ISCO Championship

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ISCO Championship
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Tournament information
Location Nicholasville, Kentucky, U.S.
Established2015
Course(s)Keene Trace Golf Club
Par72
Length7,328 yards (6,701 m)
Tour(s) PGA Tour (alternate event)
European Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$3,800,000
Month playedJuly
Tournament record score
Aggregate262 Jim Herman (2019)
To par−26 as above
Current champion
Flag of England.svg Harry Hall
Location map
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Keene Trace GC
Location in the United States
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Keene Trace GC
Location in Kentucky

The ISCO Championship is a professional golf tournament in Kentucky on the PGA Tour; it debuted in 2015 as the Barbasol Championship, an alternate event to The Open Championship in Britain in July. The first three editions of the tournament were played in Alabama at the Grand National course of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail in Opelika, northeast of Auburn. [1] It was the first PGA Tour event played in Alabama since the PGA Championship in 1990.

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In 2018, the tournament moved to Kentucky to the Keene Trace Golf Club in Nicholasville, south of Lexington, and was the first PGA Tour event (excluding majors) in the state in 59 years, since the Kentucky Derby Open in 1959. [2] (Valhalla Golf Club near Louisville hosted the PGA Championship in 1996, 2000, 2014 and 2024.)

Like other alternate events, the winner of the tournament does not earn an invitation to the Masters. However, the winner still receives a two-year PGA Tour exemption and a trip to the PGA Championship.

In August 2021, it was announced that from 2022 onward, the event would become a co-sanctioned event with the European Tour, played the same week as an alternate event to the Genesis Scottish Open. [3] It would also be an event that would give the leading non-exempt golfer entry into The Open Championship.

The 2024 event set the record for the lowest 36-hole cut at a PGA Tour event at eight under par.

Winners

YearTour(s) [lower-alpha 1] WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upPurse
(US$)		Winner's
share ($)
ISCO Championship
2024 EUR, PGAT Flag of England.svg Harry Hall 266−22Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Zac Blair
Flag of the United States.svg Pierceson Coody
Flag of the Philippines.svg Rico Hoey
Flag of the United States.svg Matthew NeSmith 		4,000,000720,000
Barbasol Championship
2023 EUR, PGAT Flag of Sweden.svg Vincent Norrman 266−22Playoff Flag of England.svg Nathan Kimsey 3,800,000684,000
2022 EUR, PGAT Flag of the United States.svg Trey Mullinax 263−251 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Streelman 3,700,000666,000
2021 PGAT Flag of Ireland.svg Séamus Power 267−21Playoff Flag of the United States.svg J. T. Poston 3,500,000630,000
2020 PGAT Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [4]
2019 PGAT Flag of the United States.svg Jim Herman 262−261 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Kelly Kraft 3,500,000630,000
2018 PGAT Flag of the United States.svg Troy Merritt 265−231 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Billy Horschel
Flag of the United States.svg Tom Lovelady
Flag of the United States.svg Richy Werenski 		3,500,000630,000
2017 PGAT Flag of the United States.svg Grayson Murray 263−211 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Chad Collins 3,500,000630,000
2016 PGAT Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aaron Baddeley 266−18Playoff Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Si-woo 3,500,000630,000
2015 PGAT Flag of the United States.svg Scott Piercy 265−193 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Will Wilcox 3,500,000630,000

Notes

  1. ↑ EUR − European Tour; PGAT − PGA Tour.

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References

  1. ↑ "Barbasol Championship debuts on PGA Tour in 2015". PGA Tour. August 11, 2014.
  2. ↑ Gray, Will (October 18, 2017). "Barbasol Championship moving to Kentucky in 2018". Golf Channel. Archived from the original on October 19, 2017. Retrieved October 18, 2017.
  3. ↑ "PGA Tour and European Tour announce details of historic Strategic Alliance". PGA Tour. August 3, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
  4. ↑ "PGA Tour announces schedule adjustments for remainder of 2019-20 FedExCup season, releases fall portion of 2020-21 PGA Tour Regular Season schedule". PGA Tour. April 16, 2020. Retrieved April 16, 2020.

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