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The Albertsons Boise Open is a professional golf tournament in Idaho on the Korn Ferry Tour, played annually at Hillcrest Country Club in Boise. Held in mid-September for its first 23 years, the new September playoff schedule of the Web.com Tour in 2013 moved the Boise event up to late July. The event returned to mid-September in 2016, and became part of the Web.com Tour Finals as the penultimate event. The schedule was revised for 2019 and it moved to late August.

History

The tournament has been played every year since 1990, the first year of the tour, then known as the Ben Hogan Tour.[2] It is one of four original tournaments on the current schedule.[3] Future notable names in the top 20 that first year were Tom Lehman, John Daly, Jeff Maggert, and Stephen Ames;[4] David Toms made the cut.

Golf has been played on the site since the 1920s, originally named Idaho Country Club. Established in 1940, Hillcrest Country Club has been the only home of the tournament since its inception. The Boise Open was a 54-hole tournament for its first six years,[4][5] a fourth round was added in 1996.[6]

This stop in southwestern Idaho consistently offers one of the top purses on the Korn Ferry Tour. The 2019 purse is expected to be $1.0 million, with a winner's share of $180,000. The first purse in 1990 was $100,000, with a winner's share of $20,000;[4] the first six-figure winner's share went to Tim Clark in 2000.[7]

The 2003 event featured 13-year-old Michelle Wie, the youngest ever to play on the tour;[8] she carded 78-76 and missed the cut by twelve strokes.[9][10]

Chris Tidland shot 264 (−20) to win by four strokes in 2008; Fran Quinn shot 270 (−14) in 2009 with a birdie on the final hole to edge third round leader Blake Adams by a single stroke.[11] Hunter Haas shot 263 (−21) in 2010 to win by one stroke over Daniel Summerhays.[12]

At the 2015 edition, retired Army Corporal Chad Pfeifer became the first veteran amputee to play on the Web.com Tour, but missed the cut. He lost his left leg in a 2007 explosion and earned entry through a sponsor exemption.

Albertsons, a major supermarket retailer in the western U.S., has been the title sponsor since 2002. The grocery chain was founded 85 years ago by Joe Albertson in 1939 in Boise, and the company was headquartered in the city until 2006, when it was acquired by Supervalu of Eden Prairie, Minnesota. The company has committed to sponsorship of the tournament through 2016.[13]

Course layout

Course in 2014[1]

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 409 523 561 182 418 414 392 176 407 3,482 359 462 408 216 438 293 535 134 399 3,244 6,726
Par 4 5 5 3 4 4 4 3 4 36 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 3 4 35 71
  • The nines are switched for the members, who play the original nine holes (north) first.
  • The elevation at the clubhouse is approximately 2,800 feet (855 m) above sea level.[14]

Winners

Korn Ferry Tour (Current Finals system) 2023–
Korn Ferry Tour (Old Finals system) 2016–2019, 2021–22
Korn Ferry Tour (Championship Series) 2020
Korn Ferry Tour (Regular) 1990–2015
# Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Albertsons Boise Open
34th 2023 United States Chan Kim 256 −28 2 strokes United States David Kocher
33rd 2022 United States Will Gordon 263 −21 Playoff South Africa M. J. Daffue
United States Philip Knowles
32nd 2021 United States Greyson Sigg 265 −19 1 stroke England Aaron Rai
United States J. J. Spaun
31st 2020 Germany Stephan Jäger 262 −22 2 strokes United States Dan McCarthy
United States Brandon Wu
30th 2019 United States Matthew NeSmith 265 −19 1 stroke United States Brandon Hagy
Norway Viktor Hovland
29th 2018 South Korea Bae Sang-moon 265 −19 1 stroke United States Anders Albertson
United States Adam Schenk
Canada Roger Sloan
28th 2017 United States Chesson Hadley 268 −16 1 stroke United States Ted Potter Jr.
United States Jonathan Randolph
27th 2016 United States Michael Thompson 261 −23 3 strokes Argentina Miguel Ángel Carballo
26th 2015 United States Martin Piller 256 −28 6 strokes Argentina Jorge Fernández-Valdés
25th 2014 United States Steve Wheatcroft 260 −24 Playoff New Zealand Steven Alker
24th 2013 United States Kevin Tway 261 −23 Playoff United States Spencer Levin
23rd 2012 United States Luke Guthrie 262 −22 4 strokes Australia Scott Gardiner
United States Richard H. Lee
United States Michael Putnam
United States Steve Wheatcroft
22nd 2011 United States Jason Kokrak 266 −18 2 strokes United States John Mallinger
21st 2010 United States Hunter Haas 263 −21 1 stroke United States Daniel Summerhays
20th 2009 United States Fran Quinn 270 −14 1 stroke United States Blake Adams
19th 2008 United States Chris Tidland 264 −20 4 strokes United States Scott Piercy
18th 2007 Canada Jon Mills 263 −21 1 stroke United States D. A. Points
17th 2006 United States Kevin Stadler 264 −20 1 stroke United States Glen Day
16th 2005 Australia Greg Chalmers 269 −15 Playoff United States Danny Ellis
15th 2004 United States Scott Gump 270 −14 2 strokes New Zealand Michael Long
United States Jimmy Walker
14th 2003 United States Roger Tambellini 267 −17 6 strokes United States Tripp Isenhour
United States Charles Warren
13th 2002 United States Jason Gore 273 −11 2 strokes United States Emlyn Aubrey
United States Barry Cheesman
Buy.com Boise Open
12th 2001 New Zealand Michael Long 270 −14 1 stroke South Africa Tjaart van der Walt
11th 2000 South Africa Tim Clark 269 −15 6 strokes United States Patrick Burke
United States Steve Haskins
Nike Boise Open
10th 1999 United States Carl Paulson 266 −18 4 strokes United States Joel Edwards
United States Michael Muehr
9th 1998 United States Mike Sposa 265 −19 2 strokes United States Notah Begay III
United States Dennis Paulson
8th 1997 Malaysia Iain Steel 267 −17 3 strokes United States Carl Paulson
7th 1996 United States Matt Gogel 270 −14 1 stroke United States David Berganio Jr.
United States Stewart Cink
United States Brett Quigley
6th 1995 United States Frank Lickliter 200 −13 1 stroke United States Kevin Burton
United States Craig Kanada
5th 1994 United States Keith Fergus 198 −15 Playoff United States Bill Murchison
4th 1993 United States Tommy Moore 199 −14 3 strokes United States Olin Browne
Ben Hogan Boise Open
3rd 1992 United States Jaime Gomez 202 −11 1 stroke United States Sean Murphy
2nd 1991 United States Russell Beiersdorf 202 −11 Playoff United States Rich Parker
1st 1990 United States Ricky Smallridge 199 −14 3 strokes United States David Hobby
United States Robert Thompson
United States Greg Whisman

Source:[15]

Bolded golfers graduated to the PGA Tour via the Korn Ferry Tour regular-season money list, in years that the event was not part of the old Korn Ferry Tour Finals system. In years that the event was part of that system, all winners and runners-up earned PGA Tour cards.

References

  1. ^ a b "2014 Albertons Boise Open – Course". PGA Tour. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
  2. ^ "Smallridge wins Hogan". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). September 24, 1990. p. 2B.
  3. ^ "Tour celebrates 20th year, will play 29 official events". PGA Tour. December 3, 2008. Archived from the original on October 3, 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
  4. ^ a b c "Ben Hogan Boise Open results". Ocala Star-Banner. (Florida). September 24, 1990. p. 2C. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
  5. ^ "Nike Boise Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). September 25, 1995. p. 4B.
  6. ^ "Nike Boise Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). September 23, 1996. p. 4B.
  7. ^ "Buy.com Tour at Boise". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). September 18, 2000. p. 6B.
  8. ^ Prise, Kevin (February 4, 2016). "Jaramillo the second-youngest to compete". PGA Tour.
  9. ^ "Wie not discouraged by missed cut". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. September 20, 2003. p. D3.
  10. ^ "Wie out in Boise, but stays upbeat". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. September 20, 2003. p. 2B.
  11. ^ "New England golfer wins Boise Open by taking lead on final hole". Idaho Statesman. (Boise). September 21, 2009. Archived from the original on January 25, 2013.
  12. ^ "Hunter Haas wins Boise Open". ESPN. Associated Press. September 19, 2010. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
  13. ^ "Albertsons Boise Open presented by Kraft extended through 2016". PGA Tour. April 22, 2013. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
  14. ^ "Hillcrest Country Club, Boise, Idaho". Acme Mapper. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
  15. ^ "Albertsons Boise Open – Past Winners". PGA Tour. Retrieved July 17, 2014.

External links

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