PGA TOUR in DR will be from September 21 to 27 at Corales golf course

Punta Cana, La Altagracia. – For the third consecutive year, the PGA TOUR Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship sports meeting returns to the country, at the Corales golf course, from September 21 to 27, 2020, within the framework of the 50th anniversary of Grupo Puntacana.

The tournament is part of the opening events of the 2020-2021 season and the only event on the PGA TOUR during that week, where 144 of the best players on this golf circuit will participate from the United States, Spain, Mexico, Sweden, Korea of the South, among other countries.

In this third edition, the event will be held without public in the field and with the most rigorous sanitary security measures. The prize pool will be $ 4 million, one million more than last year’s bag and the highest in the history of Dominican sport, the score for the FedEx Cup was increased to 500 and a place was added to the Masters for the winner.

The president and CEO of Grupo Puntacana, Frank Rainieri, affirms the importance of having a PGA TOUR in the country for the third consecutive year, “it is that since 2018 the tournament continues to position the Dominican Republic as the leading golf destination in the Caribbean. world level and, on this occasion, it will be an excellent platform to open up and promote the Punta Cana destination ”.

To safeguard the safety of all participants, the PGA Tour players, caddies and volunteers will be tested before entering the Dominican Republic and again upon returning to their country of origin, and medical areas with ambulances will be enabled, Paramedics and assistance personnel trained to identify and attend to any health eventuality during the event.

The live broadcasts will be Thursday, September 24 and Friday, September 25, from 3:00 p.m. at 6:00 p.m., on Golf Channel; and Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 September at the same time on the NBC network. Also, there will be daily replays of the Golf Channel outside of regular hours.

At the local level, a virtual press room will be set up to interact with the press and facilitate coverage of the sports competition. To obtain the required credentials and receive daily press release, image and multimedia content, journalists can register at www.puntacana.com/coraleschampionship/prensa

From the funds generated in the sporting event, the social and environmental projects of the Fundación Grupo Puntacana, and the programs of US Kids Golf and the American Junior Golf Association will benefit.

Hygiene and health protocols
The priority of the Puntacana Resort & Club and the Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ) is to provide a safe environment for players, volunteers and collaborators. Prior to its reopening, the “Adopt the New Normal” hygiene and health protocol was implemented at the airport, hotels, golf courses, restaurants and the rest of the amenities within the resort, to guarantee the highest standards of cleanliness.

The protocol of the event also includes the mandatory use of a mask at all times by volunteers and all staff, constant cleaning in all areas during the event and disinfectant gel stations distributed in all areas, among other measures.

In addition, there will be reinforcement of the physical distancing measures with the placement of signs and the division with the modality of “bubbles” of the different groups and teams that develop a role in the tournament.

PGA TOUR remains in constant communication with local health authorities in each market where PGA TOUR tournaments are resumed, and closely monitors the information provided by the Center for Disease Control (CDC). , the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United States Department of State regarding the evolution of Covid-19.