PURE Insurance Championship

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]

PURE Insurance Championship
Tournament information
LocationMonterey, California
Established2004
Course(s)Pebble Beach Golf Links
Poppy Hills Golf Course
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
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$2,200,000
Month playedSeptember
Tournament record score
Aggregate198 Bernhard Langer (2017)
To par−17 as above
Current champion
Thailand Thongchai Jaidee
Location Map
Pebble Beach Golf Links is located in the United States
Pebble Beach Golf Links
Pebble Beach Golf Links
Location in the United States
Pebble Beach Golf Links is located in California
Pebble Beach Golf Links
Pebble Beach Golf Links
Location in California

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
2023Thailand Thongchai Jaidee202−14PlayoffUnited States Justin Leonard
2022United States Steve Flesch205−111 strokeNew Zealand Steven Alker
South Africa Ernie Els
United States Paul Stankowski
2021South Korea K. J. Choi203−132 strokesGermany Alex Čejka
Germany Bernhard Langer
2020United States Jim Furyk204−12PlayoffUnited States Jerry Kelly
2019United States Kirk Triplett (3)206−9PlayoffUnited States Billy Andrade
2018United States Ken Tanigawa205−101 strokeUnited States Marco Dawson
United States Kirk Triplett
2017Germany Bernhard Langer198−173 strokesUnited States Jerry Kelly
Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble Beach
2016England Paul Broadhurst204−111 strokeGermany Bernhard Langer
United States Kevin Sutherland
2015Mexico Esteban Toledo206−91 strokeUnited States Tom Watson
2014United States John Cook204−111 strokeUnited States Tom Byrum
2013United States Kirk Triplett (2)205−112 strokesUnited States Dan Forsman
United States Doug Garwood
2012United States Kirk Triplett206−102 strokesRepublic of Ireland Mark McNulty
2011United States Jeff Sluman (3)206−102 strokesUnited States Brad Bryant
United States David Eger
United States Jay Haas
Home Care & Hospice First Tee Open at Pebble Beach
2010United States Ted Schulz202−141 strokeUnited States Tom Pernice Jr.
Walmart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach
2009United States Jeff Sluman (2)206−102 strokesUnited States Gene Jones
2008United States Jeff Sluman202−145 strokesUnited States Craig Stadler
United States Fuzzy Zoeller
Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach
2007United States Gil Morgan202−142 strokesUnited States Hale Irwin
2006United States Scott Simpson204−121 strokeUnited States David Edwards
United States Jay Haas
2005United States Hale Irwin203−131 strokeUnited States Morris Hatalsky
United States Gil Morgan
United States Craig Stadler
The First Tee Open at Pebble Beach
2004United States Craig Stadler201−153 strokesUnited States 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 Cook19812014
Hale Irwin19842005

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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