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 ofvictoryRunner(s)-upPurse(US$)Winner'sshare ($)ISCO Championship 2026 EUR, PGAT Steven Fisk 264 −16 Playoff Taylor Pendrith 4,000,000 720,000 2025 EUR, PGAT William Mouw 270 −10 1 stroke Paul Peterson 4,000,000 720,000 2024 EUR, PGAT Harry Hall 266 −22 Playoff Zac Blair Pierceson Coody Rico Hoey Matthew NeSmith 4,000,000 720,000 Barbasol Championship 2023 EUR, PGAT Vincent Norrman 266 −22 Playoff Nathan Kimsey 3,800,000 684,000 2022 EUR, PGAT Trey Mullinax 263 −25 1 stroke Kevin Streelman 3,700,000 666,000 2021 PGAT Séamus Power 267 −21 Playoff J. T. Poston 3,500,000 630,000 2020 PGAT Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2019 PGAT Jim Herman 262 −26 1 stroke Kelly Kraft 3,500,000 630,000 2018 PGAT Troy Merritt 265 −23 1 stroke Billy Horschel Tom Lovelady Richy Werenski 3,500,000 630,000 2017 PGAT Grayson Murray 263 −21 1 stroke Chad Collins 3,500,000 630,000 2016 PGAT Aaron Baddeley 266 −18 Playoff Kim Si-woo 3,500,000 630,000 2015 PGAT Scott Piercy 265 −19 3 strokes Will Wilcox 3,500,000 630,000
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Coverage on PGA Tour's official site Coverage on European Tour's official site Hurstbourne Country Club