The Midwest Classic is a 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...

 event that was played for the first time in 2009. It is played at the Nicklaus Golf Club at LionsGate in Overland Park, Kansas

Overland Park, Kansas

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 149,080 people, 59,703 households, and 39,702 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,627.0 people per square mile . There were 62,586 housing units at an average density of 1,102.9 per square mile...

. It was first played as the Christmas in October Classic in 2009, took a hiatus in 2010, and returned as the Midwest Classic in 2011. The 2011 purse was $550,000.

Winners

Midwest Classic presented by Time Warner Cable

• 2011   James Nitties
  James Nitties
  James Evangelo Nitties is an Australian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.-Amateur career:Nitties was born in Melbourne, Australia. He suffered from juvenile arthritis as a child and young adult, which restricted his flexibility. This caused him to have to take pain killers to restrict...
  
  

Christmas in October Classic

• 2010 No tournament
• 2009   Michael Sim
  Michael Sim
  -Amateur career:Sim was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, and moved to Australia when he was 5 years old. He was the top ranked amateur in the world in 2005 having won four titles during the year including the Sunnehanna Amateur, which boasts major winners Ben Crenshaw and Tommy Aaron amongst its list of...
  
  

External links

• Coverage on the Nationwide Tour's official site
• TheGolfChannel.com- Christmas in October Classic Overview