Small Business Connection Championship

The Small Business Connection Championship was a golf tournament on the Web.com Tour. It was played for the first time as the Chiquita Classic in July 2010 at TPC River's Bend in Cincinnati, Ohio.[1] The tournament was moved to River Run Country Club in Davidson, North Carolina in 2012.

Small Business Connection Championship
Tournament information
LocationCharlotte, North Carolina
Established2010
Course(s)River Run Country Club
Par72
Length7,317 yards (6,691 m)
Tour(s)Web.com Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$1,000,000
Month playedSeptember
Final year2015
Tournament record score
Aggregate261 Tommy Gainey (2010)
To par−27 as above
Final champion
United States Chez Reavie
Location Map
River Run CC is located in the United States
River Run CC
River Run CC
Location in the United States
River Run CC is located in North Carolina
River Run CC
River Run CC
Location in North Carolina

From 2013 to 2015, it was part of the Web.com Tour Finals and the field consisted of the top 75 players from the Web.com Tour money list and the players ranked 126 to 200 on the PGA Tour's money list at the start of the Finals; the purse was set at US$1,000,000, with $180,000 going to the winner.[2]

Winners
Web.com Tour (Finals)2013–2015
Web.com Tour (Regular)2010–2012
#YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
Small Business Connection Championship
6th 2015United States Chez Reavie273−151 strokeArgentina Emiliano Grillo
United States Jamie Lovemark
United States Steve Marino
Chiquita Classic
5th 2014Canada Adam Hadwin270−182 strokesUnited States John Peterson
4th 2013United States Andrew Svoboda276−12PlayoffUnited States Will MacKenzie
3rd 2012United States Russell Henley266−22PlayoffUnited States Patrick Cantlay
United States Morgan Hoffmann
2nd 2011Scotland Russell Knox263−253 strokesUnited States Billy Hurley III
1st 2010United States Tommy Gainey261−273 strokesUnited States Joe Affrunti

Bolded golfers graduated to the PGA Tour via the final Web.com Tour money list, in the pre-Finals era. When the event was part of the Web.com Tour Finals, all winners and runners-up earned PGA Tour cards.

References
  1. Nationwide Tour to play new Chiquita Classic in Cincinnati Archived 2010-02-23 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "PGA Tour announces 2013 Web.com Tour schedule". PGA Tour. December 13, 2012. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
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