Albertsons Boise Open
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| Tournament information | |
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| Location | Boise, Idaho |
| Established | 1990 |
| Course(s) | Hillcrest Country Club |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 6,726 yards (6,150 m) |
| 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 | |
| Chan Kim | |
| Location Map | |
  Hillcrest CC Location in the United States
 Hillcrest CC Location in Idaho
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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.
History
The tournament 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. Future notable names in the top 20 that first year were Tom Lehman, John Daly, Jeff Maggert, and Stephen Ames; 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, a fourth round was added in 1996.
This stop in southwestern Idaho consistently offers one of the top purses on the Korn Ferry Tour. The 2019 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; the first six-figure winner's share went to Tim Clark in 2000.
The 2003 event featured 13-year-old Michelle Wie, the youngest ever to play on the tour; she carded 78-76 and missed the cut by twelve strokes.
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. Hunter Haas shot 263 (−21) in 2010 to win by one stroke over Daniel Summerhays.
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.
Course layout
Course in 2014
| 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 |
- 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.
Winners
| 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 |
| # | Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albertsons Boise Open | ||||||
| 34th | 2023 | Chan Kim | 256 | −28 | 2 strokes | David Kocher |
| 33rd | 2022 | Will Gordon | 263 | −21 | Playoff |
M. J. Daffue Philip Knowles |
| 32nd | 2021 | Greyson Sigg | 265 | −19 | 1 stroke |
Aaron Rai J. J. Spaun |
| 31st | 2020 | Stephan Jäger | 262 | −22 | 2 strokes |
Dan McCarthy Brandon Wu |
| 30th | 2019 | Matthew NeSmith | 265 | −19 | 1 stroke |
Brandon Hagy Viktor Hovland |
| 29th | 2018 | Bae Sang-moon | 265 | −19 | 1 stroke |
Anders Albertson Adam Schenk Roger Sloan |
| 28th | 2017 | Chesson Hadley | 268 | −16 | 1 stroke |
Ted Potter Jr. Jonathan Randolph |
| 27th | 2016 | Michael Thompson | 261 | −23 | 3 strokes | Miguel Ángel Carballo |
| 26th | 2015 | Martin Piller | 256 | −28 | 6 strokes | Jorge Fernández-Valdés |
| 25th | 2014 | Steve Wheatcroft | 260 | −24 | Playoff | Steven Alker |
| 24th | 2013 | Kevin Tway | 261 | −23 | Playoff | Spencer Levin |
| 23rd | 2012 | Luke Guthrie | 262 | −22 | 4 strokes |
Scott Gardiner Richard H. Lee Michael Putnam Steve Wheatcroft |
| 22nd | 2011 | Jason Kokrak | 266 | −18 | 2 strokes | John Mallinger |
| 21st | 2010 | Hunter Haas | 263 | −21 | 1 stroke | Daniel Summerhays |
| 20th | 2009 | Fran Quinn | 270 | −14 | 1 stroke | Blake Adams |
| 19th | 2008 | Chris Tidland | 264 | −20 | 4 strokes | Scott Piercy |
| 18th | 2007 | Jon Mills | 263 | −21 | 1 stroke | D. A. Points |
| 17th | 2006 | Kevin Stadler | 264 | −20 | 1 stroke | Glen Day |
| 16th | 2005 | Greg Chalmers | 269 | −15 | Playoff | Danny Ellis |
| 15th | 2004 | Scott Gump | 270 | −14 | 2 strokes |
Michael Long Jimmy Walker |
| 14th | 2003 | Roger Tambellini | 267 | −17 | 6 strokes |
Tripp Isenhour Charles Warren |
| 13th | 2002 | Jason Gore | 273 | −11 | 2 strokes |
Emlyn Aubrey Barry Cheesman |
| Buy.com Boise Open | ||||||
| 12th | 2001 | Michael Long | 270 | −14 | 1 stroke | Tjaart van der Walt |
| 11th | 2000 | Tim Clark | 269 | −15 | 6 strokes |
Patrick Burke Steve Haskins |
| Nike Boise Open | ||||||
| 10th | 1999 | Carl Paulson | 266 | −18 | 4 strokes |
Joel Edwards Michael Muehr |
| 9th | 1998 | Mike Sposa | 265 | −19 | 2 strokes |
Notah Begay III Dennis Paulson |
| 8th | 1997 | Iain Steel | 267 | −17 | 3 strokes | Carl Paulson |
| 7th | 1996 | Matt Gogel | 270 | −14 | 1 stroke |
David Berganio Jr. Stewart Cink Brett Quigley |
| 6th | 1995 | Frank Lickliter | 200 | −13 | 1 stroke |
Kevin Burton Craig Kanada |
| 5th | 1994 | Keith Fergus | 198 | −15 | Playoff | Bill Murchison |
| 4th | 1993 | Tommy Moore | 199 | −14 | 3 strokes | Olin Browne |
| Ben Hogan Boise Open | ||||||
| 3rd | 1992 | Jaime Gomez | 202 | −11 | 1 stroke | Sean Murphy |
| 2nd | 1991 | Russell Beiersdorf | 202 | −11 | Playoff | Rich Parker |
| 1st | 1990 | Ricky Smallridge | 199 | −14 | 3 strokes |
David Hobby Robert Thompson Greg Whisman |
Source:
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.