The Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank and Intermountain Health is a professional

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tournament on the

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, played at

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. One of the original tournaments of the 1990

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as the Utah Classic, the tournament has been played every year but two (1997–1998). The first seven (1990–1996) were played in

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at Riverside Country Club and the next sixteen (1999–2014) at Willow Creek in

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. Formerly played in early September, the tournament moved to late July in

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and to mid-July in

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. It moved to Thanksgiving Point Golf Club in Lehi in

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, a few miles north of

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and along the

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. In

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, the tournament moved north to Oakridge Country Club in Farmington, between

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and

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; its average

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is slightly under above

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. Two major champions have won this event: John Daly won $20,000 in the inaugural edition in 1990, and

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won $81,000 in

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. The purse in

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was $700,000, with a winner's share of $126,000.

Winners

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

Notes

References

External links

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Coverage on the Korn Ferry Tour's official siteThanksgiving Point Golf Club
(2015– )
Willow Creek Country Club
(1999–2014)
Riverside Country Club
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