The Hoag Classic (formerly the Toshiba Classic) is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour Champions. The Hoag Classic is played annually in March in Newport Beach, California at the Newport Beach Country Club. Newport Beach Country Club was designed by William Francis Bell in 1954. The tournament was founded in 1995 as the Toshiba Senior Classic. Hoag became the title sponsor of the tournament starting in 2019.[1]
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Newport Beach, California |
| Established | 1995 |
| Course(s) | Newport Beach Country Club |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 6,606 yards (6,041 m) |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour Champions |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | US$2,000,000 |
| Month played | March |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 193 Duffy Waldorf (2015) |
| To par | −20 as above |
| Current champion | |
 Pádraig Harrington | |
| Location map | |
  Newport Beach CC Location in the United States  Newport Beach CC Location in California | |
The longest sudden-death playoff in the history of the PGA Tour Champions occurred at the 1997 event when Bob Murphy defeated Jay Sigel on the ninth hole.[2][3] The record was broken the following year at the Royal Caribbean Classic.[4]
Winners
edit| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Purse ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoag Classic Newport Beach | ||||||
| 2024 | Pádraig Harrington |
199 | −14 | 1 stroke |  Thongchai Jaidee |
2,000,000 |
| Hoag Classic | ||||||
| 2023 |  Ernie Els (2) |
200 | −13 | 1 stroke |  Doug Barron Steve Stricker |
2,000,000 |
| 2022 | Retief Goosen |
198 | −15 | 4 strokes |  K. J. Choi |
2,000,000 |
| 2021 | No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||
| 2020 | Ernie Els |
197 | −16 | 2 strokes | Fred Couples Glen Day Robert Karlsson |
1,800,000 |
| 2019 | Kirk Triplett |
203 | −10 | Playoff | Woody Austin |
1,800,000 |
| Toshiba Classic | ||||||
| 2018 |  Vijay Singh |
202 | −11 | 1 stroke | Scott McCarron Tom Pernice Jr. Tommy Tolles |
1,800,000 |
| 2017: No tournament | ||||||
| 2016 | Jay Haas (2) |
197 | −16 | Playoff | Bart Bryant |
1,800,000 |
| 2015 | Duffy Waldorf |
193 | −20 | 2 strokes | Joe Durant |
1,800,000 |
| 2014 | Fred Couples (2) |
198 | −15 | 1 stroke |  Bernhard Langer Colin Montgomerie Steve Pate |
1,750,000 |
| 2013 | David Frost |
194 | −19 | 5 strokes | Fred Couples |
1,750,000 |
| 2012 | Loren Roberts (2) |
205 | −8 | 2 strokes | Mark Calcavecchia Tom Kite Bernhard Langer |
1,750,000 |
| 2011 | Loren Roberts |
196 | −17 | 1 stroke | Mark Wiebe |
1,700,000 |
| 2010 | Fred Couples |
195 | −18 | 4 strokes | Ronnie Black |
1,700,000 |
| 2009 |  Eduardo Romero |
202 | −11 | 1 stroke | Mark O'Meara Joey Sindelar |
1,700,000 |
| 2008 | Bernhard Langer |
199 | −14 | Playoff | Jay Haas |
1,700,000 |
| 2007 | Jay Haas |
194 | −19 | 2 strokes | R. W. Eaks |
1,650,000 |
| 2006 | Brad Bryant |
204 | −9 | 1 stroke | John Harris Mark Johnson Bobby Wadkins |
1,650,000 |
| Toshiba Senior Classic | ||||||
| 2005 | Mark Johnson (2) |
200 | −13 | 4 strokes | Keith Fergus Wayne Levi |
1,650,000 |
| 2004 | Mark Johnson |
198 | −15 | 1 stroke | Morris Hatalsky |
1,600,000 |
| 2003 |  Rodger Davis |
197 | −16 | 4 strokes | Larry Nelson |
1,550,000 |
| 2002 | Hale Irwin (2) |
197 | −16 | 5 strokes | Allen Doyle |
1,500,000 |
| 2001 |  José María Cañizares |
202 | −11 | Playoff | Gil Morgan |
1,400,000 |
| 2000 | Allen Doyle |
136[a] | −6 | 1 stroke | Jim Thorpe Howard Twitty |
1,300,000 |
| 1999 | Gary McCord |
204 | −9 | Playoff | Allen Doyle Al Geiberger John Jacobs |
1,200,000 |
| 1998 | Hale Irwin |
200 | −13 | 1 stroke | Hubert Green |
1,100,000 |
| 1997 | Bob Murphy |
207 | −6 | Playoff | Jay Sigel |
1,000,000 |
| 1996 | Jim Colbert |
201 | −12 | 2 strokes | Bob Eastwood |
1,000,000 |
| 1995 | George Archer |
199 | −11 | 1 stroke | Dave Stockton Tom Wargo |
1,000,000 |
Multiple winners
editThree players have won this tournament more than once through 2024.
- 2 wins
- Hale Irwin: 1998, 2002
- Fred Couples: 2010, 2014
- Jay Haas: 2007, 2016
- Ernie Els: 2020, 2023
Notes
edit- ^ Shortened to 36 holes due to weather.
References
edit- ^ "Hoag new title sponsor of Newport Beach event". PGA Tour. March 9, 2018.
- ^ Zullo, Allan (2001). Astonishing but True Golf Facts. Kansas City, Missouri: Andrews McMeel Publishing. ISBN 978-0740714269.
- ^ "Bob Murphy wins title on ninth playoff hole". McCook Daily Gazette. McCook, Nebraska. Associated Press. March 17, 1997. p. 10. Retrieved March 13, 2013.
- ^ "Senior Caribbean Classic; Graham Wins Longest Playoff". The New York Times. February 2, 1998. Retrieved March 13, 2013.