Panama Championship with a juicy purse

XX edition Championship of Panama which shares a million dollars and is a part Korn ferry tourkicks off today with high expectations due to the quality of golfers who will be in attendance and who will be looking to win a juicy purse on the course Club Cerro Viento which has been completely remodeled.

Among the 140 professional players will be i Panamanians Omar Tejeira and Miguel Ordónez, who were optimistic about playing a big role after participating in the past Amateur Championship of Latin America which was played at the Santa María playground.

Another important ingredient is the presence of Aldrich Potgieter, winner in the Bahamas A great Abaco Classic from last week in The Abaco Club from the second stop of the Korn Ferry Tour.

Potgieter at 19 years, 4 months and 11 days, usurps Jason Day (19 years, 7 months and 26 days in Legend) Classic financial group 2007). Potgieter entered the final round at 3-under par and five shots off the 54-hole lead. His final round, 7-under 65 is tied for the lowest round of the tournament.

In addition, two previous winners Championship of Panamap are on the field: Ryan Armor (2016) and Michael Gligic (2019). The field also includes 19 PGA TOUR winners with a total of 37 victories, led by Jonathan Byrd and Mark Wilson with five each, and 47 Korn Ferry Tour winners with 66 total wins, led by Zecheng Dou and Tommy Gainey with three each.

At the 2023 Panama Championship. Pierceson Coody picked up his second career victory on the Korn Ferry Tour, overcoming a five-shot deficit with a final-round 4-under-par 66 to win a sudden-death triple playoff over Sam Saunders and Mac Meissner.

Coody’s winning score of 3-under 277 tied for the fourth-highest par score by a winner in Korn Ferry Tour history. Coody’s win, along with another win later in the season at Humanitarian Price Cutter Championship presented by Dr. Pepper, propelled him to No. 6 on the 2023 Korn Ferry Tour points list and his first PGA TOUR card.

Directors Panama Championship Carlos Sacre and Roberto Durán, declared that everything is ready for the new edition of the sporting event and along the way invited the fans to come to Cerro Viento to enjoy good golf.