Complete Guide To The Barbasol Championship

The PGA TOUR’s Barbasol Championship begins tomorrow when Round 1 tees off at Keene Trace Golf Club just outside of Lexington, Kentucky, with the hometown star Josh Teater in the first group off No. 1’s tee at 7:15 a.m. in the morning. From that first swing through Sunday evening when a champion is crowned, 132 golfers will contend for the shiny new Barbasol trophy that was unveiled in 2019, the last time the Barbasol was played.

To get you ready for the PGA’s stop in Central Kentucky, a guide with everything to know ahead of Thursday’s opening round:

 

THE TOURNAMENT

The Barbasol Championship is in Kentucky for the third time since the tournament moved from Alabama to the Bluegrass in 2018, only three years after the tournament debuted on the PGA TOUR schedule. Played opposite The Open each year, the Barbasol Championship is considered an alternate event due to its weakened field and smaller purse size as most of the game’s stars are across the pond competing to win a major at The Open. There are five alternate events each season; the other four are played opposite of the four World Golf Championships.

 

HOST SITE/COURSE

Champions Golf Course at Keene Trace Golf Club is the site of the Barbasol Championship. Located in Nicholasville, Kentucky, Champions is a par 72 for the competitors and plays around 7,328 yards this weekend.

Keene Trace Golf Club looks primed for the @BarbasolChamp 💯 pic.twitter.com/9lb7wlSfM4

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) July 14, 2021

It is considered one of the easiest golf courses on the TOUR, which means the scores tend to be much lower than other events.

 

PURSE

$3.5 million

The winner’s share is $630,000 plus 300 FedEx Cup points, a two-year PGA TOUR exemption and a spot in the PGA Championship.

 

THE FIELD

The Barbasol’s field will not include any of the top 50 golfers in the world this year, but there are still plenty of names you may recognize and several up-and-comers looking for their big break. Notable names include defending champion Jim Herman; 2011 Masters champion Charl Schwartzel, the highest-ranked player in the field; 2013 PGA Championship winner Jason Dufner; Stephen Jaeger, a six-time winner on the Korn Ferry Tour looking to get back on TOUR; friend of the program J.T. Poston, winner of the 2019 Wyndham Championship; and Lexington’s own Josh Teater eager to improve upon a sixth-place finish in the last Barbasol Championship.

John Daly is in town too. He missed the cut but drew a crowd in 2019.

 

TEE TIMES

Tee times for Thursday and Friday can be found here on the PGA TOUR’s website.

 

GAMBLING ODDS TO WIN

Charl Schwartzel +1600
Seamus Power +1600
Luke List +2200
Lee Hodges +2800
Patrick Rodgers +2800
Russell Knox +2800
Taylor Pendrith +3000
Adam Schenk +3300
Richy Werenski +3300
Stephan Jaeger +3300
Tom Lewis +3300
Henrik Norlander +3500
Nick Taylor +3500
Beau Hossler +4000
Brian Stuard +4000
Davis Thompson +4000
Greyson Sigg +4000
J.T. Poston +4000
Jim Herman +4000
Mark Hubbard +4000
Mito Pereira +4000
Brice Garnett +4500
Chesson Hadley +4500
Davis Riley +4500
Sahith Theegala +4500
Bo Hoag +5000
Jason Dufner +5000
Ryan Armour +5000
Cameron Percy +5500
Wilco Nienaber +5500
Denny McCarthy +6000
Vaughn Taylor +6000
Kevin Tway +6600
Roger Sloan +6600
Satoshi Kodaira +6600
Scott Brown +6600
Vincent Whaley +7000
Ben Martin +8000
Bronson Burgoon +8000
Camilo Villegas +8000
Chase Seiffert +8000
James Hahn +8000
John Huh +8000
Joseph Bramlett +8000
Sam Ryder +8000
Sean O’Hair +8000
Will Gordon +8000
Tyler Duncan +9000
Austin Cook +10000
Hudson Swafford +10000
J.J. Spaun +10000
John Pak +10000
Josh Teater +10000
MJ Daffue +10000
Mark Anderson +10000
Wes Roach +10000
Aaron Baddeley +11000
Fabian Gomez +12500
Kiradech Aphibarnrat +12500
Rob Oppenheim +12500
Robby Shelton +12500
Stephen Stallings Jr +12500
Anirban Lahiri +15000
Ben Crane +15000
Bill Haas +15000
Bo Van Pelt +15000
Chris Baker +15000
D.J. Trahan +15000
Michael Gellerman +15000
Michael Gligic +15000
Paul Barjon +15000
Rhein Gibson +15000
Scott Gutschewski +15000
Scott Harrington +15000
Richard S. Johnson +17500
Andres Romero +20000
David Hearn +20000
Jonathan Byrd +20000
Kris Ventura +20000
Smylie Kaufman +20000
Grayson Murray +25000
Johnson Wagner +25000
Nick Watney +25000
Rafael Campos +25000
Ted Potter Jr +25000
Tommy Gainey +25000
Hunter Mahan +27500
Andrew Stephens +30000
Arjun Atwal +30000
Bobby Bai +30000
David Lingmerth +30000
David Pastore +30000
K.J. Choi +30000
Nelson Ledesma +30000
Preston Summerhays +30000
Ricky Barnes +30000
Robert Garrigus +30000
Ryan Blaum +30000
Ryan Brehm +30000
Sangmoon Bae +30000
Sebastian Cappelen +30000
Shawn Stefani +30000
Zack Sucher +30000
George McNeill +35000
Will Grimmer +35000
Ben Taylor +40000
Carl Pettersson +40000
Charlie Beljan +40000
Derek Ernst +40000
Dominic Bozzelli +40000
Greg Chalmers+40000
J.J. Henry +40000
John Senden +40000
Brendon De Jonge +50000
Daniel Chopra +50000
David Gazzolo +50000
Eric Axley +50000
John Merrick +50000
John Rollins +50000
Ken Duke +50000
Kevin Stadler +50000
Matt Every +50000
Michael Kim +50000
Trey Shirley +50000
Case Cochran +55000
D.A. Points +60000
Martin Trainer +60000
Andrew Loupe +75000
Jason Bohn +75000
John Daly +100000
Omar Uresti +100000
Parker McLachlin +100000

 

A PHOTO OF MITCH BARNHART AND LIAM COEN PLAYING IN THE PRO-AM

Amazing experience playing in the @BarbasolChamp Pro Am @keenetrace (📸 @AlexSlitzPhoto) pic.twitter.com/zvOakgY06p

— Liam Coen (@LiamCoen) July 14, 2021

UK’s new offensive coordinator and longtime athletic director played together in Wednesday’s Pro-Am. Barnhart is on the Barbasol’s advisory board.

 

TICKETS

Wanna go? Daily grounds passes are available for $30 apiece for the Thursday and Friday rounds, $40 for each weekend round, or a weekly grounds pass is $100. You can buy those here.

 

HOW TO WATCH ON TV

Thursday and Friday: Golf Channel, 5:00-7:30 pm
Saturday and Sunday: Golf Channel, 4:00-7:00 pm