Chubb Classic

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.

Chubb Classic

Tournament information
Location	Naples, Florida
Established	1988
Course(s)	Tiburón Golf Club (Black Course)
Par	72
Length	6,881 yards (6,292 m)^[1]
Tour(s)	PGA Tour Champions
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$1,800,000
Month played	February
Tournament record score
Aggregate	196 Bernhard Langer (2011) 196 Kenny Perry (2012) 196 Scott Parel (2020)
To par	−20 Bernhard Langer (2011) −20 Kenny Perry (2012)
Current champion
Bernhard Langer
Location Map
Tiburón GC Location in the United States Show map of the United States Tiburón GC Location in Florida Show map of Florida

It debuted 35 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

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

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

Multiple winners

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

• 5 wins
  • Bernhard Langer: 2011, 2013, 2016, 2022, 2023
• 2 wins
  • Fred Couples: 2010, 2017
  • Loren Roberts: 2006, 2009
  • Hale Irwin: 1997, 2002
  • Gil Morgan: 1998, 2001
  • Mike Hill: 1993, 1994 (consecutive)
  • Lee Trevino: 1990, 1991 (consecutive)

Notes

1. Shortened to 36 holes due to weather.

References

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

External links

• Official website
• Coverage on the PGA Tour Champions official site

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