Hoag Classic

The Hoag Classic (formerly the Toshiba Classic) is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour Champions. The Hoag Classic is played annually in March in Newport Beach, California at the Newport Beach Country Club. Newport Beach Country Club was designed by William Francis Bell in 1954. The tournament was founded in 1995 as the Toshiba Senior Classic. Hoag became the title sponsor of the tournament starting in 2019.^[1]

Hoag Classic Newport Beach

Tournament information
Location	Newport Beach, California
Established	1995
Course(s)	Newport Beach Country Club
Par	71
Length	6,606 yards (6,041 m)
Tour(s)	PGA Tour Champions
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$2,000,000
Month played	March
Tournament record score
Aggregate	193 Duffy Waldorf (2015)
To par	−20 as above
Current champion
Pádraig Harrington
Location map
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The longest sudden-death playoff in the history of the PGA Tour Champions occurred at the 1997 event when Bob Murphy defeated Jay Sigel on the ninth hole.^[2][3] The record was broken the following year at the Royal Caribbean Classic.^[4]

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Purse ($)
Hoag Classic Newport Beach
2024	Pádraig Harrington	199	−14	1 stroke	Thongchai Jaidee	2,000,000
Hoag Classic
2023	Ernie Els (2)	200	−13	1 stroke	Doug Barron Steve Stricker	2,000,000
2022	Retief Goosen	198	−15	4 strokes	K. J. Choi	2,000,000
2021	No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020	Ernie Els	197	−16	2 strokes	Fred Couples Glen Day Robert Karlsson	1,800,000
2019	Kirk Triplett	203	−10	Playoff	Woody Austin	1,800,000
Toshiba Classic
2018	Vijay Singh	202	−11	1 stroke	Scott McCarron Tom Pernice Jr. Tommy Tolles	1,800,000
2017: No tournament
2016	Jay Haas (2)	197	−16	Playoff	Bart Bryant	1,800,000
2015	Duffy Waldorf	193	−20	2 strokes	Joe Durant	1,800,000
2014	Fred Couples (2)	198	−15	1 stroke	Bernhard Langer Colin Montgomerie Steve Pate	1,750,000
2013	David Frost	194	−19	5 strokes	Fred Couples	1,750,000
2012	Loren Roberts (2)	205	−8	2 strokes	Mark Calcavecchia Tom Kite Bernhard Langer	1,750,000
2011	Loren Roberts	196	−17	1 stroke	Mark Wiebe	1,700,000
2010	Fred Couples	195	−18	4 strokes	Ronnie Black	1,700,000
2009	Eduardo Romero	202	−11	1 stroke	Mark O'Meara Joey Sindelar	1,700,000
2008	Bernhard Langer	199	−14	Playoff	Jay Haas	1,700,000
2007	Jay Haas	194	−19	2 strokes	R. W. Eaks	1,650,000
2006	Brad Bryant	204	−9	1 stroke	John Harris Mark Johnson Bobby Wadkins	1,650,000
Toshiba Senior Classic
2005	Mark Johnson (2)	200	−13	4 strokes	Keith Fergus Wayne Levi	1,650,000
2004	Mark Johnson	198	−15	1 stroke	Morris Hatalsky	1,600,000
2003	Rodger Davis	197	−16	4 strokes	Larry Nelson	1,550,000
2002	Hale Irwin (2)	197	−16	5 strokes	Allen Doyle	1,500,000
2001	José María Cañizares	202	−11	Playoff	Gil Morgan	1,400,000
2000	Allen Doyle	136[lower-alpha 1]	−6	1 stroke	Jim Thorpe Howard Twitty	1,300,000
1999	Gary McCord	204	−9	Playoff	Allen Doyle Al Geiberger John Jacobs	1,200,000
1998	Hale Irwin	200	−13	1 stroke	Hubert Green	1,100,000
1997	Bob Murphy	207	−6	Playoff	Jay Sigel	1,000,000
1996	Jim Colbert	201	−12	2 strokes	Bob Eastwood	1,000,000
1995	George Archer	199	−11	1 stroke	Dave Stockton Tom Wargo	1,000,000

Multiple winners

Three players have won this tournament more than once through 2024.

• 2 wins
  • Hale Irwin: 1998, 2002
  • Fred Couples: 2010, 2014
  • Jay Haas: 2007, 2016
  • Ernie Els: 2020, 2023

Notes

1. Shortened to 36 holes due to weather.

References

1. "Hoag new title sponsor of Newport Beach event". PGA Tour. March 9, 2018.
2. Zullo, Allan (2001). Astonishing but True Golf Facts. Kansas City, Missouri: Andrews McMeel Publishing. ISBN 978-0740714269.
3. "Bob Murphy wins title on ninth playoff hole". McCook Daily Gazette. McCook, Nebraska. Associated Press. March 17, 1997. p. 10. Retrieved March 13, 2013.
4. "Senior Caribbean Classic; Graham Wins Longest Playoff". The New York Times. February 2, 1998. Retrieved March 13, 2013.

External links

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

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