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tournament on the

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. It was played for the first time in July 2007 at The Ohio State University Golf Club's Scarlet Course in

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, a former Ohio State golfer and Upper Arlington native, serves as honorary host of the event. The first six years of the event were unique in that it invited the top collegiate golfers to compete. Amateurs won two of the six events. Since 2013, it is part of the

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and the field consists of the top 75 players from the Korn Ferry Tour money list and the players ranked 126 to 200 on the

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's FedEx Cup points list at the start of the Finals. The 2017 purse was $1,000,000, with a $180,000 winner's share.

Winners

Bolded golfers graduated to the PGA Tour via the Korn Ferry Tour regular-season money list, in years that the event was not part of the old Korn Ferry Tour Finals system. In years that the event was part of that system, all winners and runners-up earned PGA Tour cards.

References

External links

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Coverage on the Korn Ferry Tour's official site
{{Korn Ferry Tour Events Korn Ferry Tour events Golf tournaments in Ohio Sports competitions in Columbus, Ohio Recurring sporting events established in 2007 2007 establishments in Ohio