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ISCO Championship

Coordinates: 37°57′40″N 84°36′11″W / 37.961°N 84.603°W / 37.961; -84.603
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ISCO Championship
Tournament information
LocationNicholasville, Kentucky, U.S.
Established2015
Course(s)Keene Trace Golf Club
Par72
Length7,328 yards (6,701 m)
Tour(s)PGA Tour (alternate event)
European Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$3,800,000
Month playedJuly
Tournament record score
Aggregate262 Jim Herman (2019)
To par−26 as above
Current champion
England Harry Hall
Location map
Keene Trace GC is located in the United States
Keene Trace GC
Keene Trace GC
Location in the United States
Keene Trace GC is located in Kentucky
Keene Trace GC
Keene Trace GC
Location in Kentucky

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.)

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.[3] 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

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Year Tour(s)[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Purse
(US$)
Winner's
share ($)
ISCO Championship
2024 EUR, PGAT England Harry Hall 266 −22 Playoff United States Zac Blair
United States Pierceson Coody
Philippines Rico Hoey
United States Matthew NeSmith
4,000,000 720,000
Barbasol Championship
2023 EUR, PGAT Sweden Vincent Norrman 266 −22 Playoff England Nathan Kimsey 3,800,000 684,000
2022 EUR, PGAT United States Trey Mullinax 263 −25 1 stroke United States Kevin Streelman 3,700,000 666,000
2021 PGAT Republic of Ireland Séamus Power 267 −21 Playoff United States J. T. Poston 3,500,000 630,000
2020 PGAT Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4]
2019 PGAT United States Jim Herman 262 −26 1 stroke United States Kelly Kraft 3,500,000 630,000
2018 PGAT United States Troy Merritt 265 −23 1 stroke United States Billy Horschel
United States Tom Lovelady
United States Richy Werenski
3,500,000 630,000
2017 PGAT United States Grayson Murray 263 −21 1 stroke United States Chad Collins 3,500,000 630,000
2016 PGAT Australia Aaron Baddeley 266 −18 Playoff South Korea Kim Si-woo 3,500,000 630,000
2015 PGAT United States Scott Piercy 265 −19 3 strokes United States Will Wilcox 3,500,000 630,000

Notes

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  1. ^ EUR − European Tour; PGAT − PGA Tour.

References

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  1. ^ "Barbasol Championship debuts on PGA Tour in 2015". PGA Tour. August 11, 2014.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "PGA Tour and European Tour announce details of historic Strategic Alliance". PGA Tour. August 3, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
  4. ^ "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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37°57′40″N 84°36′11″W / 37.961°N 84.603°W / 37.961; -84.603