The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic

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The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic
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Tournament information
Location Great Exuma, The Bahamas
Established2017
Course(s)Sandals Emerald Bay Golf Club
Par72
Length7,001 yards (6,402 m)
Tour(s) Korn Ferry Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$1,000,000
Month playedJanuary
Tournament record score
Aggregate270 Dou Zecheng (2019)
To par−18 as above
Current champion
Flag of Germany.svg Jeremy Paul
Location Map
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Sandals Emerald Bay GC
Location in the Bahamas

The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic is a golf tournament on the Korn Ferry Tour, played at Sandals Emerald Bay Golf Course in the Bahamas. It is one of two Korn Ferry Tour events in the Bahamas, along with The Bahamas Great Abaco 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]

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Due to high winds in the inaugural event, the cut line fell at 11-over-par 155, the highest in Web.com Tour history. [2] The par-4 12th hole played to a stroke average of 5.008, making it the hardest in tour history relative to par. [3]

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
2024 Flag of Germany.svg Jeremy Paul 271−171 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Roy
2023 Flag of the United States.svg Chandler Phillips 274−142 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Cody Blick
Flag of the United States.svg Peter Knade
2022 Flag of the United States.svg Akshay Bhatia 274−142 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Paul Haley II
2021: No tournament
2020 Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Gainey 277−114 strokes Flag of the United States.svg John Oda
Flag of the United States.svg Dylan Wu
2019 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Dou Zecheng 270−182 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Ben Kohles
Flag of the United States.svg Steve LeBrun
2018 Flag of South Korea.svg Im Sung-jae 275−134 strokes Flag of Mexico.svg Carlos Ortiz
2017 Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Thompson 286−22 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Nicholas Thompson
Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Yun

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. ↑ Parker, Nick (January 10, 2017). "Thompson holds lead with 28 holes remaining at The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic". PGA Tour.
  3. ↑ Parker, Nick (January 11, 2017). "Thompson emerges victorious at 2017 season opener in Bahamas". PGA Tour.


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