The Cox Classic presented by Lexus of Omaha was a professional

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tournament in the central

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on the

Web.com Tour The Korn Ferry Tour is the developmental tour for the U.S.-based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either not yet reached the PGA Tour, or who have done so but then failed to win enough FedEx Cup points to stay at that level. T ...

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

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. It debuted as the "Nike Omaha Classic" in

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, with a purse of $200,000 and a winner's share of $36,000, won by

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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

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, 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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