Professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour
Golf tournament
The ISCO Championship is a professional golf tournament in Kentucky on the PGA Tour ; it debuted in 2015 as the Barbasol Championship , an alternate event to The Open Championship in Britain in July. The first three editions of the tournament were played in Alabama at the Grand National course of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail in Opelika , northeast of Auburn .[ 1] It was the first PGA Tour event played in Alabama since the PGA Championship in 1990 .
In 2018 , the tournament moved to Kentucky to the Keene Trace Golf Club in Nicholasville , south of Lexington , and was the first PGA Tour event (excluding majors ) in the state in 59 years, since the Kentucky Derby Open in 1959.[ 2] (Valhalla Golf Club near Louisville hosted the PGA Championship in 1996 , 2000 , 2014 and 2024 .) In 2025, the tournament will be moved to Hurstbourne Country Club in Louisville.[ 3]
Like other alternate events, the winner of the tournament does not earn an invitation to the Masters . However, the winner still receives a two-year PGA Tour exemption and a trip to the PGA Championship.
In August 2021, it was announced that from 2022 onward, the event would become a co-sanctioned event with the European Tour , played the same week as an alternate event to the Genesis Scottish Open .[ 4] It would also be an event that would give the leading non-exempt golfer entry into The Open Championship .
The 2024 event set the record for the lowest 36-hole cut at a PGA Tour event at eight under par.
Winners
Year
Tour(s)[ a]
Winner
Score
To par
Margin of victory
Runner(s)-up
Purse (US$ )
Winner's share ($)
ISCO Championship
2024
EUR , PGAT
Harry Hall
266
−22
Playoff
Zac Blair Pierceson Coody Rico Hoey Matthew NeSmith
4,000,000
720,000
Barbasol Championship
2023
EUR , PGAT
Vincent Norrman
266
−22
Playoff
Nathan Kimsey
3,800,000
684,000
2022
EUR , PGAT
Trey Mullinax
263
−25
1 stroke
Kevin Streelman
3,700,000
666,000
2021
PGAT
Séamus Power
267
−21
Playoff
J. T. Poston
3,500,000
630,000
2020
PGAT
Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [ 5]
2019
PGAT
Jim Herman
262
−26
1 stroke
Kelly Kraft
3,500,000
630,000
2018
PGAT
Troy Merritt
265
−23
1 stroke
Billy Horschel Tom Lovelady Richy Werenski
3,500,000
630,000
2017
PGAT
Grayson Murray
263
−21
1 stroke
Chad Collins
3,500,000
630,000
2016
PGAT
Aaron Baddeley
266
−18
Playoff
Kim Si-woo
3,500,000
630,000
2015
PGAT
Scott Piercy
265
−19
3 strokes
Will Wilcox
3,500,000
630,000
Notes
References
^ "Barbasol Championship debuts on PGA Tour in 2015" . PGA Tour. August 11, 2014.
^ Gray, Will (October 18, 2017). "Barbasol Championship moving to Kentucky in 2018" . Golf Channel . Archived from the original on October 19, 2017. Retrieved October 18, 2017 .
^ "ISCO Championship" . iscochampionship.com . ISCO Championship. Retrieved December 18, 2024 .
^ "PGA Tour and European Tour announce details of historic Strategic Alliance" . PGA Tour. August 3, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2021 .
^ "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. April 16, 2020. Retrieved April 16, 2020 .
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