KC Golf Classic
This article needs additional citations for verification. (July 2013) |
Tournament information | |
---|---|
Location | Kansas City, Missouri |
Established | 2009 |
Course(s) | Blue Hills Country Club |
Par | 72 |
Length | 7,391 yards (6,758 m) |
Tour(s) | Korn Ferry Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | US$675,000 |
Month played | May |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 258 James Nitties (2011) 258 Martin Piller (2015) |
To par | −22 Sepp Straka (2018) |
Current champion | |
Location Map | |
Blue Hills CC Location in the United States |
The KC Golf Classic is a Korn Ferry Tour event that was played for the first time in 2009 as the Christmas in October Classic. It has been played at the Nicklaus Golf Club at LionsGate in Overland Park, Kansas and Blue Hills Country Club in Kansas City, Missouri. The tournament took a hiatus in 2010, and returned as the Midwest Classic in 2011 with the Kansas City Crusaders as the host organization. The event was renamed KC Golf Classic in 2018.[1]
Winners[]
Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AdventHealth Championship | ||||||
2021 | 269 | −19 | 2 strokes | Dawie van der Walt | ||
KC Golf Classic | ||||||
2020 | Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic[2] | |||||
2019 | 277 | −11 | 1 stroke | Harry Higgs Nelson Ledesma | ||
2018 | Sepp Straka | 262 | −22 | 1 stroke | ||
Digital Ally Open | ||||||
2017 | Dou Zecheng | 259 | −25 | 3 strokes | Luke Guthrie Kyle Thompson | |
2016 | Wesley Bryan | 264 | −20 | Playoff | Grayson Murray J. T. Poston | |
2015 | Martin Piller | 258 | −26 | 4 strokes | Darron Stiles | |
Midwest Classic | ||||||
2014 | Zack Sucher | 265 | −19 | 3 strokes | Aaron Watkins | |
Midwest Classic presented by Cadillac | ||||||
2013 | Jamie Lovemark | 266 | −18 | 1 stroke | Mark Anderson | |
2012 | Shawn Stefani | 267 | −17 | 2 strokes | Russell Henley Luke List | |
Midwest Classic presented by Time Warner Cable | ||||||
2011 | James Nitties | 258 | −26 | 5 strokes | Jonas Blixt Nick Flanagan | |
Christmas in October Classic presented by Kansas City Crusaders | ||||||
2010: No tournament | ||||||
2009 | Michael Sim | 264 | −20 | 2 strokes | Josh Teater |
Bolded golfers graduated to the PGA Tour via the Korn Ferry Tour regular-season money list. Golfers in bold italics achieved their third win of the season at this tournament and were promoted immediately.
References[]
- ^ Smith, Tom (January 12, 2018). "Minus sponsor for now, local Web.com event will be called KC Golf Classic". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
- ^ "PGA Tour statement regarding additional tournament cancellations". PGA Tour. March 17, 2020. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
External links[]
Categories:
- Korn Ferry Tour events
- Golf in Kansas
- Sports in the Kansas City metropolitan area
- 2009 establishments in Kansas
- Recurring sporting events established in 2009