The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic is a golf tournament on the Korn Ferry Tour, played at Sandals Emerald Bay Golf Course in the Bahamas. It is one of two Korn Ferry Tour events in the Bahamas, along with The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic. Both events were first played in January 2017 starting on a Sunday and finishing on a Wednesday, rather than the standard Thursday–Sunday schedule.[1]
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| Tournament information | |
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| Location | Great Exuma, The Bahamas |
| Established | 2017 |
| Course(s) | Sandals Emerald Bay Golf Club |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,001 yards (6,402 m) |
| Tour(s) | Korn Ferry Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | US$1,000,000 |
| Month played | January |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 270 Dou Zecheng (2019) |
| To par | −18 as above |
| Current champion | |
 Jeremy Paul | |
| Location map | |
  Sandals Emerald Bay GC Location in the Bahamas | |
Due to high winds in the inaugural event, the cut line fell at 11-over-par 155, the highest in Web.com Tour history.[2] The par-4 12th hole played to a stroke average of 5.008, making it the hardest in tour history relative to par.[3]
| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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| 2024 | Jeremy Paul |
271 | −17 | 1 stroke |  Kevin Roy
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| 2023 | Chandler Phillips |
274 | −14 | 2 strokes | Cody Blick Peter Knade
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| 2022 | Akshay Bhatia |
274 | −14 | 2 strokes | Paul Haley II
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| 2021: No tournament | |||||
| 2020 | Tommy Gainey |
277 | −11 | 4 strokes | John Oda Dylan Wu
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| 2019 |  Dou Zecheng |
270 | −18 | 2 strokes | Ben Kohles Steve LeBrun
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| 2018 |  Im Sung-jae |
275 | −13 | 4 strokes |  Carlos Ortiz
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| 2017 | Kyle Thompson |
286 | −2 | 2 strokes | Nicholas Thompson Andrew Yun
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Bolded golfers graduated to the PGA Tour via the Korn Ferry Tour regular-season money list.
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