The Cox Classic presented by Lexus of Omaha was a professional
golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...
tournament in the central
United States
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on the
Web.com Tour. It was played annually for eighteen years at Champions Run in
Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 39th-largest cit ...
.
It debuted as the "Nike Omaha Classic" in
1996, with a purse of $200,000 and a winner's share of $36,000, won by
Rocky Walcher
Rocky Walcher (born October 12, 1961) is an American professional golfer.
Walcher was born in Carnegie, Oklahoma. He played college golf at Southwestern Oklahoma State University. He was inducted into the SWOSU Athletic Hall of Fame in 2006.
Wal ...
on August 11.
For its 18th and final edition in
2013
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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
2017
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with the
Pinnacle Bank Championship, held at public Indian Creek Golf Course in July.
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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
Former Korn Ferry Tour events
Golf in Nebraska
Sports in Omaha, Nebraska
Recurring sporting events established in 1996
Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2013
1996 establishments in Nebraska
2013 disestablishments in Nebraska
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