PURE Insurance Championship

PURE Insurance Championship
Tournament information
Location	Monterey, California
Established	2004
Course(s)	Pebble Beach Golf Links; Poppy Hills Golf Course; Spyglass Hill Golf Course
Par	72 (PB); 71 (PH)
Length	7,040 yards (6,440 m) (PB); 7,002 yards (6,403 m) (PH)
Tour(s)	PGA Tour Champions
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$2,200,000
Month played	September
Tournament record score
Aggregate	198 Bernhard Langer (2017)
To par	−17 as above
Current champion
	Thongchai Jaidee
Location map
	Pebble Beach Golf Links Location in the United States 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 edit

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
PURE Insurance Championship
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