Who is leading the 2025 Corales Puntacana Championship after round 2? Leaderboard explored

Modified Apr 20, 2025 01:51 GMT

Corales Puntacana Championship 2025 - Round Three - Source: Getty — Joel Dahmen, Corales Puntacana Championship (Image via Getty)

The 2025 Corales Puntacana Championship is underway at Puntacana Resort. With only one round left to go and a $4 million purse on the line, the world's best golfers are set to battle it out on Sunday.

Joel Dahmen has borne the solo lead at the 2025 Corales Puntacana Championship through 54 holes of competition. He posted a 1 under par 71 round to total 17 under par and bear the lead by a three-stroke margin.

Chan Kim, Garrick Higgo, and Michael Thorbjornsen follow, tied for second place at the 2025 Corales Puntacana Championship. The three world-class golfers have a total 14 under par score.

Vince Whaley shares 5th place at the Corales Puntacana Championship along with Jeremy Paul and Ben Martin. They trail the leader by four strokes. Keith Mitchell follows in the solo 8th place.

Here's a look at the top players at the 2025 Corales Puntacana Championship (via PGA Tour):

1 - Joel Dahmen (-17)
T2 - Chan Kim (-14)
T2 - Michael Thorbjornsen (-14)
T2 - Garrick Higgo (-14)
T5 - Vince Whaley (-13)
T5 - Jeremy Paul (-13)
T5 - Ben Martin (-13)
8 - Keith Mitchell (-12)
T9 - Matt Wallace (-11)
T9 - Matt NeSmith (-11)
T11 - Aaron Baddeley (-10)
T11 - Seamus Power (-10)
T11 - Zac Blair (-10)
T11 - Charley Hoffman (-10)
T15 - Sam Choi (-9)
T15 - Thomas Rosenmueller (-9)
T15 - Andrew Putnam (-9)
T15 - Rico Hoey (-9)
T15 - Alejandro Tosti (-9)
T15 - Dylan Wu (-9)
T21 - Henrik Norlander (-8)
T21 - Justin Lower (-8)
T21 - Matt Schmid (-8)
T21 - Troy Merritt (-8)
T21 - Danny Walker (-8)
T21 - Chad Ramey (-8)
T21 - Rikuya Hoshino (-8)
T21 - David Skinns (-8)

Matthew Riedel sits in last place, 70th, at the tournament. The American golfer posted a 8 over par 80 score to total 4 over par and sit three strokes behind Mason Andersen who is in 69th place.

Joel Dahmen's 2025 Corales Puntacana Championship Round 3 Scorecard

Here's a look at the leader of the 2025 Corales Puntacana Championship's scorecard for Saturday's round (via PGA Tour):

Hole 1 (par 4) - 4
Hole 2 (par 3) - 4
Hole 3 (par 4) - 3
Hole 4 (par 5) - 5
Hole 5 (par 4) - 5
Hole 6 (par 4) - 4
Hole 7 (par 5) - 4
Hole 8 (par 4) - 4
Hole 9 (par 3) - 3
Hole 10 (par 4) - 5
Hole 11 (par 3) - 3
Hole 12 (par 5) - 4
Hole 13 (par 4) - 3
Hole 14 (par 5) - 5
Hole 15 (par 4) - 4
Hole 16 (par 4) - 4
Hole 17 (par 3) - 3
Hole 18 (par 4) - 4

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