UNC Health Championship

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UNC Health Championship
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Tournament information
Location Raleigh, North Carolina
Established1994
Course(s) Raleigh Country Club
Par70
Length7,257 yards (6,636 m)
Tour(s) Korn Ferry Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$1,000,000
Month playedJune
Tournament record score
Aggregate263 Sebastian Cappelen (2019)
263 Stephan Jäger (2021)
263 Mito Pereira (2021)
To par−21 as above
Current champion
Flag of Japan.svg Kaito Onishi
Location map
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Raleigh Country Club
Location in the United States
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Raleigh Country Club
Location in North Carolina

The UNC Health Championship (formerly Rex Hospital Open [1] ) is a regular golf tournament on the Korn Ferry Tour. It is played annually at the Raleigh Country Club in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Contents

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
UNC Health Championship
2024 Flag of Japan.svg Kaito Onishi 272−81 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Max McGreevy
2023 Flag of Argentina.svg Jorge Fernández-Valdés 267−13Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Trent Phillips
Rex Hospital Open
2022 Flag of the United States.svg Davis Thompson 267−171 stroke Flag of Sweden.svg Vincent Norrman
Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Yun
2021 Flag of Chile.svg Mito Pereira 263−21Playoff Flag of Germany.svg Stephan Jäger
2020 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [2]
2019 Flag of Denmark.svg Sebastian Cappelen 263−213 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Grayson Murray
Flag of the United States.svg Zack Sucher
2018 Flag of the United States.svg Joey Garber 266−181 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Scott Langley
Flag of the United States.svg Hank Lebioda
2017 Flag of the United States.svg Conrad Shindler 269−15Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Chesson Hadley
2016 Flag of the United States.svg Trey Mullinax 270−142 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Brady Schnell
2015 Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Thompson (3)267−17Playoff Flag of Argentina.svg Miguel Ángel Carballo
Flag of the United States.svg Patton Kizzire
2014 Flag of the United States.svg Byron Smith 268−164 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Gardiner
Flag of the United States.svg Harold Varner III
2013 Flag of the United States.svg Chesson Hadley 265−192 strokes Flag of New Zealand.svg Danny Lee
2012 Flag of the United States.svg James Hahn 271−13Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Scott Parel
2011 Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Thompson (2)270−141 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Scott Brown
Flag of the United States.svg Martin Flores
Flag of the United States.svg Troy Kelly
2010 Flag of the United States.svg John Riegger 193 [lower-alpha 1] −205 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Chris Nallen
2009 Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Johnson 266−18Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Gallagher
2008 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Gutschewski 270−142 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Chad Ginn
Flag of Mexico.svg Esteban Toledo
2007 Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Thompson 268−162 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Bob Burns
2006 Flag of South Africa.svg Brenden Pappas 268−161 stroke Flag of South Korea.svg Charlie Wi
2005 Flag of the United States.svg Eric Axley 270−142 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Troy Matteson
SAS Carolina Classic
2004 Flag of the United States.svg Chris Anderson 271−13Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Jason Buha
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Gow
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brendan Jones
2003 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg David Morland IV 268−161 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Rob Bradley
Flag of the United States.svg Vaughn Taylor
2002 Flag of the United States.svg Zoran Zorkic 274−101 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Doug Barron
Buy.com Carolina Classic
2001 Flag of the United States.svg John Maginnes 269−152 strokes Flag of Japan.svg Ryuji Imada
2000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Hensby 266−18Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Manny Zerman
Nike Carolina Classic
1999 Flag of the United States.svg Vance Veazey 269−151 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Steve Haskins
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Glen Hnatiuk
1998 Flag of the United States.svg Brian Bateman 266−181 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Green
1997 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ahmad Bateman 284−41 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Steve Flesch
Flag of the United States.svg Dennis Paulson
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Terry Price
1996 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Glen Hnatiuk 205 [lower-alpha 1] −11Playoff Flag of New Zealand.svg Craig Perks
1995 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Christie 266−222 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Sean Murphy
1994 Flag of the United States.svg Skip Kendall 276−122 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Pat Bates

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

Notes

  1. 1 2 Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

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References

  1. ↑ Koutroumpis, Peter (May 31, 2023). "2023 UNC Health Championship set to debut at Raleigh Country Club". Triangle Sports Network. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
  2. ↑ "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. Retrieved April 16, 2020.


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