AdventHealth Championship
Tournament information
LocationKansas City, Missouri
Established2009
Course(s)Blue Hills Country Club
Par72
Length7,364 yards (6,734 m)
Tour(s)Korn Ferry Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$1,000,000
Month playedMay
Tournament record score
Aggregate258 James Nitties (2011)
258 Martin Piller (2015)
To par−22 Sepp Straka (2018)
Current champion
United States Grayson Murray
Location Map
Blue Hills CC is located in the United States
Blue Hills CC
Blue Hills CC
Location in the United States
Blue Hills CC is located in Missouri
Blue Hills CC
Blue Hills CC
Location in Missouri

The AdventHealth Championship is a Korn Ferry Tour event that was played for the first time in 2009 as the Christmas in October Classic. It has been played at the Nicklaus Golf Club at LionsGate in Overland Park, Kansas and Blue Hills Country Club in Kansas City, Missouri. The tournament took a hiatus in 2010, and returned as the Midwest Classic in 2011 with the Kansas City Crusaders as the host organization. The event was renamed as the KC Golf Classic in 2018.[1]

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
AdventHealth Championship
2023United States Grayson Murray269−191 strokeUnited States Wilson Furr
United States Rico Hoey
2022United States Trevor Cone272−161 strokeUnited States Taylor Montgomery
2021United States Cameron Young269−192 strokesSouth Africa Dawie van der Walt
KC Golf Classic
2020Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[2]
2019United States Michael Gellerman277−111 strokeUnited States Harry Higgs
Argentina Nelson Ledesma
2018Austria Sepp Straka262−221 strokeUnited States Kyle Jones
Digital Ally Open
2017China Dou Zecheng259−253 strokesUnited States Luke Guthrie
United States Billy Kennerly
United States Kyle Thompson
2016United States Wesley Bryan264−20PlayoffUnited States Grayson Murray
United States J. T. Poston
2015United States Martin Piller258−264 strokesUnited States Darron Stiles
Midwest Classic
2014United States Zack Sucher265−193 strokesUnited States Aaron Watkins
2013United States Jamie Lovemark266−181 strokeUnited States Mark Anderson
2012United States Shawn Stefani267−172 strokesUnited States Russell Henley
United States Luke List
2011Australia James Nitties258−265 strokesSweden Jonas Blixt
Australia Nick Flanagan
Christmas in October Classic
2010: No tournament
2009Australia Michael Sim264−202 strokesUnited States Josh Teater

Bolded golfers graduated to the PGA Tour via the Korn Ferry Tour regular-season money list. Golfers in bold italics achieved their third win of the season at this tournament and were promoted immediately.

References

  1. Smith, Tom (January 12, 2018). "Minus sponsor for now, local Web.com event will be called KC Golf Classic". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
  2. "PGA Tour statement regarding additional tournament cancellations". PGA Tour. March 17, 2020. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
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