PURE Insurance Championship explained

PURE Insurance Championship
Location:Monterey, California
Establishment:2004
Course:Pebble Beach Golf Links
Poppy Hills Golf Course
Spyglass Hill Golf Course
Par:72 (PB)
71 (PH)
Yardage:7040yd (PB)
7002yd (PH)
Tour:PGA Tour Champions
Format:Stroke play
Month Played:September
Aggregate:198 Bernhard Langer (2017)
To-Par:−17 as above
Current Champion: Thongchai Jaidee
Map:USA#USA California
Map Label:Pebble Beach Golf Links
Map Relief:yes
Map Size:200
Coordinates:36.568°N -121.95°W

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

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
PURE Insurance Championship
202 −14 Playoff Justin Leonard
205 −11 1 stroke Steven Alker
Ernie Els
Paul Stankowski
203 −13 2 strokes Alex Čejka
Bernhard Langer
204 −12 Playoff Jerry Kelly
Kirk Triplett (3) 206 −9 Playoff Billy Andrade
205 −10 1 stroke Marco Dawson
Kirk Triplett
198 −17 3 strokes Jerry Kelly
Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble Beach
204 −11 1 stroke Bernhard Langer
Kevin Sutherland
206 −9 1 stroke Tom Watson
204 −11 1 stroke Tom Byrum
Kirk Triplett (2) 205 −11 2 strokes Dan Forsman
Doug Garwood
206 −10 2 strokes Mark McNulty
Jeff Sluman (3) 206 −10 2 strokes Brad Bryant
David Eger
Jay Haas
Home Care & Hospice First Tee Open at Pebble Beach
202 −14 1 stroke Tom Pernice Jr.
Walmart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach
Jeff Sluman (2) 206 −10 2 strokes Gene Jones
202 −14 5 strokes Craig Stadler
Fuzzy Zoeller
Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach
202 −14 2 strokes Hale Irwin
204 −12 1 stroke David Edwards
Jay Haas
203 −13 1 stroke Morris Hatalsky
Gil Morgan
Craig Stadler
The First Tee Open at Pebble Beach
201 −15 3 strokes Jay Haas

Multiple winners

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

2008, 2009, 2011

2012, 2013, 2019

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
1981 2014
1984 2005

External links

36.56°N -121.95°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: K.J. Choi wins first PGA Tour Champions title at PURE Insurance Championship . 2021-09-27 . PGA Tour.