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The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic

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The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic
Tournament information
LocationGreat Exuma, The Bahamas
Established2017
Course(s)Sandals Emerald Bay Golf Club
Par72
Length7,001 yards (6,402 m)
Tour(s)Korn Ferry Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$1,000,000
Month playedJanuary
Tournament record score
Aggregate270 Dou Zecheng (2019)
To par−18 as above
Current champion
Germany Jeremy Paul
Location map
Sandals Emerald Bay GC is located in Bahamas
Sandals Emerald Bay GC
Sandals Emerald Bay GC
Location in the Bahamas

The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic is a golf tournament on the Korn Ferry Tour, played at Sandals Emerald Bay Golf Course in the Bahamas. It is one of two Korn Ferry Tour events in the Bahamas, along with The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic. Both events were first played in January 2017 starting on a Sunday and finishing on a Wednesday, rather than the standard Thursday–Sunday schedule.[1]

Due to high winds in the inaugural event, the cut line fell at 11-over-par 155, the highest in Web.com Tour history.[2] The par-4 12th hole played to a stroke average of 5.008, making it the hardest in tour history relative to par.[3]

Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
2024 Germany Jeremy Paul 271 −17 1 stroke United States Kevin Roy
2023 United States Chandler Phillips 274 −14 2 strokes United States Cody Blick
United States Peter Knade
2022 United States Akshay Bhatia 274 −14 2 strokes United States Paul Haley II
2021: No tournament
2020 United States Tommy Gainey 277 −11 4 strokes United States John Oda
United States Dylan Wu
2019 China Dou Zecheng 270 −18 2 strokes United States Ben Kohles
United States Steve LeBrun
2018 South Korea Im Sung-jae 275 −13 4 strokes Mexico Carlos Ortiz
2017 United States Kyle Thompson 286 −2 2 strokes United States Nicholas Thompson
United States Andrew Yun

Bolded golfers graduated to the PGA Tour via the Korn Ferry Tour regular-season money list.

References

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  1. ^ "2017 season to begin with two Bahamas events, Wednesday finishes". PGA Tour. November 9, 2016.
  2. ^ Parker, Nick (January 10, 2017). "Thompson holds lead with 28 holes remaining at The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic". PGA Tour.
  3. ^ Parker, Nick (January 11, 2017). "Thompson emerges victorious at 2017 season opener in Bahamas". PGA Tour.
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