Hoey shares 12th place in PGA Tour Corales Puntacana golf fest
THE PHILIPPINES’ Rico Hoey fired a closing one-under 71 to finish tied for 12th in the Corales Puntacana Championship on Easter Sunday in the Dominican Republic.
Mr. Hoey displayed resilience in the challenging layout, thrice rebounding with birdies after each bogey before knocking a crucial chip-in birdie on the par-3 17th.
The Fil-Am ace assembled a 10-under 278 card over four rounds in the $4-million PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour event to post his second-best finish of the season.
Mr. Hoey, whose highest placing so far in 2025 was 11th in the Texas Children’s Houston Open in late March, banked $77,000 (around P4.37 million) for his performance at the Puntacana Resort and Club.
The ICSTI-backed golfer wound up four strokes behind South African winner Garrick Higgo’s 274.
Mr. Higgo submitted an even 72 in the fourth round but it was enough to ease past overnight leader Joel Dahmen of the US, who faded big time in the final push.
Mr. Dahmen kissed his championship bid goodbye when he bogeyed the last three holes for a 76, which ultimately allowed Mr. Higgo to snatch the crown and the $720,000 top purse and sent him down to a share of second place at 275. — Olmin Leyba
