The Country Club of Oxford is hosting the inaugural North Mississippi Classic this week from until April 22. It is the first professional athletic event of its kind held in Oxford and will join the Sanderson Farms Championship and the Rapiscan Systems Classic as the third PGA Tour-sanctioned event in the state. The purse for this year’s tournament is $550,000.
The North Mississippi Classic is part of the Web.com Tour, which is affiliated with the PGA Tour. Participants play in smaller tournaments such as the North Mississippi Classic to qualify for the official PGA Tour in the future.