The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic

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The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic
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Tournament information
Location Great Abaco, The Bahamas
Established2017
Course(s)The Abaco Club
Par72
Length7,153 yards (6,541 m)
Tour(s) Korn Ferry Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$1,000,000
Month playedJanuary
Tournament record score
Aggregate270 Jared Wolfe (2020)
270 Dou Zecheng (2022)
270 Brandon Harkins (2022)
To par−18 as above
Current champion
Flag of South Africa.svg Aldrich Potgieter
Location Map
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The Abaco Club
Location in the Bahamas

The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic is a golf tournament on the Korn Ferry Tour, played at the Abaco Club on Winding Bay in the Bahamas. It is one of two Korn Ferry Tour events in the Bahamas, along with The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic. Both events were first played in January 2017 starting on a Sunday and finishing on a Wednesday, rather than the standard Thursday–Sunday schedule. [1] Due to the ongoing recovery efforts on the island from Hurricane Dorian, the 2020 edition was temporarily moved to Baha Mar in Nassau, and retained the Abaco Classic name in its title. [2]

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Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner-up
2024 Flag of South Africa.svg Aldrich Potgieter 278−102 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Quade Cummins
2023 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ben Silverman 273−15Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Cody Blick
2022 Flag of the United States.svg Brandon Harkins 270−18Playoff Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Dou Zecheng
2021: No tournament
2020 Flag of the United States.svg Jared Wolfe 270−184 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Brandon Harkins
2019 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Rafael Campos 281−71 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Vince Whaley
2018 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Adam Svensson 271−171 stroke Flag of South Korea.svg Im Sung-jae
2017 Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Landry 272−163 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Jimmy Gunn

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

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References

  1. ↑ "2017 season to begin with two Bahamas events, Wednesday finishes". PGA Tour. November 9, 2016.
  2. ↑ "The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at Baha Mar". PGA Tour. January 13, 2020.


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