The Chubb Classic is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour Champions, held annually in February in Naples, Florida. It has been played at a variety of courses, and Chubb Corporation is the main sponsor.

Chubb Classic
Tournament information
LocationNaples, Florida
Established1988
Course(s)Tiburón Golf Club
(Black Course)
Par72
Length6,881 yards (6,292 m)[1]
Tour(s)PGA Tour Champions
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$1,800,000
Month playedFebruary
Tournament record score
Aggregate196 Bernhard Langer (2011)
196 Kenny Perry (2012)
196 Scott Parel (2020)
To par−20 Bernhard Langer (2011)
−20 Kenny Perry (2012)
Current champion
Canada Stephen Ames
Location map
Tiburón GC is located in the United States
Tiburón GC
Tiburón GC
Location in the United States
Tiburón GC is located in Florida
Tiburón GC
Tiburón GC
Location in Florida

It debuted 36 years ago in 1988 as the Aetna Challenge,.[2] The purse in 2016 was $1.6 million with a winner's share of $240,000.[1]

For 2021, the event moves to Tiburón Golf Club, but on the Black Course, which will be the first time it has been used in professional play. Tiburón's Gold Course is used for the QBE Challenge and CME Group Tour Championship, but this will be the first use of the secondary course.

Host courses

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Years Course
1988–1990 The Club at Pelican Bay
1991–1995 The Vineyards Golf and Country Club
1996 The Classics at Lely Resort
1997–1999 Bay Colony Golf Club
2000–2001 Pelican Marsh Golf Club
2002–2006 The Club at TwinEagles
2007–2008 Quail West Golf and Country Club
2009 TPC Treviso Bay
2010–2011 The Quarry
2012–2018 TwinEagles GC (Talon Course)
2019–2020 The Classics at Lely Resort
2021 Tiburón Golf Club (Black Course)

Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Purse
($)
Chubb Classic
2024   Stephen Ames 131[a] −13 3 strokes   Rocco Mediate 1,800,000
2023   Bernhard Langer (5) 199 −17 3 strokes   Pádraig Harrington
  Steve Stricker
1,800,000
2022   Bernhard Langer (4) 200 −16 3 strokes   Tim Petrovic 1,600,000
2021   Steve Stricker 200 −16 1 stroke   Alex Čejka
  Robert Karlsson
1,600,000
2020   Scott Parel 196 −17 2 strokes   Bob Estes 1,600,000
2019   Miguel Ángel Jiménez 200 −13 Playoff   Olin Browne
  Bernhard Langer
1,600,000
2018   Joe Durant 197 −19 4 strokes   Steve Stricker
  Billy Mayfair
  David Toms
  Tim Petrovic
  Lee Janzen
1,600,000
2017   Fred Couples (2) 200 −16 3 strokes   Miguel Ángel Jiménez 1,600,000
2016   Bernhard Langer (3) 201 −15 3 strokes   Fred Couples 1,600,000
ACE Group Classic
2015   Lee Janzen 200 −16 Playoff   Bart Bryant 1,600,000
2014   Kirk Triplett 200 −16 1 stroke   Olin Browne
  Bernhard Langer
  Duffy Waldorf
1,600,000
2013   Bernhard Langer (2) 204 −12 1 stroke   Jay Don Blake 1,600,000
2012   Kenny Perry 196 −20 5 strokes   Bernhard Langer 1,600,000
2011   Bernhard Langer 196 −20 4 strokes   Fred Funk 1,600,000
2010   Fred Couples 199 −17 1 stroke   Tommy Armour III 1,600,000
2009   Loren Roberts (2) 209 −7 1 stroke   Gene Jones 1,600,000
2008   Scott Hoch 202 −14 Playoff   Brad Bryant
  Tom Jenkins
  Tom Kite
1,600,000
2007   Bobby Wadkins 201 −15 1 stroke   Allen Doyle 1,600,000
2006   Loren Roberts 202 −14 1 stroke   R. W. Eaks
  Brad Bryant
1,600,000
2005   Mark James 203 −13 2 strokes   Tom Wargo
  Hale Irwin
1,600,000
2004   Craig Stadler 206 −10 Playoff   Gary Koch
  Tom Watson
1,600,000
2003   Vicente Fernández 202 −14 3 strokes   Des Smyth
  Tom Watson
1,600,000
2002   Hale Irwin (2) 200 −16 1 stroke   Tom Watson 1,500,000
2001   Gil Morgan (2) 200 −16 2 strokes   Dana Quigley 1,400,000
2000   Lanny Wadkins 202 −14 Playoff   José María Cañizares
  Walter Hall
  Tom Watson
1,200,000
1999   Allen Doyle 203 −13 5 strokes   Vicente Fernández 1,200,000
LG Championship
1998   Gil Morgan 210 −6 2 strokes   Dale Douglass
  Raymond Floyd
1,200,000
1997   Hale Irwin 201 −15 1 stroke   Bob Murphy 1,000,000
Greater Naples IntelliNet Challenge
1996   Al Geiberger 202 −14 1 stroke   Isao Aoki 600,000
IntelliNet Challenge
1995   Bob Murphy 137[a] −7 1 stroke   Raymond Floyd 600,000
1994   Mike Hill (2) 201 −15 3 strokes   Tom Wargo 500,000
Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate Challenge
1993   Mike Hill 202 −14 2 strokes   Dave Stockton 500,000
Aetna Challenge
1992   Jimmy Powell 197 −19 4 strokes   Lee Trevino 450,000
1991   Lee Trevino (2) 205 −11 1 stroke   Dale Douglass 450,000
1990   Lee Trevino 200 −16 1 stroke   Bruce Crampton 400,000
1989   Gene Littler 209 −7 2 strokes   Harold Henning 300,000
1988   Gary Player 207 −9 1 stroke   Dave Hill 300,000

Multiple winners

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

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Shortened to 36 holes due to weather.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Chubb Classic". ESPN. February 14, 2016. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
  2. ^ "Golf: PGA Seniors". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). February 29, 1988. p. 2B.
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