Albertsons Boise Open

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Albertsons Boise Open
Albertsons Boise Open logo.svg
Tournament information
Location Boise, Idaho
Established1990
Course(s) Hillcrest Country Club
Par71
Length6,726 yards (6,150 m) [1]
Tour(s) Korn Ferry Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$1,500,000
Month playedAugust
Tournament record score
Aggregate256 Martin Piller (2015)
256 Chan Kim (2023)
To par−28 as above
Current champion
Flag of the United States.svg Matt McCarty
Location map
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Hillcrest CC
Location in the United States
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Hillcrest CC
Location in Idaho

The Albertsons Boise Open is a professional golf tournament in Idaho on the Korn Ferry Tour, played annually at Hillcrest Country Club in Boise. Held in mid-September for its first 23 years, the new September playoff schedule of the Web.com Tour in 2013 moved the Boise event up to late July. The event returned to mid-September in 2016, and became part of the Web.com Tour Finals as the penultimate event. The schedule was revised for 2019 and it moved to late August.

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History

The tournament has been played every year since 1990, the first year of the tour, then known as the Ben Hogan Tour. [2] It is one of four original tournaments on the current schedule. [3] Future notable names in the top 20 that first year were Tom Lehman, John Daly, Jeff Maggert, and Stephen Ames; [4] David Toms made the cut.

Golf has been played on the site since the 1920s, originally named Idaho Country Club. Established in 1940, Hillcrest Country Club has been the only home of the tournament since its inception. The Boise Open was a 54-hole tournament for its first six years, [4] [5] a fourth round was added in 1996. [6]

This stop in southwestern Idaho consistently offers one of the top purses on the Korn Ferry Tour; it was $1.5 million in 2023, with a winner's share of $270,000. The first purse in 1990 was $100,000, with a winner's share of $20,000; [4] the first six-figure winner's share went to Tim Clark in 2000. [7]

The 2003 event featured 13-year-old Michelle Wie, the youngest ever to play on the tour; [8] she carded 78-76 and missed the cut by twelve strokes. [9] [10]

Chris Tidland shot 264 (−20) to win by four strokes in 2008; Fran Quinn shot 270 (−14) in 2009 with a birdie on the final hole to edge third round leader Blake Adams by a single stroke. [11] Hunter Haas shot 263 (−21) in 2010 to win by one stroke over Daniel Summerhays. [12]

At the 2015 edition, retired Army Corporal Chad Pfeifer became the first veteran amputee to play on the Web.com Tour, but missed the cut. He lost his left leg in a 2007 explosion and earned entry through a sponsor exemption.

Albertsons, a major supermarket retailer in the western U.S., has been the title sponsor since 2002. The grocery chain was founded 85 years ago by Joe Albertson in 1939 in Boise, and the company was headquartered in the city until 2006, when it was acquired by Supervalu of Eden Prairie, Minnesota. The company has committed to sponsorship of the tournament through 2016. [13]

Course layout

Course in 2014 [1]

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4095235611824184143921764073,4823594624082164382935351343993,2446,726
Par455344434364443445343571

Winners

Korn Ferry Tour (Current Finals system)2023–
Korn Ferry Tour (Old Finals system)2016–2019, 2021–22
Korn Ferry Tour (Championship Series)2020
Korn Ferry Tour (Regular)1990–2015
#YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
Albertsons Boise Open
35th 2024 Flag of the United States.svg Matt McCarty 263−212 strokes Flag of the United States.svg William Mouw
Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Roy
34th 2023 Flag of the United States.svg Chan Kim 256−282 strokes Flag of the United States.svg David Kocher
33rd 2022 Flag of the United States.svg Will Gordon 263−21Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg M. J. Daffue
Flag of the United States.svg Philip Knowles
32nd 2021 Flag of the United States.svg Greyson Sigg 265−191 stroke Flag of England.svg Aaron Rai
Flag of the United States.svg J. J. Spaun
31st 2020 Flag of Germany.svg Stephan Jäger 262−222 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Dan McCarthy
Flag of the United States.svg Brandon Wu
30th 2019 Flag of the United States.svg Matthew NeSmith 265−191 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Brandon Hagy
Flag of Norway.svg Viktor Hovland
29th 2018 Flag of South Korea.svg Bae Sang-moon 265−191 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Anders Albertson
Flag of the United States.svg Adam Schenk
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Roger Sloan
28th 2017 Flag of the United States.svg Chesson Hadley 268−161 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Ted Potter Jr.
Flag of the United States.svg Jonathan Randolph
27th 2016 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Thompson 261−233 strokes Flag of Argentina.svg Miguel Ángel Carballo
26th 2015 Flag of the United States.svg Martin Piller 256−286 strokes Flag of Argentina.svg Jorge Fernández-Valdés
25th 2014 Flag of the United States.svg Steve Wheatcroft 260−24Playoff Flag of New Zealand.svg Steven Alker
24th 2013 Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Tway 261−23Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Spencer Levin
23rd 2012 Flag of the United States.svg Luke Guthrie 262−224 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Gardiner
Flag of the United States.svg Richard H. Lee
Flag of the United States.svg Michael Putnam
Flag of the United States.svg Steve Wheatcroft
22nd 2011 Flag of the United States.svg Jason Kokrak 266−182 strokes Flag of the United States.svg John Mallinger
21st 2010 Flag of the United States.svg Hunter Haas 263−211 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Daniel Summerhays
20th 2009 Flag of the United States.svg Fran Quinn 270−141 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Blake Adams
19th 2008 Flag of the United States.svg Chris Tidland 264−204 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Scott Piercy
18th 2007 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jon Mills 263−211 stroke Flag of the United States.svg D. A. Points
17th 2006 Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Stadler 264−201 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Glen Day
16th 2005 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Greg Chalmers 269−15Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Danny Ellis
15th 2004 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Gump 270−142 strokes Flag of New Zealand.svg Michael Long
Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Walker
14th 2003 Flag of the United States.svg Roger Tambellini 267−176 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Tripp Isenhour
Flag of the United States.svg Charles Warren
13th 2002 Flag of the United States.svg Jason Gore 273−112 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Emlyn Aubrey
Flag of the United States.svg Barry Cheesman
Buy.com Boise Open
12th 2001 Flag of New Zealand.svg Michael Long 270−141 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Tjaart van der Walt
11th 2000 Flag of South Africa.svg Tim Clark 269−156 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Burke
Flag of the United States.svg Steve Haskins
Nike Boise Open
10th 1999 Flag of the United States.svg Carl Paulson 266−184 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Joel Edwards
Flag of the United States.svg Michael Muehr
9th 1998 Flag of the United States.svg Mike Sposa 265−192 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Notah Begay III
Flag of the United States.svg Dennis Paulson
8th 1997 Flag of Malaysia.svg Iain Steel 267−173 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Carl Paulson
7th 1996 Flag of the United States.svg Matt Gogel 270−141 stroke Flag of the United States.svg David Berganio Jr.
Flag of the United States.svg Stewart Cink
Flag of the United States.svg Brett Quigley
6th 1995 Flag of the United States.svg Frank Lickliter 200−131 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Burton
Flag of the United States.svg Craig Kanada
5th 1994 Flag of the United States.svg Keith Fergus 198−15Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Bill Murchison
4th 1993 Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Moore 199−143 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Olin Browne
Ben Hogan Boise Open
3rd 1992 Flag of the United States.svg Jaime Gomez 202−111 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Sean Murphy
2nd 1991 Flag of the United States.svg Russell Beiersdorf 202−11Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Rich Parker
1st 1990 Flag of the United States.svg Ricky Smallridge 199−143 strokes Flag of the United States.svg David Hobby
Flag of the United States.svg Robert Thompson
Flag of the United States.svg Greg Whisman

Source: [15]

Bolded golfers graduated to the PGA Tour via the Korn Ferry Tour regular-season money list, in years that the event was not part of the old Korn Ferry Tour Finals system. In years that the event was part of that system, all winners and runners-up earned PGA Tour cards.

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