The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic

Golf tournament

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

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

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

References

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