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KC Golf Classic

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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.

01Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
AdventHealth Championship
2026	Yuta Sugiura	259	−29	1 stroke	Austin Hitt
2025	Kim Seong-hyeon	268	−20	3 strokes	Blaine Hale Jr.
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
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.

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