Huntsville Championship

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HomeTown Lenders Championship
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Tournament information
Location Huntsville, Alabama
Established2021
Course(s)The Ledges
Par70
Length7,296 yards (6,671 m)
Tour(s) Korn Ferry Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$1,000,000
Month playedApril
Final year2023
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Harrison Endycott (2022)
To par−16 as above
Final champion
Flag of the United States.svg Ben Kohles
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The Ledges
Location in the United States
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The Ledges
Location in Alabama

The Huntsville Championship was a golf tournament on the Korn Ferry Tour. It was first played from April 29 to May 2, 2021, at The Ledges in Huntsville, Alabama; it had been scheduled to be played in 2020, but was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] [2]

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Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
HomeTown Lenders Championship
2023 Flag of the United States.svg Ben Kohles 197 [lower-alpha 1] −13Playoff Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ben Silverman
Huntsville Championship
2022 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Harrison Endycott 264−165 strokes Flag of England.svg Ben Taylor
2021 Flag of France.svg Paul Barjon 265−15Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Billy Kennerly
Flag of Chile.svg Mito Pereira
2020 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [2]

Bolded golfers graduated to the PGA Tour via the Korn Ferry Tour regular-season money list.

Notes

  1. Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

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References

  1. "Web.com Tour and Knight Eady announce Huntsville Championship". PGA Tour. April 23, 2019. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  2. 1 2 "PGA Tour statement regarding additional tournament cancellations". PGA Tour. March 17, 2020. Retrieved August 18, 2021.