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tournament in the central

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on the

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. It was played annually for eighteen years at Champions Run in

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. It debuted as the "Nike Omaha Classic" in

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

, with a purse of $200,000 and a winner's share of $36,000, won by Rocky Walcher on August 11. For its 18th and final edition in

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, the purse had quadrupled to $800,000 and Bronson La'Cassie took the winner's share of $144,000 after three playoff holes. The Web.com Tour returned to Omaha in

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with the Pinnacle Bank Championship, held at public Indian Creek Golf Course in July.

Winners

Bolded golfers graduated to the PGA Tour via the Web.com Tour regular-season money list. Golfers in ''bold italics'' were promoted immediately due to it being their third win of the season.

References

External links

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Coverage on Web.com Tour's official siteChampions Run
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