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 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 has hosted four PGA Championships (1996, 2000, 2014, 2024)). In 2025, the tournament moved to Hurstbourne Country Club in Louisville.

Like other alternate events, the winner of the tournament does not earn an invitation to the Masters, but still receives a two-year PGA Tour exemption and a trip to the next 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 Scottish Open. It would also be an event that would give the leading non-exempt golfer entry into The Open Championship.

In its first year as the ISCO Championship, the 2024 edition set the record for the lowest 36-hole cut at a PGA Tour event at eight under par.

Winners

YearTour(s)WinnerScoreTo parMargin of victoryRunner(s)-upPurse (US$)Winner's share ($)
ISCO Championship
2025EUR, PGATUnited States William Mouw270−101 strokeUnited States Paul Peterson4,000,000720,000
2024EUR, PGATEngland Harry Hall266−22PlayoffUnited States Zac Blair United States Pierceson Coody Philippines Rico Hoey United States Matthew NeSmith4,000,000720,000
Barbasol Championship
2023EUR, PGATSweden Vincent Norrman266−22PlayoffEngland Nathan Kimsey3,800,000684,000
2022EUR, PGATUnited States Trey Mullinax263−251 strokeUnited States Kevin Streelman3,700,000666,000
2021PGATRepublic of Ireland Séamus Power267−21PlayoffUnited States J. T. Poston3,500,000630,000
2020PGATCanceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019PGATUnited States Jim Herman262−261 strokeUnited States Kelly Kraft3,500,000630,000
2018PGATUnited States Troy Merritt265−231 strokeUnited States Billy Horschel United States Tom Lovelady United States Richy Werenski3,500,000630,000
2017PGATUnited States Grayson Murray263−211 strokeUnited States Chad Collins3,500,000630,000
2016PGATAustralia Aaron Baddeley266−18PlayoffSouth Korea Kim Si-woo3,500,000630,000
2015PGATUnited States Scott Piercy265−193 strokesUnited States Will Wilcox3,500,000630,000

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