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.

PURE Insurance Championship
Tournament information
LocationMonterey, California
Established2004
Course(s)Pebble Beach Golf Links
Poppy Hills Golf Course
Par72 (PB), 71 (PH)
Length7,040 yd (6,440 m) (PB)
7,002 yd (6,403 m) (PH)
Tour(s)PGA Tour Champions
FormatStroke play - 54 holes
(no cut)
Prize fund$2.1 million
Month playedSeptember
Tournament record score
Aggregate201 Craig Stadler (2004)
To par−15 Craig Stadler (2004)
Current champion
Jim Furyk
Monterey
Location in the United States

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
YearDatesChampionCountryWinning scoreMarginPurse ($)
PURE Insurance Championship
2020Sep 18–20Jim Furyk United States204 (−12)Playoff2,200,000
2019Sep 27–29Kirk Triplett (3) United States206 (−9)Playoff2,100,000
2018Sep 28–30Ken Tanigawa United States205 (−10)1 stroke2,100,000
2017Sep 22–24Bernhard Langer Germany198 (−17)3 strokes2,000,000
Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble Beach
2016Sep 16–18Paul Broadhurst England204 (−11)1 stroke2,000,000
2015Sep 25–27Esteban Toledo Mexico206 (−9)1 stroke2,000,000
2014Sep 26–28John Cook United States204 (−11)1 stroke1,900,000
2013Sep 27–29Kirk Triplett (2) United States205 (−11)2 strokes1,800,000
2012Jul 6–8Kirk Triplett United States206 (−10)2 strokes1,800,000
2011Jul 8–10Jeff Sluman (3) United States206 (−10)2 strokes1,800,000
Home Care & Hospice First Tee Open at Pebble Beach
2010Sep 3–5Ted Schulz United States202 (−14)1 stroke1,800,000
Walmart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach
2009Sep 4–6Jeff Sluman (2) United States206 (−10)2 strokes2,100,000
2008Aug 29–31Jeff Sluman United States202 (−14)5 strokes2,100,000
Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach
2007Aug 31 – Sep 2Gil Morgan United States202 (−14)2 strokes2,000,000
2006Sep 1–3Scott Simpson United States204 (−12)1 stroke2,000,000
2005Sep 2–4Hale Irwin United States203 (−13)1 stroke2,000,000
The First Tee Open at Pebble Beach presented by Wal-Mart
2004Sep 3-5Craig Stadler United States201 (−15)3 strokes2,000,000

Multiple winners

Two players have won this tournament more than once through 2019.

Career 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

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