Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Championship

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Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Championship
Tournament information
Location Prattville, Alabama
Established2019
Course(s) Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail
(The Senator Course)
Par72
Length6,599 yards (6,034 m)
Tour(s) Korn Ferry Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$550,000
Month playedApril
Final year2019
Tournament record score
Aggregate273 Lanto Griffin (2019)
273 Robby Shelton (2019)
To par−15 as above
Final champion
Flag of the United States.svg Lanto Griffin
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Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail
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Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail
Location in Alabama

The Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Championship was a golf tournament on the Korn Ferry Tour. It was played in April 2019 at The Senator Course of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail in Prattville, Alabama. [1] Lanto Griffin won the tournament, defeating Robby Shelton in a playoff. [2] Both players would finish the Web.com Tour regular season inside the top 25 on the points list, thereby graduating to the PGA Tour.

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Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner-up
2019 Flag of the United States.svg Lanto Griffin 273−15Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Robby Shelton

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References

  1. "Web.com Tour announces inaugural Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Championship". PGA Tour. February 6, 2019.
  2. "Pan takes advantage of Johnson's meltdown at Harbour Town – Web.com Tour". USA Today. Associated Press. April 21, 2019.