Albertsons Boise Open

Albertsons Boise Open
Tournament information
Location Boise, Idaho
Established 1990, 28 years ago
Course(s) Hillcrest Country Club
Par 71
Length 6,726 yards (6,150 m)[1]
Tour(s) Web.com Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund $1.0 million
Month played September
July (2013–2015)
Tournament record score
Aggregate 256 Martin Piller
To par −28 as above
Current champion
South Korea Bae Sang-moon
Boise
Location in the western United States
Hillcrest CC
Location in Idaho

The Albertsons Boise Open presented by Kraft is a professional golf tournament in Idaho on the Web.com 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.

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

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, a fourth round was added in 1996.

This stop in southwestern Idaho consistently offers one of the top purses on the Web.com Tour. The 2017 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;[3] the first six-figure winner's share went to Tim Clark in 2000.[4]

The 2003 event featured 13-year-old Michelle Wie, the youngest ever to play on the tour;[5] she carded 78-76 and missed the cut by twelve strokes.[6][7]

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.[8] Hunter Haas shot 263 (−21) in 2010 to win by one stroke over Daniel Summerhays.[9]

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 79 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.[10]

Course layout

Course in 2014[1]

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4095235611824184143921764073,4823594624082164382935351343993,2446,726
Par455344434364443445343571
  • 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.[11]

Winners

YearWinnerCountryScoreTo parMargin
of victory		Runner(s)-up
Albertsons Boise Open presented by Kraft Nabisco (Finals)
2018Bae Sang-moon South Korea265−191 strokeUnited States Anders Albertson
United States Adam Schenk
Canada Roger Sloan
2017Chesson Hadley United States268−161 strokeUnited States Ted Potter Jr.
United States Jonathan Randolph
2016Michael Thompson United States261−233 strokesArgentina Miguel Ángel Carballo
Albertsons Boise Open presented by Kraft (regular season)
2015Martin Piller United States256−286 strokesArgentina Jorge Fernández-Valdés
2014Steve Wheatcroft United States260−24PlayoffNew Zealand Steven Alker
2013Kevin Tway United States261−23PlayoffUnited States Spencer Levin
2012Luke Guthrie United States262−224 strokesAustralia Scott Gardiner
United States Richard H. Lee
United States Michael Putnam
United States Steve Wheatcroft
2011Jason Kokrak United States266−182 strokesUnited States John Mallinger
2010Hunter Haas United States263−211 strokeUnited States Daniel Summerhays
2009Fran Quinn United States270−141 strokeUnited States Blake Adams
2008Chris Tidland United States264−204 strokesUnited States Scott Piercy
Albertsons Boise Open presented by First Health
2007Jon Mills Canada263−211 strokeUnited States D. A. Points
2006Kevin Stadler United States264−201 strokeUnited States Glen Day
2005Greg Chalmers Australia269−15PlayoffUnited States Danny Ellis
Albertsons Boise Open
2004Scott Gump United States270−142 strokesNew Zealand Michael Long
United States Jimmy Walker
2003Roger Tambellini United States267−176 strokesUnited States Tripp Isenhour
United States Charles Warren
2002Jason Gore United States273−112 strokesUnited States Emlyn Aubrey
United States Barry Cheesman
Buy.com Boise Open
2001Michael Long New Zealand270−141 strokeSouth Africa Tjaart van der Walt
2000Tim Clark South Africa269−156 strokesUnited States Patrick Burke
United States Steve Haskins
Nike Boise Open
1999Carl Paulson United States266−184 strokesUnited States Joel Edwards
United States Michael Muehr
1998Mike Sposa United States265−192 strokesUnited States Notah Begay III
United States Dennis Paulson
1997Iain Steel Malaysia267−173 strokesUnited States Carl Paulson
1996Matt Gogel United States270−141 strokeUnited States David Berganio Jr.
United States Stewart Cink
United States Brett Quigley
1995Frank Lickliter United States200−131 strokeUnited States Kevin Burton
United States Craig Kanada
1994Keith Fergus United States198−15PlayoffUnited States Bill Murchison
1993Tommy Moore United States199−143 strokesUnited States Olin Browne
Ben Hogan Boise Open
1992Jaime Gomez United States202−111 strokeUnited States Sean Murphy
1991Russell Beiersdorf United States202−11PlayoffUnited States Rich Parker
1990Ricky Smallridge United States199−143 strokesUnited States David Hobby
United States Robert Thompson
United States Greg Whisman

Source:[12]

Bolded golfers graduated to the PGA Tour via the Web.com Tour regular-season money list, before the event became part of the Web.com Tour Finals. Since the event joined the Finals, all winners and runners-up have earned PGA Tour cards.

References

  1. 1 2 "2014 Albertons Boise Open – Course". PGA Tour. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. 1 2 "Ben Hogan Boise Open results". Ocala Star-Banner. (Florida). September 24, 1990. p. 2C. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Buy.com Tour at Boise". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). September 18, 2000. p. 6B.
  5. ↑ Prise, Kevin (February 4, 2016). "Jaramillo the second-youngest to compete". PGA Tour.
  6. ↑ "Wie not discouraged by missed cut". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. September 20, 2003. p. D3.
  7. ↑ "Wie out in Boise, but stays upbeat". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. September 20, 2003. p. 2B.
  8. ↑ "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.
  9. ↑ "Hunter Haas wins Boise Open". ESPN. Associated Press. September 19, 2010. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
  10. ↑ "Albertsons Boise Open presented by Kraft extended through 2016". PGA Tour. April 22, 2013. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
  11. ↑ "Hillcrest Country Club, Boise, Idaho". Acme Mapper. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
  12. ↑ "Albertsons Boise Open – Past Winners". PGA Tour. Retrieved July 17, 2014.

Coordinates: 43°35′10″N 116°14′20″W / 43.586°N 116.239°W / 43.586; -116.239

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