've had long days, long nights, early mornings, and just a lot of just... I just remember how I felt a lot of the times when I wasn't playing well, and it was difficult. Golf, I can't say that I'm going to continue this run. Golf is a very up-and-down sport. That's something I've learned.

“I think I was too young to really comprehend of what was happening, and being 24 now, this is my fifth year on tour and I've been a pro for almost ten years. I feel like my journey is just starting because I'm getting older and maturing in a lot of ways.”

“I'm definitely appreciating this more now than I did a couple of years ago, which is really cool. I thought about my family, all the people around my corner that have suffered with me and also celebrated with me and kind of remembering all those people really brought tears to my eyes.”

Now back in the world’s top 50, it would be easy to think that Kim could just turn back to the heady days of 2023 and put this spell behind him as a blip or an anomaly, but the 24-year-old is eager to learn from his recent troubles.

Kim’s friendship with Scott Scheffler is well known and he now has a relationship with Woods, with the two men being on the same Jupiter Links Golf Club team in TGL.

“You know, this was my first win in three years, and the first person that texted me was Tiger Woods. Shows you the person he is and how much he cares.

Learning from the best, learning from himself, learning to love the work and winning golf tournaments again. Kim may well be right, his journey may just be starting.

EDIT>>>>>> Canadians: Nick Taylor T26 70 67 69 68 -6.....Corey Conners T52 67 70 71 71 -1....Sudarshan Yellamaraju T52  68 65 69 77 -1

Corey Conners and Nick Taylor are the only two Canadians qualified for the Open Championship

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Brilliant Brooke T1 Amundi Evian Championship..Loses playoff...Final results

 LPGA/LET : Amundi Evian Championship   

Results

Leaderboard 

Brooke Henderson's charge for a third major championship fell just short after posting a 64 64 weekend.

The Canadian lost the Evian Championship in a playoff against South Korea's Haeran Ryu on Sunday in France.

Henderson came back from down seven shots to begin the day, forcing the extra hole with an eagle on 18. However, she settled for par while replaying the hole in extra time, while Ryu made birdie for the win.

It marks Ryu's second straight major victory after she also won the KPMG Women's PGA Championship last month.

She nearly pulled off a miraculous comeback in France, firing a 7-under 64 that included a hole-in-one on eight and two other eagles including one at the 18th, while Ryu, who shot a major-record 60 on Saturday, settled for an even-par 71.

However, she faltered in the playoff hole when she missed her drive left, forcing her to lay up and missing the green. Ryu hit her drive down the middle of the fairway and hit the green with her second before converting the two-putt birdie to win.

No. 1-ranked Nelly Korda won the first two majors of 2026 — the Chevron Championship and the U.S. Women’s Open.

“Before these three weeks, I didn’t have a major championship — now two in a row,” the 25-year-old Ryu said. “I am so happy, I can't believe it.”

Other Canadians:  Anna Huang T22 70 71 66 70 -7,  Lauren Kim 64th 70 71 76 72 +5

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Lucas Glover leads ISCO Championship, Pendrith/ Silverman T8 Live scoreboard

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Lucas Glover topped the ISCO Championship for the third straight day, shooting a two-under 68 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead over Aaron Wise into the final round.

The PGA TOUR event at Hurstbourne Country Club counts on both the FedEx Cup and the Race to Dubai, with 50 DP World Tour members teeing it up at Hurstbourne Country Club in Kentucky.

Glover, who won his sole Major to date in 2009, followed two bogey-free rounds with a third round 68 that included an eagle, two birdies and two bogeys for -15 at Hurstbourne Country Club.

The 46-year-old started slow but immediately rebounded from a bogey at the sixth with an eagle at seven. Another dropped shot at the ninth saw him level par for his front-nine, before birdies at ten and 12 helped him to a one shot lead over Wise.

“Kind of a slow start, 1 over through six,” said Glover, who tied for third at the John Deere Classic on the PGA Tour last week.

“Just didn’t make anything today. I didn’t feel like I hit that many bad putts, I just didn’t make anything.

“I’m very excited. I love to compete. And everybody’s fighting for the same thing. I look forward to it. Struggled on the weekend a little bit last week, so kind of want to right that ship.”

Wise made back-to-back birdies at the final two holes to sit one shot back -14 with fellow Americans Steven Fisk and Chan Kim T3 -13 with German Stephan Jaeger.

Zac Blair and Tom Hoge sit on -12, with four players in a tie for eighth a shot further back -11

Canadians 

Taylor Pendrith T8, 70 63 66 -11 

Ben Silverman T8  67 68 64 -11. 

Mac Hughes T12  66 68 66 -10, 

AJ Ewart T48   67 72 -5, 

Adam Svensson T58   65 72 70 -3

Adam Hadwin MC

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