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GREAT ABACO, The Bahamas – Three days after a 20-year-old amateur won on the PGA TOUR, a 19-year-old professional from South Africa became the youngest winner in Korn Ferry Tour history, as Aldrich Potgieter (pronounced ALL-drick POT-gee tur) captured a two-stroke victory at The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club. At 19 years, […]

GREAT ABACO, The Bahamas – Ben Silverman shot 118 in his first Canadian Junior Golf Association tournament, an unsurprising result given the fact he was 16 years old, relatively new to the game, and still thought of himself as a hockey player rather than an aspiring professional golfer. As Silverman lined up a playoff-forcing 3-footer […]

LEXINGTON, Ky. – A trio of Kentuckians – Patrick Newcomb of Benton, Austin Squires of Union, and Matt Atkins of Owensboro – will each participate in one of the opening tournaments on the 2023 Korn Ferry Tour schedule in the Bahamas this January after gaining exemptions from bdG Sports, a sports event management company based […]

GREAT ABACO, The Bahamas – Brandon Harkins wondered whether he would ever win a PGA TOUR-sanctioned event. The 35-year-old California State University-Chico graduate came close (twice) in 2017, his rookie year on the Korn Ferry Tour which saw him earn PGA TOUR membership at season’s end. In the final round of The Bahamas Great Abaco […]

NASSAU, The Bahamas — Jared Wolfe entered the final round of the Korn Ferry Tour’s Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at Baha Mar with a one-shot lead at 15-under, looking to secure the first win of his Tour career. The Kentucky native, who had great success on PGA TOUR Latinoamérica the last three years, took advantage […]

On the morning of Sunday, September 1, 2019, Hurricane Dorian made landfall on the island of Great Abaco in the northern Bahamas with sustained winds of 185 miles per hour. The Category 5 hurricane remained over the island for approximately 24 hours. The effects of the storm and flooding were devastating as many Bahamians lost […]

NASSAU, The Bahamas – bdG Sports, an international sports management company, announced today that the 2020 The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic will be moved to Royal Blue Golf Club at Baha Mar due to Hurricane Dorian’s impact on Great Abaco. The Korn Ferry Tour tournament, which features 132 professionals vying in the year-long series to […]

GREAT ABACO, Bahamas — In his 63rd career start on the Web.com Tour, Rafael Campos broke through with his first victory on Wednesday at The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club. Campos posted a final-round 2-under 70 to finish at 7-under 281, becoming the first Puerto Rican to win on the Web.com Tour […]

The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic and Bahamas Great Abaco Classic have been named as the Best Pro-Ams on the Web.com Tour. The season-opening events, held at Sandals Emerald Bay and The Abaco Club respectively, were recognized for the overall pro-am experience including the pairings party venue, dining experience, gifting, player attendance and entertainment. The Web.com […]

In the final round of The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club, Adam Svensson played steady the entire day, carding five birdies and a bogey to shoot 68 and claim the title by one stroke over Sungjae Im.

GREAT ABACO, The Bahamas – Canadian Adam Svensson picked up his first Web.com Tour win at The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club in his 58th career start. The 24-year-old from Surrey, British Columbia carded a final-round, 4-under-par 68. His 17-under-par 271 total was good for a one-stroke victory over rookie phenom Sungjae […]

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – The PGA TOUR announced Wednesday the 2018 Web.com Tour schedule, which features 27 tournaments played in 18 states and four countries outside the United States, and culminates with the four-event Web.com Tour Finals in August and September. The 27 events mark the most on the Web.com Tour calendar since 2012, with the […]

To say Andrew Landry’s past two months have been average would be a severe understatement. The 29-year-old capped the crazy chain of events with a three-stroke victory at The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club, honoring the legacy of his 91-year-old grandfather, George Kimball, who had passed away earlier in the month. “I […]

LANDRY CLAIMS SECOND CAREER WEB.COM TOUR TITLE ON GREAT ABACO After opening his 2017 season with rounds of 87-77 and a missed cut at The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic at Sandals Emerald Bay, Andrew Landry rallied in triumphant form at The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club this week, posting rounds of 71-68-66-67—272 […]

Jimmy Gunn records best Web.com Tour finish Jimmy Gunn is from Dornoch, Scotland – one of the most iconic places in all of golf, as Royal Dornoch Golf Club is No.6 on Golf Digest’s Top 100 Courses in the World ranking. And this week in the Bahamas, he had his best-ever result on the Web.com Tour, contributing […]

Andrew Landry emerges victorious after the final round of the Bahamas Great Abaco Classic, carding 16-under for the tournament.

GREAT ABACO, The Bahamas – Andrew Landry was just 2-over after seven holes Wednesday after entering the final round with a share of the lead, but the 29-year-old Texan posted two eagles on the way in to come from behind for a three-shot victory over Jimmy Gunn at The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The […]

Players talk about the fun they are having at The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic 2017 at The Abaco Club.

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – The Web.com Tour, in conjunction with The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism and bd Global, LLC, today announced two new events in The Bahamas that will open the Tour’s 2017 season. The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic will be contested at Sandals Emerald Bay Golf Course the week of January 5-11, while […]