Boeing Classic
Tournament information
Location
Established
2005
Course(s)
Par
72
Length
7,183 yards (6,568 m)
Tour(s)
Format
Prize fund
US$2,200,000
Month played
August
Tournament record score
Aggregate
197 Jerry Kelly (2017)
197 Stephen Ames (2023)
To par
−19 as above
Current champion
Location map
The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge
Location in the United States
The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge
Location in Washington
Show map of Washington (state)The Boeing Classic is a professional golf tournament in Washington on the PGA Tour Champions, founded 19 years ago in 2005. The 54-hole event is played annually in late August in Snoqualmie, east of Seattle. It was titled the "Boeing Greater Seattle Classic" for its first two years and Boeing is the main sponsor.
The Seattle area's previous senior tour event, the GTE Northwest Classic, ran from 1986 through 1995. The first edition was at Sahalee Country Club and the remainder were at Inglewood Golf ClubinKenmore.
Since its inception in 2005, the Boeing Classic has been held at The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge, a private course designed by Jack Nicklaus which opened for play 25 years ago in 1999 as TPC Snoqualmie Ridge. The course is 25 miles (40 km) east of Seattle at the foothills of the Cascade Range, and varies in elevation from 575 to 870 feet (175 to 265 m) above sea level, with the 18th green at 745 feet (227 m).[1]
From 2007 to 2010, the tournament was played the week following the JELD-WEN Tradition, a senior major championship played in Sunriver, Oregon. For its first two years, the tournament immediately preceded The Tradition, which was then played at The Reserve near Portland. The Tradition moved to Alabamain2011 and is played in May.
The purse for the 2007 tournament was $1.6 million, with $240,000 to the champion, Denis Watson, the winner of a playoff. The seven-man, sudden death playoff was the largest in tour history, with the seven finishing the 54 holes at 207 (−9). The tournament concluded when Watson sunk an eagle putt on the second playoff hole, a second replay of the par-5 18th hole.[2]
The purse for 2008 was $1.7 million, with a winner's share of $255,000. The par-72 course was set at 7,183 yards (6,568 m). Tom Kite shot a final round 66 to finish at 202 (−14), two strokes ahead of second round leader Scott Simpson . Kite was the only player in the field to break 70 in all three rounds and became the first repeat winner of the event.[3] Kite won the tournament in 2006 in a one-hole playoff over Keith Fergus, and was the runner-up in 2005, finishing three strokes behind David Eger. [4]
The 2009 tournament was held on August 28–30 with a $1.8 million purse. Second-round co-leader Loren Roberts birdied the final two holes and outlasted Mark O'Meara by nearly matching his sterling tee shot at 17 and dribbled in a five-foot (1.5 m) birdie putt. Roberts birdied the uphill par-5 final hole with a short pitch shot to 3 feet (0.9 m) and dropped the putt for his third victory of the season. Roberts shot a 7-under 65 in the final round and set a new tournament record at 198 (–18).[5]
In2010, the U.S. Senior Open was held at Sahalee Country Club in nearby Sammamish, and won by Bernhard Langer with a final score of 272 (−8). The Boeing Classic was held four weeks after on August 27–29, also won by Langer by three strokes over Nick PriceofZimbabwe. Langer tied the record set the previous year by Roberts at 198.[6]
The purse was raised to an even $2 million in 2011, with a winner's share of $300,000. Half of the first twelve editions ended in playoffs.
Hole
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Out
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
In
Total
Yards
554
410
439
426
475
207
375
529
207
3,622
353
462
426
210
431
590
380
211
498
3,561
7,183
Par
5
4
4
4
4
3
4
5
3
36
4
4
4
3
4
5
4
3
5
36
72
Year
Winner
Score
To par
Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Purse
(US$)
Winner's
share ($)
Boeing Classic
197
−19
7 strokes
2,200,000
330,000
201
−15
2 strokes
2,200,000
330,000
204
−12
1 stroke
Jim Furyk Tim Herron Billy Mayfair
2,100,000
315,000
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
198
−18
3 strokes
2,100,000
315,000
198
−18
3 strokes
2,100,000
315,000
197
−19
1 stroke
2,100,000
315,000
Bernhard Langer (2)
203
−13
Playoff
2,000,000
300,000
207
−9
1 stroke
2,000,000
300,000
200
−16
Playoff
2,000,000
300,000
201
−15
2 strokes
2,000,000
300,000
206
−10
Playoff
2,000,000
300,000
202
−14
Playoff
2,000,000
300,000
198
−18
3 strokes
1,800,000
270,000
198
−18
1 stroke
1,800,000
270,000
Tom Kite (2)
202
−14
2 strokes
1,700,000
255,000
207
−9
Playoff
R. W. Eaks David Eger Gil Morgan
Naomichi Ozaki Dana Quigley Craig Stadler
1,600,000
240,000
Boeing Greater Seattle Classic
201
−15
Playoff
1,600,000
240,000
199
−17
3 strokes
1,600,000
240,000
Two players have won this tournament more than once through 2023.
Events are listed in playing order
Regular events
Charles Schwab Cup playoff events
Unofficial money events
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