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Puerto Rico Open
Tournament information
Location	Río Grande, Puerto Rico
Established	2008
Course(s)	Grand Reserve Country Club
Par	72
Length	7,506 yards (6,863 m)
Tour(s)	PGA Tour (alternate event)
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$4,000,000
Month played	March
Tournament record score
Aggregate	267 Chesson Hadley (2014); 267 Nico Echavarría (2023)
To par	−21 as above
Current champion
	Brice Garnett
Location map
	Grand Reserve CC Location in Puerto Rico

The Puerto Rico Open is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour that was first played in 2008. It is the only PGA Tour event ever held in Puerto Rico. The tournament is played at the Coco Beach Golf Course (previously Trump International Golf Club Puerto Rico) which was designed by Tom Kite. From its inception through 2015, it was played in early March as an alternate event to the WGC-Cadillac Championship, but in 2016 it moved to late March, opposite the WGC-Dell Match Play. All four rounds are broadcast on the Golf Channel.^[1]

The winner of the Puerto Rico Open earns 300 FedEx Cup points and 24 OWGR points, compared to 550 FedEx Cup and 70-80 OWGR points for World Golf Championships. As an alternate event, the winner does not earn a bid to the Masters, but still receives a two-year exemption on the PGA Tour (compared to three for a WGC event) and entry into the PGA Championship as a Tour winner. In 2015, the prize fund was US$3 million with $540,000 going to the winner.

The Puerto Rico Open is allocated eight additional sponsor exemptions. Four of these are designated for players from Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America. The other four additional exemptions are unrestricted.^[2]

History

A Puerto Rico Open was played between 1956 and 1967. It was a fixture on the PGA-sponsored Caribbean Tour until 1965, after which sponsors rescheduled the event to later in the calendar year.^[3] The Puerto Rico Open was revived as a stop on the Tour de las Américas 2004 and 2005, before being reincarnated as a PGA Tour event in 2008.

For 2018 only, the Puerto Rico Open was an unofficial event as a fundraiser for relief efforts after Hurricane Maria, and was played at TPC Dorado Beach.^[4]

The event had been considered to have an unofficial "curse" on the PGA Tour, as no winner of the event had ever gone on to win another tournament. The only exception to this was Michael Bradley who won the Puerto Rico Open for a second time in 2011, after winning his first in 2009, but never won another PGA Tour event.^[5] However, Viktor Hovland broke the "curse" when he went on to win the Mayakoba Golf Classic in December 2020, having won the Puerto Rico Open earlier in the year.^[6] 2016 winner Tony Finau matched the feat when he won The Northern Trust in 2021.^[7]

Winners

Year	Tour^[a]	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Purse ($)	Winner's share ($)	Ref.
Puerto Rico Open
2024	PGAT	Brice Garnett	269	−19	Playoff	Erik Barnes	4,000,000	720,000
2023	PGAT	Nico Echavarría	267	−21	2 strokes	Akshay Bhatia	3,800,000	684,000
2022	PGAT	Ryan Brehm	268	−20	6 strokes	Max McGreevy	3,700,000	666,000
2021	PGAT	Branden Grace	269	−19	1 stroke	Jhonattan Vegas	3,000,000	540,000
2020	PGAT	Viktor Hovland	268	−20	1 stroke	Josh Teater	3,000,000	540,000
2019	PGAT	Martin Trainer	275	−15	3 strokes	Aaron Baddeley Daniel Berger Roger Sloan Johnson Wagner	3,000,000	540,000
2018: No tournament
2017	PGAT	D. A. Points	268	−20	2 strokes	Bryson DeChambeau Retief Goosen Bill Lunde	3,000,000	540,000
2016	PGAT	Tony Finau	276	−12	Playoff	Steve Marino	3,000,000	540,000
2015	PGAT	Alex Čejka	281	−7	Playoff	Jon Curran Emiliano Grillo Tim Petrovic Sam Saunders	3,000,000	540,000
2014	PGAT	Chesson Hadley	267	−21	2 strokes	Danny Lee	3,500,000	630,000
2013	PGAT	Scott Brown	268	−20	1 stroke	Fabián Gómez Jordan Spieth	3,500,000	630,000
2012	PGAT	George McNeill	272	−16	2 strokes	Ryo Ishikawa	3,500,000	630,000
2011	PGAT	Michael Bradley (2)	272	−16	Playoff	Troy Matteson	3,500,000	630,000
2010	PGAT	Derek Lamely	269	−19	2 strokes	Kris Blanks	3,500,000	630,000
2009	PGAT	Michael Bradley	274	−14	1 stroke	Jason Day Brett Quigley	3,500,000	630,000
2008	PGAT	Greg Kraft	274	−14	1 stroke	Jerry Kelly Bo Van Pelt	3,500,000	630,000
2006−07: No tournament
American Express Puerto Rico Open
2005	TLA	Daniel Barbetti	268	−20	Playoff	Eduardo Argiró	125,000	22,500	^[8]
2004	TLA	Rodolfo González	282	−6	1 stroke	Eduardo Argiró David Morland IV	110,000	19,890	^[9]
Puerto Rico Open
1968−2003: No tournament
1967		Chuck Courtney	280	−8	2 strokes	Art Wall Jr.			^[10]
1966		Ramón Sota	284	−4	2 strokes	Bill Collins			^[11]
1965		Howell Fraser	288	E	1 stroke	Al Besselink Art Wall Jr.			^[12]
1964		Art Wall Jr.	289	+1	Playoff	Jay Dolan			^[13]
1963		Charlie Sifford	277	−7	6 strokes	George Knudson			^[14]
1962		George Knudson	280	−4	2 strokes	Al Geiberger Tony Lema Don Whitt Henry Williams Jr.			^[15]
1961		Billy Maxwell	273	−11	7 strokes	Roberto De Vicenzo			^[16]
1960		Joe Jimenez	280	−4	Playoff	Stan Leonard			^[17]
1959		Pete Cooper	282	−6	5 strokes	Ed Oliver			^[18]
1958		Bob Toski	288	E	2 strokes	Ernie Vossler			^[19]
1957		Chick Harbert	281	−7	2 strokes	Roberto De Vicenzo			^[20]
1956		Antonio Cerdá	144^[b]	E	5 strokes	Herman Barron Dick Ferguson			^[21]

Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.

Notes

^ PGAT − PGA Tour; TLA − Tour de las Américas.
^ Shortened to 36 holes due to rain.

References

^ "PGA Tour adds Puerto Rico Open to '08 schedule". PGA Tour. April 9, 2007. Retrieved March 13, 2013.
^ "2015–16 PGA Tour Player Handbook & Tournament Regulations" (PDF). October 5, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 12, 2016.
^ "Citrus Open tops winter golf tour". Fort Pierce News Tribune. Fort Pierce, Florida. September 22, 1965. p. 12. Retrieved May 8, 2020 – via NewspaperArchive.
^ "Puerto Rico Open back on PGA Tour schedule in 2019 after Hurricane Maria cancels 2018 plans". ESPN. Associated Press. December 21, 2017.
^ Myers, Alex (February 18, 2020). "Why PGA Tour pros might want to think twice about winning the Puerto Rico Open". Golf World.
^ Woodard, Adam (December 6, 2020). "Viktor Hovland breaks PGA Tour's 'Puerto Rico Open Curse'". Golfweek. Retrieved November 29, 2024.
^ Ferguson, Doug (August 24, 2021). "Tony Finau ends 5-year drought and wins Northern Trust". AP News. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
^ "Puerto Rico Open once again raises the bar" (PDF). Caribbean Golf Magazine. May 2005. p. 39.
^ "Rodolfo González campeón en Puerto Rico". espn.com.gt (in Spanish). March 21, 2004.
^ "Courtney Wins Puerto Rico Open". Youngstown Vindicator. Youngstown, Ohio. AP. November 27, 1967. p. 15. Retrieved May 8, 2020 – via Google News Archive.
^ "Sota Captures Puerto Rico Title". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. AP. November 21, 1966. p. 13. Retrieved May 8, 2020 – via Google News Archive.
^ "Rookie Fraser Wins Tourney". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. AP. March 15, 1965. p. 13. Retrieved May 8, 2020 – via Google News Archive.
^ "Art Wall Takes Caribbean Cup". Youngstown Vindicator. Youngstown, Ohio. UPI. March 9, 1964. p. 14. Retrieved May 8, 2020 – via Google News Archive.
^ "Sifford Wins in San Juan Knudson 2nd". The Gazette (Montreal). Montreal, Canada. AP. March 4, 1963. p. 26. Retrieved May 8, 2020 – via Google News Archive.
^ "Knudson Captures Puerto Rico Open". The Gazette (Montreal). Montreal, Canada. AP. March 5, 1962. p. 20. Retrieved May 8, 2020 – via Google News Archive.
^ "Puerto Rico Open Win by Maxwell". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. AP. March 6, 1961. p. 11. Retrieved May 8, 2020 – via Google News Archive.
^ "Golf Victory to Jimenez". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. AP. February 29, 1960. p. 12. Retrieved May 8, 2020 – via Google News Archive.
^ "Coop Claims Second Win". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. AP. February 16, 1959. p. 10. Retrieved May 8, 2020 – via Google News Archive.
^ "Toski Is Winner in Puerto Rico". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. AP. February 10, 1958. p. 10. Retrieved May 8, 2020 – via Google News Archive.
^ "Harbert Wins Puerto Rican Open Tourney". The Gazette (Montreal). Montreal, Canada. AP. February 4, 1957. p. 26. Retrieved May 8, 2020 – via Google News Archive.
^ "Cerda Cards 144, Wins Puerto Rican Golf Tournament". The Gazette (Montreal). Montreal, Canada. AP. February 6, 1956. p. 22. Retrieved May 8, 2020 – via Google News Archive.