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
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

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

Multiple winners

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Three players have won this tournament more than once through 2024.

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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