Palmetto Championship
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Gillisonville, South Carolina |
| Established | 2021 |
| Course(s) | Congaree Golf Club |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 7,685 yards (7,027 m) |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | US$7,300,000 |
| Month played | June |
| Final year | 2021 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 273 Garrick Higgo (2021) |
| To par | −11 as above |
| Final champion | |
 Garrick Higgo | |
| Location map | |
  Congaree GC Location in the United States  Congaree GC Location in South Carolina | |
The Palmetto Championship at Congaree was a PGA Tour stroke play event that was played for the first time from June 10–13, 2021 at Congaree Golf Club in Gillisonville near Ridgeland, South Carolina. The event was announced April 2, 2021 and was a one-time event, as a replacement to the 2021 RBC Canadian Open which was canceled due to logistical challenges related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
Garrick Higgo won the event by one stroke in just his second PGA Tour start.[2]
Winners
[edit]| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runners-up | Purse (US$) |
Winner's share ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Garrick Higgo |
273 | −11 | 1 stroke |  Chesson Hadley Tyrrell Hatton Doc Redman Hudson Swafford Bo Van Pelt Jhonattan Vegas |
7,300,000 | 1,314,000 |
References
[edit]- ^ "New Tour event will visit Congaree, a club with a mission". PGA Tour. March 30, 2021. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
- ^ Jackson, Keith (June 13, 2021). "Palmetto Championship: Garrick Higgo wins after Chesson Hadley falters at the last". Sky Sports.