Fortinet Championship

The Fortinet Championship, previously the Safeway Open, is a professional golf tournament, part of the PGA Tour. Originally sponsored by Fry's Electronics, it was first staged in 2007 as the Fry's Electronics Open at Grayhawk Golf Club's Raptor Course in Scottsdale, Arizona. It was renamed to the Frys.com Open in 2008 and moved to California in 2010, to CordeValle Golf Club in San Martin, southeast of San Jose. In October 2014, part of the PGA Tour's 2015 season, it moved north to Napa and the Silverado Country Club (North course).^[1]

Fortinet Championship

Tournament information
Location	Napa, California
Established	2007
Course(s)	Silverado Country Club (North Course)
Par	72
Length	7,166 yards (6,553 m)
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$8,400,000
Month played	September
Tournament record score
Aggregate	262 Cameron Beckman (2008) 262 Kevin Sutherland (2008) 262 Troy Matteson (2009) 262 Rickie Fowler (2009) 262 Jamie Lovemark (2009)
To par	−21 Stewart Cink (2020) −21 Sahith Theegala (2023)
Current champion
Sahith Theegala
Location Map
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Beginning with the October 2016 tournament, part of the PGA Tour's 2017 season, the primary sponsor was Safeway Inc.,^[2] and that continued through 2020. In 2021 Fortinet became the title sponsor on a six-year deal.^[3][4]

History

Silverado's North Course hosted an annual event on the PGA Tour from 1968 through 1980, the first nine editions as the Kaiser International Open Invitational. In 1977, that event was renamed the Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic and in 1981 it moved east to Kingsmill in Williamsburg, Virginia, where it was played through 2002.

The Frys.com Open began as a PGA Tour Fall Series event, from 2007 through 2012. Starting in October 2013, when the PGA Tour changed its "year" to begin in October, rather than January, the tournament became the opening event of the PGA Tour season, and FedEx Cup points were awarded to players.^[5]

The inaugural event in 2007, at Grayhawk Golf Club's Raptor Course in Scottsdale, Arizona, was won by Mike Weir by one stroke over Mark Hensby. The 2008 event was won by Cameron Beckman on the second playoff hole, when Kevin Sutherland bogeyed it. In 2009, Troy Matteson set a PGA Tour 36-hole record of 122 with 61 in both the second and third rounds,^[6] and then won in a three-man playoff against Rickie Fowler and Jamie Lovemark.^[7] At CordeValle in San Martin in 2012, John Mallinger shot a 62, matching the course record; it was his PGA Tour best round.^[8]

In 2013, tournament organizers had a long-term goal to stage the event at The Institute Golf Course in Morgan Hill, a course owned by John Fry, when facilities were completed there.^[9] That was expected in 2016 or 2017,^[10] but did not happen because of the change of sponsorship to Safeway in 2016.

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Purse ($)	Winner's share ($)
Fortinet Championship
2023	Sahith Theegala	267	−21	2 strokes	Kim Seong-hyeon	8,400,000	1,512,000
2022	Max Homa (2)	272	−16	1 stroke	Danny Willett	8,000,000	1,440,000
2021	Max Homa	269	−19	1 stroke	Maverick McNealy	7,000,000	1,260,000
Safeway Open
2020	Stewart Cink	267	−21	2 strokes	Harry Higgs	6,600,000	1,188,000
2019	Cameron Champ	271	−17	1 stroke	Adam Hadwin	6,600,000	1,188,000
2018	Kevin Tway	274	−14	Playoff	Ryan Moore   Brandt Snedeker	6,400,000	1,152,000
2017	Brendan Steele (2)	273	−15	2 strokes	Tony Finau	6,200,000	1,116,000
2016	Brendan Steele	270	−18	1 stroke	Patton Kizzire	6,000,000	1,080,000
Frys.com Open
2015	Emiliano Grillo	273	−15	Playoff	Kevin Na	6,000,000	1,080,000
2014	Bae Sang-moon	273	−15	2 strokes	Steven Bowditch	6,000,000	1,080,000
2013	Jimmy Walker	267	−17	2 strokes	Vijay Singh	5,000,000	900,000
2012	Jonas Blixt	268	−16	1 stroke	Jason Kokrak   Tim Petrovic	5,000,000	900,000
2011	Bryce Molder	267	−17	Playoff	Briny Baird	5,000,000	900,000
2010	Rocco Mediate	269	−15	1 stroke	Alex Prugh   Bo Van Pelt	5,000,000	900,000
2009	Troy Matteson	262	−18	Playoff	Rickie Fowler   Jamie Lovemark	5,000,000	900,000
2008	Cameron Beckman	262	−18	Playoff	Kevin Sutherland	5,000,000	900,000
Fry's Electronics Open
2007	Mike Weir	266	−14	1 stroke	Mark Hensby	5,000,000	900,000

Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.

References

1. James, Marty (July 4, 2013). "Silverado Country Club to host PGA Tour event". Napa Valley Register.
2. Steward, Carl (October 18, 2015). "PGA Tour: Big shake-up at Frys.com Open". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
3. "PGA Tour announces Fortinet as title sponsor of Napa tournament". PGA Tour. March 13, 2021. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
4. James, Marty (September 2, 2021). "PGA Tour's Fortinet Championship: Silverado tourney back with new title sponsor". Napa Valley Register. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
5. Pollak, David (October 14, 2012). . Contra Costa Times. Archived from the original on October 12, 2013. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
6. Kelley, Brent. "Lowest Stroke Total in Back-to-Back Rounds on the PGA Tour". About.com. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
7. "Troy Matteson wins Frys.com Open in playoff with Jamie Lovemark, Rickie Fowler". Pioneer Press. Associated Press. November 13, 2015. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
8. . PGA of America. Associated Press. October 12, 2012. Archived from the original on August 22, 2016. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
9. James, Marty (July 14, 2013). "PGA Tour event will put spotlight on Silverado". Napa Valley Register.
10. Kroichick, Ron (October 7, 2014). . San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved October 19, 2015.

External links

• Official website  
• Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site

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