Cox Classic

{{Short description|Golf tournament in Nebraska, US}}

{{Infobox golf tournament

| name = Cox Classic

| image = CoxClassic.png

| image_size =

| location = Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.

| establishment = 1996

| course = Champions Club

| par = 71

| yardage = {{convert|7145|yd}}

| tour = Web.com Tour

| format = Stroke play

| purse = {{currency|800,000|USD}}

| month_played = August

| final_year = 2013

| aggregate = 258 Chris Smith (1997)

| to-par = −26 Chris Smith (1997)
−26 Bo Van Pelt (2003)

| current_champion =

| final_champion = {{flagicon|AUS}} Bronson La'Cassie

| map = USA#USA Nebraska

| map_label = Champions Club

| map_caption = Location in the United States##Location in Nebraska

| map_relief = yes

| map_label_position =

| map_size = 200

| coordinates = {{coord|41.287|-96.127}}

}}

The Cox Classic presented by Lexus of Omaha was a professional golf tournament in the central United States on the Web.com Tour. It was played annually for eighteen years at Champions Run in Omaha, Nebraska.{{cite news |url=http://www.omaha.com/sports/cox-classic-won-t-return-to-omaha-in/article_6d0fba9e-329f-549e-a13f-87742546051b.html |newspaper=Omaha World-Herald |title=Cox Classic won't return to Omaha in 2014 |last=Pospisil |first=Stu |date=January 17, 2014|accessdate=February 6, 2017}}{{cite news |url=http://www.omaha.com/sports/local-golf/omaha-will-host-web-com-tour-stop-for-next-five/article_419fc37a-477a-11e6-a15c-470e45b9ffcf.html|newspaper=Omaha World-Herald |title=Omaha will host Web.com Tour stop for next five years |last=Pospisil |first=Stu |date=July 11, 2016|accessdate=February 6, 2017}}

It debuted as the "Nike Omaha Classic" in 1996, with a purse of $200,000 and a winner's share of $36,000, won by Rocky Walcher on August 11.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NQBRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NesDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3663%2C3237479 |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |title=Golf: Nike Omaha Classic |date=April 12, 1996 |page=4C}} For its 18th and final edition in 2013, the purse had quadrupled to $800,000 and Bronson La'Cassie took the winner's share of $144,000 after three playoff holes.{{cite news |url=http://www.omaha.com/sports/pressure-putts-plus-a-perk-for-la-cassie-with-win/article_fdad66a7-0e12-56ee-ba84-64b1799a6a53.html |newspaper=Omaha World-Herald |title=Pressure putts, plus a perk for La'Cassie with win |last=Pospisil |first=Stu |date=August 25, 2013|accessdate=February 6, 2017}}

The Web.com Tour returned to Omaha in 2017 with the Pinnacle Bank Championship, held at public Indian Creek Golf Course in July.