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BMW Charity Pro-Am

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BMW Charity Pro-Am
Tournament information
LocationGreer, South Carolina
Established1992
Course(s)Thornblade Club
The Carolina Country Club
Par71 (TC)
72 (CCC)
Length7,062 yards (6,457 m) (TC)
6,929 yards (6,336 m) (CCC)
Tour(s)Korn Ferry Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$1,000,000
Month playedJune
Tournament record score
Aggregate257 Michael Arnaud (2018)
To par−27 Michael Arnaud (2018)
−27 Mito Pereira (2021)
Current champion
United States Ryan Gerard
Location map
Thornblade Club is located in the United States
Thornblade Club
Thornblade Club
Location in the United States
Thornblade Club is located in South Carolina
Thornblade Club
Thornblade Club
Location in South Carolina

The BMW Charity Pro-Am is a golf tournament on the Korn Ferry Tour. It is currently played at Thornblade Club (host course) in Greer, South Carolina and The Carolina Country Club in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

From 1992 to 2000, the event was played at Verdae Greens Golf Club in Greenville.

When the event changed to a pro-am format in 2001, it moved to The Cliffs in Travelers Rest, South Carolina, using the Valley and Keowee Vineyards courses. The Walnut Cove course was added in 2005. In 2008, the tournament shifted to three different courses: Thornblade Club, Carolina Country Club in Spartanburg, South Carolina and Bright's Creek Golf Club in Mill Spring, North Carolina. In 2012, the Greenville Country Club (Chanticleer course) replaced Bright's Creek.

The 2017 purse was $700,000, with $126,000 going to champion Stephan Jäger. Since 2002, the tournament has been sponsored by German car manufacturer BMW, which has an assembly plant in Spartanburg County.

Courses

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Season(s) Host course Other course(s)
2022 Thornblade Club The Carolina CC
2019–2021 The Cliffs Valley Course
2018 Furman University GC The Cliffs Valley Course
2017 The Preserve at Verdae
2016 The Reserve at Lake Keowee
2014–2015 Green Valley CC
2013 Greenville CC
2012 The Carolina CC
2008–2011 Bright's Creek GC
2005–2007 The Cliffs Valley Course The Cliffs at Keowee Vineyards The Cliffs at Walnut Cove
2001–2004
1992–2000 Verdae Greens GC

Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
BMW Charity Pro-Am
2024 United States Ryan Gerard 259 −26 6 strokes United States Seth Reeves
2023 Belgium Adrien Dumont de Chassart 264 −21 Playoff United States Josh Teater
2022 United States Robby Shelton 263 −22 Playoff United States Ben Griffin
2021 Chile Mito Pereira 258 −27 4 strokes United States Justin Lower
2020 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[1]
2019 Australia Rhein Gibson 193[a] −21 3 strokes United States Michael Miller
2018 United States Michael Arnaud 257 −27 5 strokes South Korea Lee Kyoung-hoon
United States Robby Shelton
2017 Germany Stephan Jäger 195[a] −19 1 stroke United States Tyler Duncan
United States Andrew Yun
China Zhang Xinjun
2016 United States Richy Werenski 265 −21 2 strokes United States Brian Campbell
Australia Brett Drewitt
United States Zack Sucher
2015 Australia Rod Pampling 261 −25 2 strokes United States Kelly Kraft
2014 United States Max Homa 266 −20 1 stroke United States Jonathan Randolph
2013 United States Mark Anderson 259 −27 5 strokes United States Tom Hoge
2012 Australia Nick Flanagan (2) 271 −15 Playoff Australia Cameron Percy
2011 South Africa Garth Mulroy 268 −18 Playoff South Korea Kang Sung-hoon
2010 United States Justin Hicks 266 −20 2 strokes United States Kevin Chappell
United States Tommy Gainey
United States Chris Kirk
United States Jamie Lovemark
2009 Australia Michael Sim 264 −22 Playoff Argentina Fabián Gómez
2008 United States David Mathis 266 −20 3 strokes United States Roger Tambellini
2007 Australia Nick Flanagan 271 −15 1 stroke United States Nicholas Thompson
2006 United States Ken Duke 273 −13 1 stroke United States Jess Daley
2005 United States Shane Bertsch (2) 202[a] −12 1 stroke United States Charley Hoffman
United States Bubba Watson
2004 Japan Ryuji Imada 270 −17 Playoff Australia Paul Gow
2003 United States Tripp Isenhour 269 −18 2 strokes United States Kyle Thompson
2002 United States Charles Warren 264 −23 4 strokes United States Todd Fischer
Buy.com Charity Pro-Am
2001 United States Jonathan Byrd 269 −18 1 stroke South Africa Brenden Pappas
Buy.com Upstate Classic
2000 United States Shane Bertsch 269 −19 4 strokes United States Tim Straub
Nike Upstate Classic
1999 United States Steve Gotsche 208[a] −8 2 strokes United States Jeff Gove
United States Jim Johnson
United States Sam Randolph
1998 United States Tom Scherrer 200[a] −16 1 stroke United States J. L. Lewis
1997 United States Chris Smith 267 −21 3 strokes Australia Terry Price
Nike Greater Greenville Classic
1996 United States Michael Christie 265 −23 6 strokes United States Danny Ellis
1995 United States David Toms 267 −21 Playoff United States Tom Scherrer
1994 United States Scott Gump 272 −16 1 stroke United States Tim Conley
1993 United States Sean Murphy 271 −17 1 stroke United States Doug Martin
Ben Hogan Greater Greenville Classic
1992 United States Russell Beiersdorf 133[b] −11 2 strokes United States Karl Kimball

Bolded golfers graduated to the PGA Tour via the Korn Ferry Tour regular-season money list. Golfers in bold italics achieved their third win of the season at this tournament and were promoted immediately.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
  2. ^ Shortened to 36 holes due to rain.

References

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  1. ^ "PGA Tour announces schedule adjustments for remainder of 2019-20 FedExCup season, releases fall portion of 2020-21 PGA Tour Regular Season schedule". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
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