PURE Insurance Championship


The PURE Insurance Championship is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour Champions. It is sponsored by the PURE Insurance company and normally held in August/September in Monterey, California at the Pebble Beach Golf Links and Del Monte Golf Course, but has also been played in July. In 2014, it was played at Pebble Beach and Poppy Hills Golf Course.

History

It is an official PGA Tour Champions event that pairs one junior with one senior, PGA Tour Champions player and two amateurs. Seventy-eight junior spots are awarded, seventy chosen from two selection processes and eight exemptions are selected through The First Tee of Monterey County and Monterey Peninsula Foundation, the host organization.
The purse for the 2012 tournament was US$1,800,000, with $255,000 going to the winner. The tournament was founded in 2004 as The First Tee Open at Pebble Beach presented by Wal-Mart. The First Tee of Monterey County is one of the direct receivers of the proceeds made from this tournament. Walmart was the title sponsor of this event from 2004 to 2009. National Association for Home Care & Hospice was the title sponsor for 2010. Nature Valley was the title sponsor for the 2011 tournament.

Tournament hosts

Winners

Multiple winners

Three players have won this tournament more than once through 2024.
  • 3 wins
  • *Jeff Sluman: 2008, 2009, 2011
  • *Kirk Triplett: 2012, 2013, 2019
  • 2 wins
  • *Paul Broadhurst: 2016, 2024

    Pebble Beach Double

Two players have won this tournament and the PGA Tour tournament held at Pebble Beach in their careers.
GolferPGA Tour winPGA Tour Champions win
John Cook19812014
Hale Irwin19842005