KC Golf Classic

Last updated
AdventHealth Championship
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Tournament information
Location Kansas City, Missouri
Established2009
Course(s)Blue Hills Country Club
Par72
Length7,364 yards (6,734 m)
Tour(s) Korn Ferry Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$1,000,000
Month playedMay
Tournament record score
Aggregate258 James Nitties (2011)
258 Martin Piller (2015)
To par−22 Sepp Straka (2018)
Current champion
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Blue Hills CC
Location in the United States
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Blue Hills CC
Location in Missouri

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]

Contents

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
AdventHealth Championship
2025 Flag placeholder.svgFlag placeholder.svg
2024 Flag of the United States.svg Harry Higgs 269−19Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Tanner Gore
2023 Flag of the United States.svg Grayson Murray 269−191 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Wilson Furr
Flag of the United States.svg Rico Hoey
2022 Flag of the United States.svg Trevor Cone 272−161 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Montgomery
2021 Flag of the United States.svg Cameron Young 269−192 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Dawie van der Walt
KC Golf Classic
2020 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [2]
2019 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Gellerman 277−111 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Harry Higgs
Flag of Argentina.svg Nelson Ledesma
2018 Flag of Austria.svg Sepp Straka 262−221 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Jones
Digital Ally Open
2017 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Dou Zecheng 259−253 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Luke Guthrie
Flag of the United States.svg Billy Kennerly
Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Thompson
2016 Flag of the United States.svg Wesley Bryan 264−20Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Grayson Murray
Flag of the United States.svg J. T. Poston
2015 Flag of the United States.svg Martin Piller 258−264 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Darron Stiles
Midwest Classic
2014 Flag of the United States.svg Zack Sucher 265−193 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Aaron Watkins
2013 Flag of the United States.svg Jamie Lovemark 266−181 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Mark Anderson
2012 Flag of the United States.svg Shawn Stefani 267−172 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Russell Henley
Flag of the United States.svg Luke List
2011 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Nitties 258−265 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Blixt
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Flanagan
Christmas in October Classic
2010: No tournament
2009 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Sim 264−202 strokes Flag of the United States.svg 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

  1. 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.
  2. "PGA Tour statement regarding additional tournament cancellations". PGA Tour. March 17, 2020. Retrieved March 17, 2020.