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]

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

Winners

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

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  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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