Bermuda Championship

Last updated

Butterfield Bermuda Championship
Bermuda Championship logo.jpg
Tournament information
Location Southampton Parish, Bermuda
Established2019
Course(s) Port Royal Golf Course
Par71
Length6,828 yards (6,244 m)
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$6,500,000
Month playedNovember
Tournament record score
Aggregate260 Brendon Todd (2019)
260 Camilo Villegas (2023)
To par−24 as above
Current champion
Flag of Colombia.svg Camilo Villegas
Location Map
Bermuda location map.svg
Icona golf.svg
Port Royal GC
Location in Bermuda

The Butterfield Bermuda Championship is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour that debuted in October/November 2019 as part of the 2020 season. The tournament is played at the Port Royal Golf Course, designed by Robert Trent Jones, in Southampton Parish, Bermuda. Originally designated as an alternate event, opposite the WGC-HSBC Champions, the prize fund in 2019 was US$3,000,000. [1]

Contents

In 2020, 2021 and 2022, as a result of successive cancellations of the WGC-HSBC Champions due to COVID-19 pandemic considerations, the tournament was elevated to full FedEx Cup point event status, with the winner earning a Masters Tournament invitation. [2] As a full-field tournament, the prize fund was US$4 million in the 2020, and US$6.5 million in 2021 as Butterfield Bank joined the Bermuda Tourism Board as co-title sponsors. [3]

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upPurse
($)
Winner's
share ($)
Butterfield Bermuda Championship
2023 Flag of Colombia.svg Camilo Villegas 260−242 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Alex Norén 6,500,0001,170,000
2022 Flag of Ireland.svg Séamus Power 265−191 stroke Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thomas Detry 6,500,0001,170,000
2021 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lucas Herbert 269−151 stroke Flag of New Zealand.svg Danny Lee
Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Reed
6,500,0001,170,000
Bermuda Championship
2020 Flag of the United States.svg Brian Gay 269−15Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Wyndham Clark 4,000,000720,000
2019 Flag of the United States.svg Brendon Todd 260−244 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Harry Higgs 3,000,000540,000

Related Research Articles

The European Tour, currently titled as the DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons, and legally the PGA European Tour or the European Tour Group, is the leading men's professional golf tour in Europe. The organisation also operates the European Senior Tour and the developmental Challenge Tour; the second tier of men’s professional golf in Europe. The tour's headquarters are at the Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England. The European Tour was established by the British-based Professional Golfers' Association through the 1970s, and responsibility was transferred to an independent PGA European Tour organisation in 1984.

The World Golf Championships (WGC) were a group of annual professional golf tournaments created by the International Federation of PGA Tours as a means of gathering the best players in the world together more frequently than the pre-existing four major championships. All WGC tournaments are official money events on the PGA Tour and the European Tour, and officially sanctioned by the Asian Tour, Japan Golf Tour, Sunshine Tour, and PGA Tour of Australasia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WGC Match Play</span> One of the annual World Golf Championships

The WGC Match Play, titled in later years as the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play for sponsorship reasons, was a professional men's golf tournament that had been held since 1999. It was the only one of the World Golf Championships to have been contested using the match play format. From 2016 until its final year in 2023, it was held at the Austin Country Club in Austin, Texas, United States.

The PGA Grand Slam of Golf was an annual off-season golf tournament contested from 1979 until 2014 when the tournament was cancelled. It was contested by the year's winners of the four major championships of regular men's golf, which are the Masters Tournament, the U.S. Open, The Open Championship, and the PGA Championship. It was one of several invitational events for leading male golfers held each year after the PGA Tour and the European Tour seasons had concluded. The competition was organized by the PGA of America and the prize money did not count toward the PGA Tour money list.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WGC-HSBC Champions</span> Golf tournament held in Shanghai, China

The WGC-HSBC Champions was a professional golf tournament, held annually in China. Inaugurated in 2005, the first seven editions were played at the Sheshan Golf Club in Shanghai, then moved to the Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen for a single year in 2012. It returned to Sheshan Golf Club in 2013.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Martin Kaymer</span> German professional golfer

Martin Kaymer is a German professional golfer who currently plays on the LIV Golf League. A winner of two major championships, he was also the No. 1 ranked golfer in the Official World Golf Ranking for eight weeks in 2011.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">DP World Tour Championship</span> European Tour golf tournament

The DP World Tour Championship is a golf tournament on the European Tour and is the climax of the Race to Dubai. It is contested on the Greg Norman-designed Earth course at the Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The title sponsor is DP World, based in Dubai.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dustin Johnson</span> American professional golfer

Dustin Hunter Johnson is an American professional golfer. He has won two major championships, the 2016 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club with a 4-under-par score of 276 and the 2020 Masters Tournament with a record score of 268, 20-under-par. He had previously finished in a tie for second at both the 2011 Open Championship and the 2015 U.S. Open. He has six World Golf Championships victories, with only Tiger Woods having won more, and was the first and only player to win each of the four World Golf Championship events. He has played in The LIV Golf League since 2022.

Sheshan Golf Club is the first premier private golf club in Shanghai, China. Founded in 2004, the 18 hole golf course plays to a par of 72 and is designed by Nelson and Haworth Design, and spans over 7,266 yards. Every year, the club plays host to the WGC-HSBC Champions, and is currently the only club to host the Championship. Sheshan Golf Club was awarded the Best Golf Course in China by Golf Digest in 2013 and currently tops of the list of Top Clubs in China by Golf Magazine.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">PGA Tour</span> Golf tour in the United States

The PGA Tour is the organizer of professional golf tours in the United States and North America. It organizes most of the events on the flagship annual series of tournaments also known as the PGA Tour, as well as the PGA Tour Champions and the Korn Ferry Tour, as well as the PGA Tour Canada, PGA Tour Latinoamérica, and formerly the PGA Tour China. The PGA Tour is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, a suburb southeast of Jacksonville.

The 2011 PGA Tour was the 96th season of the PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States. It was also the 43rd season since separating from the PGA of America, and the fifth edition of the FedEx Cup.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Russell Knox</span> Scottish golfer

Russell Colin Knox is a Scottish professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.

The 2012 PGA Tour was the 97th season of the PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States. It was also the 44th season since separating from the PGA of America, and the sixth edition of the FedEx Cup.

The 2014–15 PGA Tour was the 100th season of the PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States. It was also the 47th season since separating from the PGA of America, and the ninth edition of the FedEx Cup.

The 2018–19 PGA Tour was the 104th season of the PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States. It was also the 51st season since separating from the PGA of America, and the 13th edition of the FedEx Cup.

The 2019–20 PGA Tour was the 105th season of the PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States. It was also the 52nd season since separating from the PGA of America, and the 14th edition of the FedEx Cup.

The 2020 European Tour was the 49th season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.

The 2020–21 PGA Tour was the 106th season of the PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States. It was also the 53rd season since separating from the PGA of America, and the 15th edition of the FedEx Cup.

The 2021–22 PGA Tour was the 107th season of the PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States. It was also the 54th season since separating from the PGA of America, and the 16th edition of the FedEx Cup.

The 2022–23 PGA Tour was the 108th season of the PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States. It was also the 55th season since separating from the PGA of America, and the 17th edition of the FedEx Cup.

References

  1. "Bermuda Championship set to debut on PGA Tour next season". PGA Tour. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  2. Boone, Kyle (2 September 2020). "PGA Tour releases 2020-21 schedule with 50 total events, most in a season since 1975". CBS Sports. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  3. "Butterfield to partner with the PGA Tour for the Butterfield Bermuda Championship" (PDF). Bermuda Championship. Retrieved 28 September 2021.

32°15′40″N64°52′23″W / 32.261°N 64.873°W / 32.261; -64.873