Barbasol Championship
The Barbasol Championship is a professional golf tournament in Kentucky on the PGA Tour; it debuted in 2015 as 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.
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| Tournament information | |
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| Location | Nicholasville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Established | 2015 |
| Course(s) | Keene Trace Golf Club |
| Par | 72 |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour (alternate event) |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | $3.5 million |
| Month played | July |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 262 Jim Herman (2019) |
| To par | −26 Jim Herman (2019) |
| Current champion | |
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In 2018, the tournament moved to Kentucky to the Keene Trace Golf Club in Nicholasville, south of Lexington, and was the first PGA Tour event (excluding majors) in the state in 59 years, since the Kentucky Derby Open in 1959.[2] (Valhalla Golf Club near Louisville hosted the PGA Championship in 1996, 2000, and 2014.)
Like other alternate events, the winner of the Barbasol Championship does not earn an invitation to the Masters and point values are limited due to the weaker field (24 OWGR points and 300 FedEx Cup points compared to 100 OWGR points and 600 FedEx points for Open Championship winners). However, the winner still receives a two-year PGA Tour exemption and a trip to the PGA Championship.
Winners
| Season | Player | Country | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Winner's share ($) | Purse ($) |
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| 2020 | Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic[3] | |||||||
| 2019 | Jim Herman | | 262 | −26 | 1 stroke | | 630,000 | 3,500,000 |
| 2018 | Troy Merritt | | 265 | −23 | 1 stroke | | 630,000 | 3,500,000 |
| 2017 | Grayson Murray | | 263 | −21 | 1 stroke | | 630,000 | 3,500,000 |
| 2016 | Aaron Baddeley | .svg.png){kind=small} | 266 | −18 | Playoff |  | 630,000 | 3,500,000 |
| 2015 | Scott Piercy | | 265 | −19 | 3 strokes | | 630,000 | 3,500,000 |
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.
- "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.