KC Golf Classic

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 Harry Higgs
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

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
AdventHealth Championship
2024 United States Harry Higgs 269 −19 Playoff United States Tanner Gore
2023 United States Grayson Murray 269 −19 1 stroke United States Wilson Furr
United States Rico Hoey
2022 United States Trevor Cone 272 −16 1 stroke United States Taylor Montgomery
2021 United States Cameron Young 269 −19 2 strokes South Africa Dawie van der Walt
KC Golf Classic
2020 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[2]
2019 United States Michael Gellerman 277 −11 1 stroke United States Harry Higgs
Argentina Nelson Ledesma
2018 Austria Sepp Straka 262 −22 1 stroke United States Kyle Jones
Digital Ally Open
2017 China Dou Zecheng 259 −25 3 strokes United States Luke Guthrie
United States Billy Kennerly
United States Kyle Thompson
2016 United States Wesley Bryan 264 −20 Playoff United States Grayson Murray
United States J. T. Poston
2015 United States Martin Piller 258 −26 4 strokes United States Darron Stiles
Midwest Classic
2014 United States Zack Sucher 265 −19 3 strokes United States Aaron Watkins
2013 United States Jamie Lovemark 266 −18 1 stroke United States Mark Anderson
2012 United States Shawn Stefani 267 −17 2 strokes United States Russell Henley
United States Luke List
2011 Australia James Nitties 258 −26 5 strokes Sweden Jonas Blixt
Australia Nick Flanagan
Christmas in October Classic
2010: No tournament
2009 Australia Michael Sim 264 −20 2 strokes United 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.