2022 Corales Puntacana Championship odds: Surprising PGA picks, predictions from model that's called 7 majors

Alternate events on the PGA Tour don't have the same prestige as full tour events but for the players participating, the chance to earn 300 FedEx Cup points, 24 Official World Golf Ranking points and a two-year tour exemption still has the potential to be life-changing. So while 64 of the best in the world participate in the WGC Match Play event in Texas, 120 other players will head to the Dominican Republic for the 2022 Corales Puntacana Championship. The tournament begins on Thursday, March 24, at the Corales Puntacana Resort and Club. Veteran Graeme McDowell will be one of the most notable players in the Corales Puntacana Championship 2022 field.

McDowell was the 2010 U.S. Open champion and he won this event in 2019 but is listed as a 45-1 long shot in the 2022 Corales Puntacana Championship odds. Defending champion Joel Dahmen is the 16-1 favorite, while Jhonattan Vegas is listed at 20-1 on this week's PGA Tour odds board. Before locking in your 2022 Corales Puntacana Championship picks, be sure to see the golf predictions and projected leaderboard from the proven computer model at SportsLine.

SportsLine's proprietary model, built by DFS pro Mike McClure, has been red-hot since the PGA Tour resumed in June of 2020. In fact, it's up almost $9,000 on its best bets since that point, nailing tournament after tournament.

At the 2021 Open Championship, McClure's best bets included Collin Morikawa winning outright even though he was listed as a massive 40-1 long shot. In addition, McClure's model was all over Jon Rahm's (10-1) first career major championship victory at the 2021 U.S. Open. Rahm was two strokes off the lead heading into the weekend, but the model still projected him as the winner. 

This same model has also nailed a whopping seven majors entering the weekend. Anyone who has followed it has seen massive returns.

Now that the Corales Puntacana Championship 2022 field is locked, SportsLine simulated the event 10,000 times, and the results were surprising. Head to SportsLine now to see the projected 2022 Corales Puntacana Championship leaderboard.

The model's top 2022 Corales Puntacana Championship predictions 

One major surprise the model is calling for at the Corales Puntacana Championship 2022: Sahith Theegala, one of the top favorites, stumbles this week and barely cracks the top 10. The 24-year-old was a former standout at Pepperdine and the PGA Tour rookie has had some success this season, with a T-3rd finish at the Waste Management Open and a T-7th last week at the Valspar Championship.

However, those performances were sandwiched around a couple of missed cuts at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and The Players Championship. Consistency in general continues to be an issue for Theegala, as he's missed 14 cuts in 39 career starts since turning professional in the summer of 2020. He's currently losing strokes to the field on the putting green, ranking 141st on the PGA Tour in strokes gained: putting (-.125).

Another shocker: Kramer Hickok, a 45-1 long shot, makes a strong run at the title. He's a target for anyone looking for a huge payday. After turning pro in 2015, the University of Texas product had to grind it out on the PGA Tour Canada and the Korn Ferry Tour to eventually earn his PGA Tour card. Hickok nearly captured a career-changing win at the 2021 Travelers Championship, losing in a spectacular eight-hole playoff against Harris English.

Hickok also had a fourth-place finish at the Houston Open late last season and has made the cut in his last two starts at the Valspar Championship and The Players Championship. Hickok currently sits 87th in the FedEx Cup standings and 139th in the Official World Golf Ranking, so a strong finish this week at Corales could open a lot of doors for the up-and-comer.

How to make 2022 Corales Puntacana Championship picks

The model is also targeting three other golfers with odds of 40-1 or higher who will make surprising runs. Anyone who backs these long shots could hit it big. You can only see them here.

So who will win the Corales Puntacana Championship 2022? And which long shots stun the golfing world? Check out the odds below and then visit SportsLine to see the projected 2022 Corales Puntacana Championship leaderboard, all from the model that's nailed seven golf majors and is up almost $9,000 since the restart.

2022 Corales Puntacana Championship odds

Joel Dahmen 16-1Jhonattan Vegas 20-1Sahith Theegala 25-1Nick Taylor 25-1Alex Smalley 25-1Mark Hubbard 28-1Matthias Schwab 30-1Greyson Sigg 30-1Nate Lashley 35-1Emiliano Grillo 35-1Adam Svensson 35-1Austin Smotherman 35-1David Lipsky 40-1Doc Redman 40-1Thomas Detry 40-1Brice Garnett 40-1Aaron Rai 40-1Rasmus Hojgaard 45-1Peter Uihlein 45-1Patrick Rodgers 45-1Nicolai Hojgaard 45-1Kram Hickok 45-1Graeme McDowell 45-1Brian Stuard 45-1Chad Ramey 50-1Danny Willett 60-1Wyndham Clark 60-1Vincent Whaley 60-1Stephan Jaeger 60-1Rafa Cabrera Bello 65-1Nick Hardy 65-1Martin Kaymer 65-1Kurt Kitayama 65-1John Huh 65-1Hudson Swafford 65-1Haotong Li 65-1Dylan Wu 65-1Sean O'Hair 70-1Hank Lebioda 75-1Victor Perez 75-1Jonathan Byrd 75-1Hayden Buckley 80-1Cameron Percy 80-1Callum Tarren 80-1Sung Kang 80-1Chase Seiffert 80-1Ben Kohles 80-1Roger Sloan 80-1Vaughn Taylor 80-1Tyler Duncan 90-1Ryan Armour 100-1Tommy Gainey 100-1Seth Reeves 100-1Patrick Flavin 100-1Kelly Kraft 100-1Curtis Thompson 100-1Andrew Novak 100-1Trey Mullinax 100-1Brandon Wu 100-1Scott Brown 100-1