Chiquita Classic
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The Chiquita Classic is a golf
tournament on the Nationwide Tour
. It was played for the first time in July 2010 at TPC River's Bend
in Cincinnati, Ohio
. Tommy Gainey
won the inaugural event in 2010 by 3 strokes at 27-under-par. The 2011 purse was US$
550,000, with $99,000 going to the winner.
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament on the Nationwide Tour
Nationwide Tour
The Nationwide Tour is the developmental tour for the U.S.-based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either failed to score well enough at that level's Qualifying School to earn their PGA Tour card, or who have done so but then failed to win enough money to stay at that level...
. It was played for the first time in July 2010 at TPC River's Bend
TPC River's Bend
TPC River's Bend is a private golf club located in Maineville, Ohio.The Arnold Palmer designed championship golf course opened in 2001, and is a member of the Tournament Players Club network operated by the PGA Tour. Between 2002 and 2004 it was the venue for the Kroger Classic, a tournament on the...
in Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...
. Tommy Gainey
Tommy Gainey
Tommy Gainey , also known as "Two Gloves", is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour.-Early pro career:Gainey was born in Darlington, South Carolina. He attended the Central Carolina Technical College just outside of Darlington...
won the inaugural event in 2010 by 3 strokes at 27-under-par. The 2011 purse was US$
United States dollar
The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
550,000, with $99,000 going to the winner.