Small Business Connection Championship

Small Business Connection Championship
Tournament information
LocationCharlotte, North Carolina
Established2010
Course(s)River Run Country Club
Par72
Length7,317 yards (6,691 m)
Tour(s)Web.com Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$1,000,000
Month playedSeptember
Final year2015
Tournament record score
Aggregate261 Tommy Gainey (2010)
To par−27 as above
Final champion
United States Chez Reavie
Location map
River Run CC is located in the United States
River Run CC
River Run CC
Location in the United States
River Run CC is located in North Carolina
River Run CC
River Run CC
Location in North Carolina

The Small Business Connection Championship was a golf tournament on the Web.com Tour. It was played for the first time as the Chiquita Classic in July 2010 at TPC River's Bend in Cincinnati, Ohio.[1] The tournament was moved to River Run Country Club in Davidson, North Carolina in 2012.

From 2013 to 2015, it was part of the Web.com Tour Finals and the field consisted of the top 75 players from the Web.com Tour money list and the players ranked 126 to 200 on the PGA Tour's money list at the start of the Finals; the purse was set at US$1,000,000, with $180,000 going to the winner.[2]

Winners

Web.com Tour (Finals) 2013–2015
Web.com Tour (Regular) 2010–2012
# Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Small Business Connection Championship
6th 2015 United States Chez Reavie 273 −15 1 stroke Argentina Emiliano Grillo
United States Jamie Lovemark
United States Steve Marino
Chiquita Classic
5th 2014 Canada Adam Hadwin 270 −18 2 strokes United States John Peterson
4th 2013 United States Andrew Svoboda 276 −12 Playoff United States Will MacKenzie
3rd 2012 United States Russell Henley 266 −22 Playoff United States Patrick Cantlay
United States Morgan Hoffmann
2nd 2011 Scotland Russell Knox 263 −25 3 strokes United States Billy Hurley III
1st 2010 United States Tommy Gainey 261 −27 3 strokes United States Joe Affrunti

Bolded golfers graduated to the PGA Tour via the final Web.com Tour money list, in the pre-Finals era. When the event was part of the Web.com Tour Finals, all winners and runners-up earned PGA Tour cards.

References

  1. ^ Nationwide Tour to play new Chiquita Classic in Cincinnati Archived 2010-02-23 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "PGA Tour announces 2013 Web.com Tour schedule". PGA Tour. December 13, 2012. Retrieved January 15, 2013.