When the APGA Tour began in 2010, it offered just three tournaments with 80 competitors playing for $40,000 in prize money.
Over the last 12 years, the tour has taken significant steps forward in its mission to help prepare minority players compete at the highest levels of professional golf, and this week marks another historic moment as the APGA Tour hosts its first international event.
The 2022 Butterfield Bermuda APGA Championship begins Tuesday, Oct. 11 and ends Wednesday, Oct. 12, at Port Royal Golf Course, also the host of the PGA Tour’s Butterfield Bermuda Championship (Oct. 27–30). Kevin Hall, Kamaiu Johnson, Willie Mack, Marcus Byrd, Tim O’Neal and 17 of the APGA Tour’s top players as well as four local Bermudian qualifiers – Cory DeSilva, Oliver Betschart, Camiko Smith and Damian Palanyandi – will compete for $60,000 in prize money, the fourth-largest purse on tour.
The event in Bermuda is the 16th of the 2022 season on the APGA Tour, which has expanded to 18 events with $900,000 in prize money. The season concludes with the final two events of the Farmers Insurance Fall Series at the APGA Tour Charlie Sifford Centennial in Houston (Oct. 25-26) and the APGA Tour Farmers Insurance Fall Series Finale at Tustin Ranch in Los Angeles (Nov. 8-10).
