Albertsons Boise Open
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The Albertsons Boise Open presented by First Health is a professional golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour, played annually in September at the Hillcrest Country Club in Boise, Idaho. In 2007, the 18th Boise Open was played September 20-23. Hillcrest, the only home of the tournament since its inception, was established in 1940 and sits at an elevation of 2800 feet (853 m) above sea level. [1]
Albertsons, a major supermarket retailer in the western U.S., has been the title sponsor since 2002. The grocery chain was founded by Joe Albertson in Boise in 1939 and the company was headquartered there until 2006, when it was acquired by Supervalu. Supervalu's headquarters are in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.
The Boise Open has been played every year since 1990, the first year of the tour, then known as the Ben Hogan Tour, and is one of the few original tournaments remaining on the current schedule.
This stop in southwestern Idaho consistently offers one of the top purses on the Nationwide Tour. The 2007 purse was $675,000, with $121,500 going to the winner.
[edit] Winners
- 2007 Jon Mills
- 2006 Kevin Stadler
- 2005 Greg Chalmers
Albertsons Boise Open
- 2004 Scott Gump
- 2003 Roger Tambellini
Albertson's Boise Open
- 2002 Jason Gore
BUY.COM Boise Open
- 2001 Michael Long
- 2000 Tim Clark
NIKE Boise Open
- 1999 Carl Paulson
- 1998 Mike Sposa
- 1997 Iain Steel
- 1996 Matt Gogel
- 1995 Frank Lickliter II
- 1994 Keith Fergus
- 1993 Tommy Moore
Ben Hogan Boise Open
- 1992 Jaime Gomez
- 1991 Russell Beiersdorf
- 1990 Rick Smallridge
[edit] External links
- Albertsons Boise Open.com - PGA Tour.com tournament site
- GCSAA.org - Superintendent's fact sheet for 2007 Boise Open
- Hillcrest Country Club - official site
- Terraserver.microsoft.com - Aerial photo & USGS topo map of Hillcrest CC
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