ISCO Championship
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Established | 2015 |
| Course(s) | Hurstbourne Country Club |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,328 yards (6,701 m) |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour (alternate event) European Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | US$3,800,000 |
| Month played | July |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 262 Jim Herman (2019) |
| To par | −26 as above |
| Current champion | |
| Harry Hall | |
| Location map | |
Location in the United States Location in Kentucky | |
The ISCO Championship is a professional golf tournament in Kentucky on the PGA Tour; it debuted in 2015 as the Barbasol Championship, an alternate event to The Scottish Open in Britain in July. The first three editions of the tournament were played in Alabama at the Grand National course of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail in Opelika, northeast of Auburn. It was the first PGA Tour event played in Alabama since the PGA Championship in 1990.
In 2018, the tournament moved to Kentucky to the Keene Trace Golf Club in Nicholasville, south of Lexington, and was the first PGA Tour event (excluding majors) in the state in 59 years, since the Kentucky Derby Open in 1959. (Valhalla Golf Club near Louisville hosted the PGA Championship in 1996, 2000, 2014 and 2024.) In 2025, the tournament will be moved to Hurstbourne Country Club in Louisville.
Like other alternate events, the winner of the tournament does not earn an invitation to the Masters. However, the winner still receives a two-year PGA Tour exemption and a trip to the PGA Championship.
In August 2021, it was announced that from 2022 onward, the event would become a co-sanctioned event with the European Tour, played the same week as an alternate event to the Genesis Scottish Open. It would also be an event that would give the leading non-exempt golfer entry into The Open Championship.
The 2024 event set the record for the lowest 36-hole cut at a PGA Tour event at eight under par.