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PURE Insurance Championship

Coordinates: 36°34′N 121°57′W / 36.56°N 121.95°W / 36.56; -121.95
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PURE Insurance Championship
Tournament information
LocationMonterey, 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
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$2,300,000
Month playedSeptember
Tournament record score
Aggregate198 Bernhard Langer (2017)
To par−17 as above
Current champion
England Paul Broadhurst
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

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

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
PURE Insurance Championship
2024 England Paul Broadhurst (2) 202 −14 3 strokes Germany Alex Čejka
2023 Thailand Thongchai Jaidee 202 −14 Playoff United States Justin Leonard
2022 United States Steve Flesch 205 −11 1 stroke New Zealand Steven Alker
South Africa Ernie Els
United States Paul Stankowski
2021 South Korea K. J. Choi 203 −13 2 strokes Germany Alex Čejka
Germany Bernhard Langer
2020 United States Jim Furyk 204 −12 Playoff United States Jerry Kelly
2019 United States Kirk Triplett (3) 206 −9 Playoff United States Billy Andrade
2018 United States Ken Tanigawa 205 −10 1 stroke United States Marco Dawson
United States Kirk Triplett
2017 Germany Bernhard Langer 198 −17 3 strokes United States Jerry Kelly
Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble Beach
2016 England Paul Broadhurst 204 −11 1 stroke Germany Bernhard Langer
United States Kevin Sutherland
2015 Mexico Esteban Toledo 206 −9 1 stroke United States Tom Watson
2014 United States John Cook 204 −11 1 stroke United States Tom Byrum
2013 United States Kirk Triplett (2) 205 −11 2 strokes United States Dan Forsman
United States Doug Garwood
2012 United States Kirk Triplett 206 −10 2 strokes Republic of Ireland Mark McNulty
2011 United States Jeff Sluman (3) 206 −10 2 strokes United States Brad Bryant
United States David Eger
United States Jay Haas
Home Care & Hospice First Tee Open at Pebble Beach
2010 United States Ted Schulz 202 −14 1 stroke United States Tom Pernice Jr.
Walmart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach
2009 United States Jeff Sluman (2) 206 −10 2 strokes United States Gene Jones
2008 United States Jeff Sluman 202 −14 5 strokes United States Craig Stadler
United States Fuzzy Zoeller
Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach
2007 United States Gil Morgan 202 −14 2 strokes United States Hale Irwin
2006 United States Scott Simpson 204 −12 1 stroke United States David Edwards
United States Jay Haas
2005 United States Hale Irwin 203 −13 1 stroke United States Morris Hatalsky
United States Gil Morgan
United States Craig Stadler
The First Tee Open at Pebble Beach
2004 United States Craig Stadler 201 −15 3 strokes United States Jay Haas

Multiple winners

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

Pebble Beach Double

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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.

Golfer PGA Tour win PGA Tour Champions win
John Cook 1981 2014
Hale Irwin 1984 2005

References

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  1. ^ "K.J. Choi wins first PGA Tour Champions title at PURE Insurance Championship". PGA Tour. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
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36°34′N 121°57′W / 36.56°N 121.95°W / 36.56; -121.95