PURE Insurance Championship
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Monterey, California |
| Established | 2004 |
| Course(s) | Pebble Beach Golf Links Spyglass Hill Golf Course |
| Par | 72 (PB) 71 (PH) |
| Length | 7,040 yards (6,440 m) (PB) 7,002 yards (6,403 m) (PH) |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour Champions |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | US$2,300,000 |
| Month played | September |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 198 Bernhard Langer (2017) |
| To par | −17 as above |
| Current champion | |
 Paul Broadhurst | |
| Location map | |
  Pebble Beach Golf Links Location in the United States  Pebble Beach Golf Links Location in California | |
The PURE Insurance Championship is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour Champions. It is sponsored by the PURE Insurance company and normally held in August/September in Monterey, California at the Pebble Beach Golf Links and Del Monte Golf Course, but has also been played in July. In 2014 it was played at Pebble Beach and Poppy Hills Golf Course.[1]
It is an official PGA Tour Champions event that pairs one junior with one senior, PGA Tour Champions player and two amateurs. Seventy-eight junior spots are awarded, seventy chosen from two selection processes and eight exemptions are selected through The First Tee of Monterey County and Monterey Peninsula Foundation, the host organization.
The purse for the 2012 tournament was US$1,800,000, with $255,000 going to the winner. The tournament was founded in 2004 as The First Tee Open at Pebble Beach presented by Wal-Mart. The First Tee of Monterey County is one of the direct receivers of the proceeds made from this tournament. Walmart was the title sponsor of this event from 2004 to 2009. National Association for Home Care & Hospice was the title sponsor for 2010. Nature Valley was the title sponsor for the 2011 tournament.
Winners
[edit]| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PURE Insurance Championship | |||||
| 2024 | Paul Broadhurst (2) |
202 | −14 | 3 strokes |  Alex Čejka
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| 2023 |  Thongchai Jaidee |
202 | −14 | Playoff |  Justin Leonard
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| 2022 | Steve Flesch |
205 | −11 | 1 stroke |  Steven Alker Ernie Els Paul Stankowski
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| 2021 |  K. J. Choi |
203 | −13 | 2 strokes | Alex Čejka Bernhard Langer
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| 2020 | Jim Furyk |
204 | −12 | Playoff | Jerry Kelly
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| 2019 | Kirk Triplett (3) |
206 | −9 | Playoff | Billy Andrade
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| 2018 | Ken Tanigawa |
205 | −10 | 1 stroke | Marco Dawson Kirk Triplett
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| 2017 | Bernhard Langer |
198 | −17 | 3 strokes | Jerry Kelly
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| Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble Beach | |||||
| 2016 | Paul Broadhurst |
204 | −11 | 1 stroke | Bernhard Langer Kevin Sutherland
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| 2015 |  Esteban Toledo |
206 | −9 | 1 stroke | Tom Watson
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| 2014 | John Cook |
204 | −11 | 1 stroke | Tom Byrum
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| 2013 | Kirk Triplett (2) |
205 | −11 | 2 strokes | Dan Forsman Doug Garwood
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| 2012 | Kirk Triplett |
206 | −10 | 2 strokes |  Mark McNulty
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| 2011 | Jeff Sluman (3) |
206 | −10 | 2 strokes | Brad Bryant David Eger Jay Haas
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| Home Care & Hospice First Tee Open at Pebble Beach | |||||
| 2010 | Ted Schulz |
202 | −14 | 1 stroke | Tom Pernice Jr.
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| Walmart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach | |||||
| 2009 | Jeff Sluman (2) |
206 | −10 | 2 strokes | Gene Jones
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| 2008 | Jeff Sluman |
202 | −14 | 5 strokes | Craig Stadler Fuzzy Zoeller
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| Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach | |||||
| 2007 | Gil Morgan |
202 | −14 | 2 strokes | Hale Irwin
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| 2006 | Scott Simpson |
204 | −12 | 1 stroke | David Edwards Jay Haas
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| 2005 | Hale Irwin |
203 | −13 | 1 stroke | Morris Hatalsky Gil Morgan Craig Stadler
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| The First Tee Open at Pebble Beach | |||||
| 2004 | Craig Stadler |
201 | −15 | 3 strokes | Jay Haas
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Multiple winners
[edit]Two players have won this tournament three times and one player has won it just twice.
- 3 wins
- Jeff Sluman: 2008, 2009, 2011
- Kirk Triplett: 2012, 2013, 2019
- Paul Broadhurst: 2016, 2024
Pebble Beach Double
[edit]Two players have won this tournament and the PGA Tour tournament (AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am) held at Pebble Beach in their careers.
| Golfer | PGA Tour win | PGA Tour Champions win |
|---|---|---|
| John Cook | 1981 | 2014 |
| Hale Irwin | 1984 | 2005 |
References
[edit]- ^ "K.J. Choi wins first PGA Tour Champions title at PURE Insurance Championship". PGA Tour. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
