Tee It Up Preview-Puerto Rico Open

Puerto Rico Open

This week on Tee It Up Preview-Puerto Rico Open. This is 1 of 2 PGA Tour events this week, the other is the WGC-Mexico Championship. The event is played at the Coco Beach Golf Course designed by Tom Kite and located in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico. The winner of this event earns 300 FedEx Cup points and 24 OWGR (Official World Golf Ranking) points. This is considered an alternate event on the PGA tour so the winner does not receive an invitation to the Masters but they do get a two-year exemption on the PGA Tour. The event has allocated 8 sponsor exemptions, 4 are for players from Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, Central America, or South America. The other 4 exemptions have no restrictions.

Notable Winners

• Tony Finau
• Chesson Hadley
• Michael Bradley (2x)

Notable Round 1 Pairings

• 7:20 AM – Graeme McDowell, Angel Cabrera, Retief Goosen – #1
• 7:30 AM – Daniel Berger, Chris Kirk, Sangmoon Bae – #1
• 8:20 AM – Wyndham Clark, Jose de Jesus Rodriguez, Rafael Campos – #1
• 12:00 PM – Rod Pampling, Billy Hurley III, David Duval – #10

TV Schedule

Thursday	10:30 AM	1:30 PM	Golf Channel
Friday	10:30 AM	1:30 PM	Golf Channel
Saturday	2:30 PM	5:00 PM	Golf Channel
Sunday	1:30 PM	4:30 PM	Golf Channel

Weather

Day	Hi	Low	Precip	Description
Thursday	82	75	20%	Partly Cloudy
Friday	82	74	40%	AM Showers
Saturday	81	74	20%	Partly Cloudy
Sunday	81	73	20%	Partly Cloudy