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.
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Boise, Idaho |
| Established | 1990 |
| Course(s) | Hillcrest Country Club |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 6,726 yards (6,150 m)[1] |
| Tour(s) | Korn Ferry Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | US$1,500,000 |
| Month played | August |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 256 Martin Piller (2015) 256 Chan Kim (2023) |
| To par | −28 as above |
| Current champion | |
 Matt McCarty | |
| Location map | |
  Hillcrest CC Location in the United States  Hillcrest CC Location in Idaho | |
History
editThe 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; it was $1.5 million in 2023, with a winner's share of $270,000. 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
editCourse 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 |
Winners
edit| 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 |
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
edit- ^ a b "2014 Albertons Boise Open – Course". PGA Tour. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
- ^ "Smallridge wins Hogan". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). September 24, 1990. p. 2B.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c "Ben Hogan Boise Open results". Ocala Star-Banner. (Florida). September 24, 1990. p. 2C. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
- ^ "Nike Boise Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). September 25, 1995. p. 4B.
- ^ "Nike Boise Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). September 23, 1996. p. 4B.
- ^ "Buy.com Tour at Boise". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). September 18, 2000. p. 6B.
- ^ Prise, Kevin (February 4, 2016). "Jaramillo the second-youngest to compete". PGA Tour.
- ^ "Wie not discouraged by missed cut". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. September 20, 2003. p. D3.
- ^ "Wie out in Boise, but stays upbeat". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. September 20, 2003. p. 2B.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Hunter Haas wins Boise Open". ESPN. Associated Press. September 19, 2010. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
- ^ "Albertsons Boise Open presented by Kraft extended through 2016". PGA Tour. April 22, 2013. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
- ^ "Hillcrest Country Club, Boise, Idaho". Acme Mapper. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
- ^ "Albertsons Boise Open – Past Winners". PGA Tour. Retrieved July 17, 2014.