Hudson Swafford won the Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship. He also earned a spot in the next year’s Masters. And a spot in next year’s PGA Championship. And a spot in next year’s Players Championship. And a spot in next year’s Sentry Tournament of Championship. And a spot in any PGA Tour tournament through August 2023. The Corales became a full allocation event when the Tour schedule was reshuffled due to coronavirus. Swafford won. He will have the opportunity to earn much more. Here are three things to know after Sunday’s final round at Corales Golf Club in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
Swafford possibly had it won, possibly lost it, and then won in the end.
He played the front nine at 5 under par to take the lead. He led by four after 12. Swafford’s lead was cut to two when he double bogeyed at 13. His lead was cut to one when Mackenzie Hughes birdied at 14. He fell to a tie with Hughes when he bogeyed at the 15. From top four to tied in three holes.
Then, on the 210-yard, par-3 17th, Swafford hit his approach to about 10 feet and rolled on the birdie putt to lead by one. On the 501-yard, par-4 18th hole, Swafford took it to the fairway, hit his approach to the front of the green and hit an 8-foot knee shot for par to win it.
“I was like, man, you’ve got to step up and hit a good 6-iron,” Swafford said of his tee shot at 17. “I’ve done it a hundred thousand times, I love hitting that golf shot. . Man, that was a good one and an even better putt.”
McCumber started the day six shots back. He was tied for the lead at the end of the day.
McCumber shot a 66 with six birdies, no bogey, and his final birdie brought him to 17 under par. He finished second only when Hughes bogeyed the 18th.
Nate Lashley finished fourth at 15 under par; Adam Long was fifth, at 14 under par; and James Hahn and Anirban Lahiri tied for sixth at 13-under.
Long was leading at the start of his round. He was lagging behind by hole 4.
Long bogeyed in second, fell into a tie for the lead after Swafford birdied in third, then lost the lead when he birdied in fifth and Swafford eagled. Long would make four more bogeys and finished 3-for-75.