Rust-Oleum Championship

The Rust-Oleum Championship was a golf tournament on the Web.com Tour from 2014 to 2018. It was first played in June 2014 as the Cleveland Open at the Lakewood Country Club in Westlake, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland.[1] In 2016, it moved to Ivanhoe Club in Ivanhoe, Illinois.[2]

Rust-Oleum Championship
Tournament information
LocationIvanhoe, Illinois
Established2014
Course(s)Ivanhoe Club
Par72
Length7,022 yards (6,421 m)
Tour(s)Web.com Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$600,000
Month playedJune
Final year2018
Tournament record score
Aggregate266 Shane Bertsch (2015)
To par−18 as above
Final champion
United States Chase Wright
Location map
Ivanhoe Club is located in the United States
Ivanhoe Club
Ivanhoe Club
Location in the United States
Ivanhoe Club is located in Illinois
Ivanhoe Club
Ivanhoe Club
Location in Illinois

In the inaugural edition, Steven Alker defeated Dawie van der Walt in an eleven-hole playoff, the longest in Web.com Tour history.[3]

Winners

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Year Winne Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Rust-Oleum Championship
2018   Chase Wright 271 −17 Playoff   Alex Prugh
2017   Stephan Jäger 274 −14 2 strokes   Ted Potter Jr.
2016   Max Homa 275 −13 1 stroke   John Mallinger
  Josh Teater
2015   Shane Bertsch 266 −18 1 stroke   Lucas Lee
Cleveland Open
2014   Steven Alker 270 −14 Playoff   Dawie van der Walt

Bolded golfers graduated to the PGA Tour via the Web.com Tour regular-season money list.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "PGA Tour, Greater Cleveland Sports Commission announce new event". PGA Tour. February 12, 2014.
  2. ^ "Rust-Oleum Championship moves to Chicagoland". PGA Tour. December 7, 2015.
  3. ^ Schwarb, John (June 9, 2014). "Alker wins epic 11-hole playoff at Cleveland Open". PGA Tour.
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