KC Golf Classic explained

AdventHealth Championship
Location:Kansas City, Missouri
Establishment:2009
Course:Blue Hills Country Club
Par:72
Yardage:7364yd
Tour:Korn Ferry Tour
Format:Stroke play
Month Played:May
Aggregate:258 James Nitties (2011)
258 Martin Piller (2015)
To-Par:−22 Sepp Straka (2018)
Current Champion: Harry Higgs
Map:USA#USA Missouri
Map Label:Blue Hills CC
Map Relief:yes
Map Size:200
Coordinates:38.899°N -94.602°W

The AdventHealth Championship 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 as the KC Golf Classic in 2018.[1]

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
AdventHealth Championship
269 −19 Playoff Tanner Gore
Grayson Murray 269 −19 1 stroke Wilson Furr
Rico Hoey
Trevor Cone 272 −16 1 stroke Taylor Montgomery
Cameron Young 269 −19 2 strokes Dawie van der Walt
KC Golf Classic
Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[2]
Michael Gellerman 277 −11 1 stroke Harry Higgs
Nelson Ledesma
262 −22 1 stroke Kyle Jones
Digital Ally Open
Dou Zecheng 259 −25 3 strokes Luke Guthrie
Billy Kennerly
Kyle Thompson
Wesley Bryan 264 −20 Playoff Grayson Murray
J. T. Poston
Martin Piller 258 −26 4 strokes Darron Stiles
Midwest Classic
Zack Sucher 265 −19 3 strokes Aaron Watkins
Jamie Lovemark 266 −18 1 stroke Mark Anderson
Shawn Stefani 267 −17 2 strokes Russell Henley
Luke List
258 −26 5 strokes Jonas Blixt
Nick Flanagan
Christmas in October Classic
2010: No tournament
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.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Smith . Tom . January 12, 2018 . Minus sponsor for now, local Web.com event will be called KC Golf Classic . . April 13, 2018.
  2. Web site: PGA Tour statement regarding additional tournament cancellations . PGA Tour . March 17, 2020 . March 17, 2020.