The Mid-Atlantic Championship 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 wi ...
tournament 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. Th ...
played at TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm. Proceeds from the Mid-Atlantic Championship benefited th
Salute Military Golf Association
From 2007 to 2011, it was played as the Melwood Prince George's County Open. It was renamed the Neediest Kids Championship in 2012, and benefite
Neediest Kids
In 2010 and 2011, it was played on the
University of Maryland Golf Course
The University of Maryland Golf Course in College Park, Maryland, is the home of the Maryland Terrapins men's and women's golf teams. The semi-private championship course was designed in 1955 by George Cobb (golf), George Cobb, the course has bee ...
in
College Park, Maryland
College Park is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, and is approximately four miles (6.4 km) from the northeast border of Washington, D.C. The population was 34,740 at the 2020 United States Census. It is best known a ...
. From 2007 to 2009, it was played at the
Country Club at Woodmore
The Country Club at Woodmore is a private country club, golf course, and gated community in Mitchellville, an unincorporated and affluent predominantly African-American community in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The nearby gate ...
in
Mitchellville, Maryland
Mitchellville is an upper-class majority African-American unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 11,136.
Geography
Mitchellville is locate ...
. Since 2012, it has been played at
TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm in
Potomac, Maryland
Potomac () is a census-designated place (CDP) in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, named after the nearby Potomac River. Potomac is the seventh most educated small town in America, based on percentage of residents with postsecondary deg ...
. The 2013 purse was $600,000, with $108,000 going to the winner.
In 2013, Mid-Atlantic Championship organizer IGP Sports & Entertainment Group was acquired by
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IMG Golf Strengthens Global Resources, And Florida Presence, With Acquisition Of IGP Sports & Entertainment Group
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Winners
Bolded golfers graduated to the PGA Tour via the Web.com Tour regular-season money list.
References
External links
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Former Korn Ferry Tour events
Golf in Maryland
Recurring sporting events established in 2007
Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2013
2007 establishments in Maryland
2013 disestablishments in Maryland
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