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tournament on the

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. It was played for the first time as the Chiquita Classic in July 2010 at TPC River's Bend in

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.Nationwide Tour to play new Chiquita Classic in Cincinnati

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won the inaugural event in 2010 by 3 strokes at 27-under-par. From 2013 to 2015, it was part of the Web.com Tour Finals and the field consisted of the top 75 players from the Web.Com Tour money list and the players ranked 126 to 200 on the

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's money list at the start of the Finals. The tournament was moved to River Run Country Club in

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from 2013 onward and the purse was set at

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1,000,000, with $180,000 going to the winner.

Winners

Bolded golfers graduated to the PGA Tour via the final Web.com Tour money list, in the pre-Finals era. When the event was part of the Web.com Tour Finals, all winners and runners-up earned PGA Tour cards.

References

External links

Coverage on the Web.com Tour's official site
{{Former Web.com Tour Events Former Korn Ferry Tour events Golf in Ohio Sports competitions in Cincinnati Recurring sporting events established in 2010 2010 establishments in Ohio