DATES: Thursday, August 16th through Sunday, August 19th
SITE: Nicklaus Golf Club at LionsGate, Overland Park, Kansas
COURSE ARCHITECT: Jack Nicklaus (2001)
PAR: 71
YARDAGE: 7,237
Hole-By-Hole:
1 - Par 4 427 Yds
10 - Par 4 487 Yds
2 - Par 3 211 Yds
11 - Par 4 447 Yds
3 - Par 4 467 Yds
12 - Par 5 592 Yds
4 - Par 5 562 Yds
13 - Par 4 386 Yds
5 - Par 4 447 Yds
14 - Par 3 158 Yds
6 - Par 5 570 Yds
15 - Par 4 363 Yds
7 - Par 4 364 Yds
16 - Par 4 447 Yds
8 - Par 3 188 Yds
17 - Par 3 231 Yds
9 - Par 4 448 Yds
18 - Par 4 442 Yds
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36 3,684 Yds
35 3,553 Yds
Annual:
3rd
Television:
None
Defending Champion:
James Nitties
Runners-Up:
Jonas Blixt, Nick Flanagan
Tournament Record:
258 (James Nitties, 2011)
54-Hole Record:
193 (James Nitties, 2011)
36-Hole Record:
128 (J.J. Killeen, James Nitties, 2011)
Course Record:
60 (Scott Dunlap, 2011)
Total Purse:
$550,000
Shares:
1st Place - $99,000; 2nd Place - $59,400; 3rd Place - $37,400
2011 Finish
Player
Score
Player
Score
James Nitties
258
J.J. Killeen
264
Jonas Blixt
263
Andrew Svoboda
265
Nick Flanagan
263
Jeff Brehaut
266
Jason Kokrak
264
Miguel Angel Carballo
266
Josh Geary
264
Roberto Castro
266
Past Midwest Classic Winners
Year
Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up
2011
James Nitties (258) -- Jonas Blixt, Nick Flanagan
2010
Not Held
2009
Michael Sim (264) -- Josh Teater
Note:Formerly called Christmas in October Classic (2009).
Top Contenders in the Field
Player
2009
2011
James Nitties
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Won
Nick Flanagan
mc
T-2
Andrew Svoboda
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7th
Luke List
mc
T-11
Scott Gardiner
T-13
T-25
Mathias Gronberg
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T-62
Scott Harrington
T-47
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Justin Hicks
wd
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Andres Gonzales
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Paul Haley II
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Cameron Percy
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Chris Wilson
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Sports Network Selections
Pick to Win - Jim Herman
Darkhorse - David Lingmerth
Last Week's Pick to Win (Luke List) - Missed the cut
Last Week's Darkhorse (Luke Guthrie) - Finished tied for 10th
NOTES:
The Web.com Tour travels to Kansas this week for the Midwest Classic. Three of
the top five players on the money list are in the field - Luke List (3), Paul
Haley II (4) and Andres Gonzales (5). List currently trails money leader Casey
Wittenberg by more than $30,000 for the top spot.
James Nitties will attempt to become the first player in Web.com Tour history
to successfully defend his title. Nitties has struggled in 2012, only posting
one top 10 finish at the Price Cutter Charity Championship last week. He is
currently 108th on the money list.
The event will be held at Nicklaus Golf Club at LionsGate in Overland Park.
The par-71 course, designed by golf legend Jack Nicklaus, opened in 2001.
Nicklaus Golf Club hosted the Champions Tour in 2005 and 2006. Dana Quigley
won the Bayer Advantage Classic in 2005 and also captured the event the next
year when it was known as the Greater Kansas City Classic. Nicklaus played his
final competitive event on the Champions Tour at the Bayer Advantage Classic
in 2005, posting scores of 73-73 to tie for 64th.
Last year, Nitties fired rounds of 65-63-65-65 to win by five strokes over
Jonas Blixt and Nick Flanagan. Nitties, who won for the first time on the
Web.com Tour, ended at 26-under-par 258. The Australian smashed Michael Sim's
tournament scoring record of 264 from 2009.
In 2009, Sim closed with a 4-under 67 to win for the third time that year,
which earned him a promotion to the PGA Tour. He completed the event at 20-
under-par 264 and became the ninth player to earn the in-season promotion to
the PGA Tour. Sim also shattered the tour's single season money record. The
$112,000 he collected for the win boosted his season total to $527,079 and he
would go on to finish the season with $644,143. Troy Matteson set the old mark
of $495,009 in 2005.
The Web.com Tour returns next week for the News Sentinel Open in Knoxville,
Tennessee, where Kirk Triplett captured the title in 2011.
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