Boeing Classic

The Boeing Classic is a professional golf tournament in Washington on the PGA Tour Champions, founded 18 years ago in 2005. The 54-hole event is played annually in late August in Snoqualmie, east of Seattle. It was titled the "Boeing Greater Seattle Classic" for its first two years and Boeing is the main sponsor.

Boeing Classic
Tournament information
LocationSnoqualmie, Washington
Established2005
Course(s)The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge
Par72
Length7,183 yards (6,568 m)
Tour(s)PGA Tour Champions
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$2,200,000
Month playedAugust
Tournament record score
Aggregate197 Jerry Kelly (2017)
197 Stephen Ames (2023)
To par−19 as above
Current champion
Canada Stephen Ames
Location Map
The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge is located in the United States
The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge
The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge
Location in the United States
The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge is located in Washington (state)
The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge
The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge
Location in Washington

History

The Seattle area's previous senior tour event, the GTE Northwest Classic, ran from 1986 through 1995. The first edition was at Sahalee Country Club and the remainder were at Inglewood Golf Club in Kenmore.

Since its inception in 2005, the Boeing Classic has been held at The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge, a private course designed by Jack Nicklaus which opened for play 24 years ago in 1999 as TPC Snoqualmie Ridge. The course is 25 miles (40 km) east of Seattle at the foothills of the Cascade Range, and varies in elevation from 575 to 870 feet (175 to 265 m) above sea level, with the 18th green at 745 feet (227 m).[1]

From 2007 to 2010, the tournament was played the week following the JELD-WEN Tradition, a senior major championship played in Sunriver, Oregon. For its first two years, the tournament immediately preceded The Tradition, which was then played at The Reserve near Portland. The Tradition moved to Alabama in 2011 and is played in May.

The purse for the 2007 tournament was $1.6 million, with $240,000 to the champion, Denis Watson, the winner of a playoff. The seven-man, sudden death playoff was the largest in tour history, with the seven finishing the 54 holes at 207 (−9). The tournament concluded when Watson sunk an eagle putt on the second playoff hole, a second replay of the par-5 18th hole.[2]

The purse for 2008 was $1.7 million, with a winner's share of $255,000. The par-72 course was set at 7,183 yards (6,568 m). Tom Kite shot a final round 66 to finish at 202 (−14), two strokes ahead of second round leader Scott Simpson . Kite was the only player in the field to break 70 in all three rounds and became the first repeat winner of the event.[3] Kite won the tournament in 2006 in a one-hole playoff over Keith Fergus, and was the runner-up in 2005, finishing three strokes behind David Eger. [4]

The 2009 tournament was held on August 28–30 with a $1.8 million purse. Second-round co-leader Loren Roberts birdied the final two holes and outlasted Mark O'Meara by nearly matching his sterling tee shot at 17 and dribbled in a five-foot (1.5 m) birdie putt. Roberts birdied the uphill par-5 final hole with a short pitch shot to 3 feet (0.9 m) and dropped the putt for his third victory of the season. Roberts shot a 7-under 65 in the final round and set a new tournament record at 198 (–18).[5]

In 2010, the U.S. Senior Open was held at Sahalee Country Club in nearby Sammamish, and won by Bernhard Langer with a final score of 272 (−8). The Boeing Classic was held four weeks after on August 27–29, also won by Langer by three strokes over Nick Price of Zimbabwe. Langer tied the record set the previous year by Roberts at 198.[6]

The purse was raised to an even $2 million in 2011, with a winner's share of $300,000. Half of the first twelve editions ended in playoffs.

Course layout
Main article: The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards5544104394264752073755292073,6223534624262104315903802114983,5617,183
Par544443453364443454353672

Winners
YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upPurse
(US$)		Winner's
share ($)
Boeing Classic
2023Canada Stephen Ames197−197 strokesSpain Miguel Ángel Jiménez2,200,000330,000
2022Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez201−152 strokesAustralia David McKenzie2,200,000330,000
2021Australia Rod Pampling204−121 strokeUnited States Jim Furyk
United States Tim Herron
United States Billy Mayfair		2,100,000315,000
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019United States Brandt Jobe198−183 strokesUnited States Tom Pernice Jr.2,100,000315,000
2018United States Scott Parel198−183 strokesUnited States Kevin Sutherland2,100,000315,000
2017United States Jerry Kelly197−191 strokeUnited States Jerry Smith2,100,000315,000
2016Germany Bernhard Langer (2)203−13PlayoffUnited States Woody Austin
United States Kevin Sutherland		2,000,000300,000
2015United States Billy Andrade207−91 strokeGermany Bernhard Langer2,000,000300,000
2014United States Scott Dunlap200−16PlayoffUnited States Mark Brooks2,000,000300,000
2013United States John Riegger201−152 strokesUnited States John Cook2,000,000300,000
2012United States Jay Don Blake206−10PlayoffUnited States Mark O'Meara2,000,000300,000
2011United States Mark Calcavecchia202−14PlayoffUnited States Russ Cochran2,000,000300,000
2010Germany Bernhard Langer198−183 strokesZimbabwe Nick Price1,800,000270,000
2009United States Loren Roberts198−181 strokeUnited States Mark O'Meara1,800,000270,000
2008United States Tom Kite (2)202−142 strokesUnited States Scott Simpson1,700,000255,000
2007Zimbabwe Denis Watson207−9PlayoffUnited States R. W. Eaks
United States David Eger
United States Gil Morgan
Japan Naomichi Ozaki
United States Dana Quigley
United States Craig Stadler		1,600,000240,000
Boeing Greater Seattle Classic
2006United States Tom Kite201−15PlayoffUnited States Keith Fergus1,600,000240,000
2005United States David Eger199−173 strokesUnited States Tom Kite1,600,000240,000

Multiple winners

Two players have won this tournament more than once through 2023.

Video
  • YouTube − video highlights − 2006−2011

References
  1. "Fast facts". TPC Snoqualmie Ridge. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  2. Booth, Tim (August 26, 2007). "Denis Watson wins record 7-man playoff to take Boeing Classic". Seattle Times. Associated Press. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  3. Smith, Craig (August 25, 2008). "Tom Kite rallies, relishes that winning feeling at Boeing Classic". Seattle Times. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  4. Smith, Craig (August 22, 2005). "A one-man band: David Eger wins Greater Seattle event". Seattle Times. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  5. "Past Champions". Boeing Classic. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  6. Smith, Craig (August 29, 2010). "Bernhard Langer wins Boeing Classic". Seattle Times. Retrieved July 28, 2015.

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