PURE Insurance Championship

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PURE Insurance Championship
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Tournament information
Location Monterey, California
Established2004
Course(s) Pebble Beach Golf Links
Spyglass Hill Golf Course
Par72 (PB)
71 (PH)
Length7,040 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 playedSeptember
Tournament record score
Aggregate198 Bernhard Langer (2017)
To par−17 as above
Current champion
Flag of Thailand.svg Thongchai Jaidee
Location map
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Pebble Beach Golf Links
Location in the United States
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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]

Contents

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

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
PURE Insurance Championship
2024 Flag placeholder.svgFlag placeholder.svg
2023 Flag of Thailand.svg Thongchai Jaidee 202−14Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Justin Leonard
2022 Flag of the United States.svg Steve Flesch 205−111 stroke Flag of New Zealand.svg Steven Alker
Flag of South Africa.svg Ernie Els
Flag of the United States.svg Paul Stankowski
2021 Flag of South Korea.svg K. J. Choi 203−132 strokes Flag of Germany.svg Alex Čejka
Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer
2020 Flag of the United States.svg Jim Furyk 204−12Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Jerry Kelly
2019 Flag of the United States.svg Kirk Triplett (3)206−9Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Billy Andrade
2018 Flag of the United States.svg Ken Tanigawa 205−101 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Marco Dawson
Flag of the United States.svg Kirk Triplett
2017 Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer 198−173 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Jerry Kelly
Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble Beach
2016 Flag of England.svg Paul Broadhurst 204−111 stroke Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer
Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Sutherland
2015 Flag of Mexico.svg Esteban Toledo 206−91 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Tom Watson
2014 Flag of the United States.svg John Cook 204−111 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Tom Byrum
2013 Flag of the United States.svg Kirk Triplett (2)205−112 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Dan Forsman
Flag of the United States.svg Doug Garwood
2012 Flag of the United States.svg Kirk Triplett 206−102 strokes Flag of Ireland.svg Mark McNulty
2011 Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Sluman (3)206−102 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Brad Bryant
Flag of the United States.svg David Eger
Flag of the United States.svg Jay Haas
Home Care & Hospice First Tee Open at Pebble Beach
2010 Flag of the United States.svg Ted Schulz 202−141 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Tom Pernice Jr.
Walmart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach
2009 Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Sluman (2)206−102 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Gene Jones
2008 Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Sluman 202−145 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Craig Stadler
Flag of the United States.svg Fuzzy Zoeller
Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach
2007 Flag of the United States.svg Gil Morgan 202−142 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Hale Irwin
2006 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Simpson 204−121 stroke Flag of the United States.svg David Edwards
Flag of the United States.svg Jay Haas
2005 Flag of the United States.svg Hale Irwin 203−131 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Morris Hatalsky
Flag of the United States.svg Gil Morgan
Flag of the United States.svg Craig Stadler
The First Tee Open at Pebble Beach
2004 Flag of the United States.svg Craig Stadler 201−153 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Jay Haas

Multiple winners

Two players have won this tournament more than once through 2022.

Pebble Beach Double

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.

GolferPGA Tour winPGA Tour Champions win
John Cook 19812014
Hale Irwin 19842005

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References

  1. "K.J. Choi wins first PGA Tour Champions title at PURE Insurance Championship". PGA Tour. Retrieved September 27, 2021.

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