- Puerto Rico Open
Infobox_Golf_Tournament
tournament_name = Puerto Rico Open
nickname =
location = flagicon|PRIRío Grande, Puerto Rico
establishment = 2008
course = Trump International Golf Club Puerto Rico
par = 72
yardage = 7,569
tour =PGA Tour
format =Stroke play
purse = $3,500,000
month_played = March
aggregate = 274Greg Kraft (2008)
to-par =-14Greg Kraft (2008)
Current Champion =Greg Kraft The Puerto Rico Open presented by Banco Popular is a professional golf tournament played for the first time on thePGA Tour fromMarch 20 toMarch 23 ,2008 . The prize fund was US$3.5 million with $630,000 going to the winner. 12,500FedEx Cup points were rewarded and with the winner receiving 2,250 points. The tournament was played at the Trump International Golf Club Puerto Rico (previously the Coco Beach Golf & Country Club) which was designed byTom Kite . It was the first PGA Tour tournament to be held inPuerto Rico . It is an alternate tournament to theWGC-CA Championship . All four rounds were broadcast onThe Golf Channel . [ [http://www.pgatour.com/2007/r/04/09/puerto_rico/index.html PGA Tour adds Puerto Rico Open to '08 schedule] ] Official sponsors of the tournament includedBanco Popular .Greg Kraft won the inaugural tournament with two-under-par 70, beatingJerry Kelly andBo Van Pelt by one shot. [cite web |url= http://www.pgatour.com/2008/tournaments/r483/03/23/pro032308.ap/index.html |title=Kraft edges Kelly and Van Pelt by one in Puerto Rico |accessdate=2008-03-24 |author= |date=2008-03-23 |work= |publisher=PGA Tour]Winners
References
External links
* [http://www.puertoricoopen.net/ Official site]
* [http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r483/ Coverage on PGA Tour's official site]
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