UNC Health Championship

UNC Health Championship
Tournament information
LocationRaleigh, North Carolina
Established1994
Course(s)Raleigh Country Club
Par70
Length7,257 yards (6,636 m)
Tour(s)Korn Ferry Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$1,000,000
Month playedJune
Tournament record score
Aggregate263 Sebastian Cappelen (2019)
263 Stephan Jäger (2021)
263 Mito Pereira (2021)
To par−21 as above
Current champion
Japan Kaito Onishi
Location map
Raleigh Country Club is located in the United States
Raleigh Country Club
Raleigh Country Club
Location in the United States
Raleigh Country Club is located in North Carolina
Raleigh Country Club
Raleigh Country Club
Location in North Carolina

The UNC Health Championship (formerly Rex Hospital Open[1]) is a regular golf tournament on the Korn Ferry Tour. It is played annually at the Raleigh Country Club in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
UNC Health Championship
2024 Japan Kaito Onishi 272 −8 1 stroke United States Max McGreevy
2023 Argentina Jorge Fernández-Valdés 267 −13 Playoff United States Trent Phillips
Rex Hospital Open
2022 United States Davis Thompson 267 −17 1 stroke Sweden Vincent Norrman
United States Andrew Yun
2021 Chile Mito Pereira 263 −21 Playoff Germany Stephan Jäger
2020 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[2]
2019 Denmark Sebastian Cappelen 263 −21 3 strokes United States Grayson Murray
United States Zack Sucher
2018 United States Joey Garber 266 −18 1 stroke United States Scott Langley
United States Hank Lebioda
2017 United States Conrad Shindler 269 −15 Playoff United States Chesson Hadley
2016 United States Trey Mullinax 270 −14 2 strokes United States Brady Schnell
2015 United States Kyle Thompson (3) 267 −17 Playoff Argentina Miguel Ángel Carballo
United States Patton Kizzire
2014 United States Byron Smith 268 −16 4 strokes Australia Scott Gardiner
United States Harold Varner III
2013 United States Chesson Hadley 265 −19 2 strokes New Zealand Danny Lee
2012 United States James Hahn 271 −13 Playoff United States Scott Parel
2011 United States Kyle Thompson (2) 270 −14 1 stroke United States Scott Brown
United States Martin Flores
United States Troy Kelly
2010 United States John Riegger 193[a] −20 5 strokes United States Chris Nallen
2009 United States Kevin Johnson 266 −18 Playoff United States Jeff Gallagher
2008 United States Scott Gutschewski 270 −14 2 strokes United States Chad Ginn
Mexico Esteban Toledo
2007 United States Kyle Thompson 268 −16 2 strokes United States Bob Burns
2006 South Africa Brenden Pappas 268 −16 1 stroke South Korea Charlie Wi
2005 United States Eric Axley 270 −14 2 strokes United States Troy Matteson
SAS Carolina Classic
2004 United States Chris Anderson 271 −13 Playoff United States Jason Buha
Australia Paul Gow
Australia Brendan Jones
2003 Canada David Morland IV 268 −16 1 stroke United States Rob Bradley
United States Vaughn Taylor
2002 United States Zoran Zorkic 274 −10 1 stroke United States Doug Barron
Buy.com Carolina Classic
2001 United States John Maginnes 269 −15 2 strokes Japan Ryuji Imada
2000 Australia Mark Hensby 266 −18 Playoff South Africa Manny Zerman
Nike Carolina Classic
1999 United States Vance Veazey 269 −15 1 stroke United States Steve Haskins
Canada Glen Hnatiuk
1998 United States Brian Bateman 266 −18 1 stroke United States Jimmy Green
1997 Canada Ahmad Bateman 284 −4 1 stroke United States Steve Flesch
United States Dennis Paulson
Australia Terry Price
1996 Canada Glen Hnatiuk 205[a] −11 Playoff New Zealand Craig Perks
1995 United States Michael Christie 266 −22 2 strokes United States Sean Murphy
1994 United States Skip Kendall 276 −12 2 strokes United States Pat Bates

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

Notes

  1. ^ a b Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

References

  1. ^ Koutroumpis, Peter (May 31, 2023). "2023 UNC Health Championship set to debut at Raleigh Country Club". Triangle Sports Network. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
  2. ^ "PGA Tour announces schedule adjustments for remainder of 2019-20 FedExCup season, releases fall portion of 2020-21 PGA Tour Regular Season schedule". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 16, 2020.