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Chubb Classic

Coordinates: 26°05′28″N 81°42′00″W / 26.091°N 81.700°W / 26.091; -81.700
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Chubb Classic
Tournament information
LocationNaples, Florida
Established1988
Course(s)Tiburón Golf Club
(Black Course)
Par72
Length6,881 yards (6,292 m)[1]
Tour(s)PGA Tour Champions
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$1,800,000
Month playedFebruary
Tournament record score
Aggregate196 Bernhard Langer (2011)
196 Kenny Perry (2012)
196 Scott Parel (2020)
To par−20 Bernhard Langer (2011)
−20 Kenny Perry (2012)
Current champion
Canada Stephen Ames
Location map
Tiburón GC is located in the United States
Tiburón GC
Tiburón GC
Location in the United States
Tiburón GC is located in Florida
Tiburón GC
Tiburón GC
Location in Florida

The Chubb Classic is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour Champions, held annually in February in Naples, Florida. It has been played at a variety of courses, and Chubb Corporation is the main sponsor.

It debuted 36 years ago in 1988 as the Aetna Challenge,.[2] The purse in 2016 was $1.6 million with a winner's share of $240,000.[1]

For 2021, the event moves to Tiburón Golf Club, but on the Black Course, which will be the first time it has been used in professional play. Tiburón's Gold Course is used for the QBE Challenge and CME Group Tour Championship, but this will be the first use of the secondary course.

Host courses

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Years Course
1988–1990 The Club at Pelican Bay
1991–1995 The Vineyards Golf and Country Club
1996 The Classics at Lely Resort
1997–1999 Bay Colony Golf Club
2000–2001 Pelican Marsh Golf Club
2002–2006 The Club at TwinEagles
2007–2008 Quail West Golf and Country Club
2009 TPC Treviso Bay
2010–2011 The Quarry
2012–2018 TwinEagles GC (Talon Course)
2019–2020 The Classics at Lely Resort
2021 Tiburón Golf Club (Black Course)

Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Purse
($)
Chubb Classic
2024 Canada Stephen Ames 131[a] −13 3 strokes United States Rocco Mediate 1,800,000
2023 Germany Bernhard Langer (5) 199 −17 3 strokes Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington
United States Steve Stricker
1,800,000
2022 Germany Bernhard Langer (4) 200 −16 3 strokes United States Tim Petrovic 1,600,000
2021 United States Steve Stricker 200 −16 1 stroke Germany Alex Čejka
Sweden Robert Karlsson
1,600,000
2020 United States Scott Parel 196 −17 2 strokes United States Bob Estes 1,600,000
2019 Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez 200 −13 Playoff United States Olin Browne
Germany Bernhard Langer
1,600,000
2018 United States Joe Durant 197 −19 4 strokes United States Steve Stricker
United States Billy Mayfair
United States David Toms
United States Tim Petrovic
United States Lee Janzen
1,600,000
2017 United States Fred Couples (2) 200 −16 3 strokes Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez 1,600,000
2016 Germany Bernhard Langer (3) 201 −15 3 strokes United States Fred Couples 1,600,000
ACE Group Classic
2015 United States Lee Janzen 200 −16 Playoff United States Bart Bryant 1,600,000
2014 United States Kirk Triplett 200 −16 1 stroke United States Olin Browne
Germany Bernhard Langer
United States Duffy Waldorf
1,600,000
2013 Germany Bernhard Langer (2) 204 −12 1 stroke United States Jay Don Blake 1,600,000
2012 United States Kenny Perry 196 −20 5 strokes Germany Bernhard Langer 1,600,000
2011 Germany Bernhard Langer 196 −20 4 strokes United States Fred Funk 1,600,000
2010 United States Fred Couples 199 −17 1 stroke United States Tommy Armour III 1,600,000
2009 United States Loren Roberts (2) 209 −7 1 stroke United States Gene Jones 1,600,000
2008 United States Scott Hoch 202 −14 Playoff United States Brad Bryant
United States Tom Jenkins
United States Tom Kite
1,600,000
2007 United States Bobby Wadkins 201 −15 1 stroke United States Allen Doyle 1,600,000
2006 United States Loren Roberts 202 −14 1 stroke United States R. W. Eaks
United States Brad Bryant
1,600,000
2005 England Mark James 203 −13 2 strokes United States Tom Wargo
United States Hale Irwin
1,600,000
2004 United States Craig Stadler 206 −10 Playoff United States Gary Koch
United States Tom Watson
1,600,000
2003 Argentina Vicente Fernández 202 −14 3 strokes Republic of Ireland Des Smyth
United States Tom Watson
1,600,000
2002 United States Hale Irwin (2) 200 −16 1 stroke United States Tom Watson 1,500,000
2001 United States Gil Morgan (2) 200 −16 2 strokes United States Dana Quigley 1,400,000
2000 United States Lanny Wadkins 202 −14 Playoff Spain José María Cañizares
United States Walter Hall
United States Tom Watson
1,200,000
1999 United States Allen Doyle 203 −13 5 strokes Argentina Vicente Fernández 1,200,000
LG Championship
1998 United States Gil Morgan 210 −6 2 strokes United States Dale Douglass
United States Raymond Floyd
1,200,000
1997 United States Hale Irwin 201 −15 1 stroke United States Bob Murphy 1,000,000
Greater Naples IntelliNet Challenge
1996 United States Al Geiberger 202 −14 1 stroke Japan Isao Aoki 600,000
IntelliNet Challenge
1995 United States Bob Murphy 137[a] −7 1 stroke United States Raymond Floyd 600,000
1994 United States Mike Hill (2) 201 −15 3 strokes United States Tom Wargo 500,000
Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate Challenge
1993 United States Mike Hill 202 −14 2 strokes United States Dave Stockton 500,000
Aetna Challenge
1992 United States Jimmy Powell 197 −19 4 strokes United States Lee Trevino 450,000
1991 United States Lee Trevino (2) 205 −11 1 stroke United States Dale Douglass 450,000
1990 United States Lee Trevino 200 −16 1 stroke Australia Bruce Crampton 400,000
1989 United States Gene Littler 209 −7 2 strokes South Africa Harold Henning 300,000
1988 South Africa Gary Player 207 −9 1 stroke United States Dave Hill 300,000

Multiple winners

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Seven players have won this tournament more than once through 2022.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Shortened to 36 holes due to weather.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Chubb Classic". ESPN. February 14, 2016. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
  2. ^ "Golf: PGA Seniors". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). February 29, 1988. p. 2B.
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