Boeing Classic

The Boeing Classic is a professional golf tournament in Washington on the PGA Tour Champions, founded 15 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.

Boeing Classic
Tournament information
LocationSnoqualmie, Washington
Established2005, 15 years ago
Course(s)The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge
Par72
Length7,183 yards (6,568 m)
Tour(s)PGA Tour Champions
FormatStroke play - 54 holes
(no cut)
Prize fund$2.1 million
Month playedAugust
Tournament record score
Aggregate197 Jerry Kelly (2017)
To par−19 as above
Current champion
Brandt Jobe
Snoqualmie
Location in the United States
Snoqualmie
Location in Washington

History

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 Club in Kenmore.

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 21 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 Alabama in 2011 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]

In 2010, 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 Price of Zimbabwe. 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.

Course layout

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards5544104394264752073755292073,6223534624262104315903802114983,5617,183
Par544443453364443454353672

Results

YearDatesWinnerCountryScoreTo parMargin
of victory
Runner(s)-upPurse ($)Winner's
share ($)
Boeing Classic
2019Aug 23–25Brandt Jobe United States69-66-63=198−183 strokes Tom Pernice Jr.2,100,000315,000
2018Aug 24–26Scott Parel United States65-70-63=198−183 strokes Kevin Sutherland2,100,000315,000
2017Aug 25–27Jerry Kelly United States65-66-66=197−191 stroke Jerry Smith2,100,000315,000
2016Aug 26–28Bernhard Langer (2) Germany69-67-67=203−13Playoff Woody Austin
Kevin Sutherland
2,000,000300,000
2015Aug 21–23Billy Andrade United States69-65-73=207−91 stroke Bernhard Langer2,000,000300,000
2014Aug 22–24Scott Dunlap United States65-70-65=200−16Playoff Mark Brooks2,000,000300,000
2013Aug 23–25John Riegger United States69-64-68=201−152 strokes John Cook2,000,000300,000
2012Aug 24–26Jay Don Blake United States68-70-68=206−10Playoff Mark O'Meara2,000,000300,000
2011Aug 26–28Mark Calcavecchia United States70-67-65=202−14Playoff Russ Cochran2,000,000300,000
2010Aug 27–29Bernhard Langer Germany66-63-69=198−183 strokes Nick Price1,800,000270,000
2009Aug 28–30Loren Roberts United States68-65-65=198−181 stroke Mark O'Meara1,800,000270,000
2008Aug 22–24Tom Kite (2) United States69-67-66=202−142 strokes Scott Simpson1,700,000255,000
2007Aug 24–26Denis Watson Zimbabwe69-69-69=207−9PlayoffSix players ^1,600,000240,000
Boeing Greater Seattle Classic
2006Aug 18–20Tom Kite United States71-64-66=201−15Playoff Keith Fergus1,600,000240,000
2005Aug 19–21David Eger United States68-64-67=199−173 strokes Tom Kite1,600,000240,000
^ - The six runners-up in the 2007 playoff were R. W. Eaks, David Eger, Gil Morgan, Joe Ozaki, Dana Quigley, and Craig Stadler.[2]

Multiple winners

Two players have won this tournament more than once through 2017.

Video

  • YouTube − video highlights − 2006−2011

References

  1. "Fast facts". TPC Snoqualmie Ridge. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  2. Booth, Tim (August 26, 2007). "Denis Watson wins record 7-man playoff to take Boeing Classic". Seattle Times. Associated Press. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  3. Smith, Craig (August 25, 2008). "Tom Kite rallies, relishes that winning feeling at Boeing Classic". Seattle Times. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  4. Smith, Craig (August 22, 2005). "A one-man band: David Eger wins Greater Seattle event". Seattle Times. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  5. "Past Champions". Boeing Classic. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  6. Smith, Craig (August 29, 2010). "Bernhard Langer wins Boeing Classic". Seattle Times. Retrieved July 28, 2015.

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