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Boeing Classic
Tournament information
Location	Snoqualmie, Washington
Established	2005
Course(s)	Snoqualmie Ridge
Par	72
Length	7,183 yards (6,568 m)
Tour(s)	PGA Tour Champions
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$2,200,000
Month played	August
Tournament record score
Aggregate	197 Jerry Kelly (2017),; Stephen Ames (2023)
To par	−19 as above
Current champion
	Stephen Ames
Location map
	Snoqualmie Ridge Location in the United States Snoqualmie Ridge Location in Washington

The Boeing Classic is a professional golf tournament in Washington on the PGA Tour Champions, founded 19 years ago in 2005. The 54-hole event is played annually in August in Snoqualmie, east of Seattle. It was titled the "Boeing Greater Seattle Classic" for its first two years and Boeing is the main sponsor.

History

The Seattle area's previous senior tour event, the GTE Northwest Classic, ran from 1986 through 1995. The first edition was at Sahalee Country Club and the remainder were at Inglewood Golf Club in Kenmore.

Since its inception in 2005, the Boeing Classic has been held at The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge, a private course designed by Jack Nicklaus which opened for play 25 years ago in 1999 as TPC Snoqualmie Ridge. The course is 25 miles (40 km) east of Seattle at the foothills of the Cascade Range, and varies in elevation from 575 to 870 feet (175 to 265 m) above sea level, with the 18th green at 745 feet (227 m).^[1]

From 2007 to 2010, the tournament was played the week following the JELD-WEN Tradition, a senior major championship played in Sunriver, Oregon. For its first two years, the tournament immediately preceded The Tradition, which was then played at The Reserve near Portland. The Tradition moved to Alabama in 2011 and is played in May.

The purse for the 2007 tournament was $1.6 million, with $240,000 to the champion, Denis Watson, the winner of a playoff. The seven-man, sudden death playoff was the largest in tour history, with the seven finishing the 54 holes at 207 (−9). The tournament concluded when Watson sunk an eagle putt on the second playoff hole, a second replay of the par-5 18th hole.^[2]

The purse for 2008 was $1.7 million, with a winner's share of $255,000. The par-72 course was set at 7,183 yards (6,568 m). Tom Kite shot a final round 66 to finish at 202 (−14), two strokes ahead of second round leader Scott Simpson . Kite was the only player in the field to break 70 in all three rounds and became the first repeat winner of the event.^[3] Kite won the tournament in 2006 in a one-hole playoff over Keith Fergus, and was the runner-up in 2005, finishing three strokes behind David Eger. ^[4]

The 2009 tournament was held on August 28–30 with a $1.8 million purse. Second-round co-leader Loren Roberts birdied the final two holes and outlasted Mark O'Meara by nearly matching his sterling tee shot at 17 and dribbled in a five-foot (1.5 m) birdie putt. Roberts birdied the uphill par-5 final hole with a short pitch shot to 3 feet (0.9 m) and dropped the putt for his third victory of the season. Roberts shot a 7-under 65 in the final round and set a new tournament record at 198 (–18).^[5]

In 2010, the U.S. Senior Open was held at Sahalee Country Club in nearby Sammamish, and won by Bernhard Langer with a final score of 272 (−8). The Boeing Classic was held four weeks after on August 27–29, also won by Langer by three strokes over Nick Price of Zimbabwe. Langer tied the record set the previous year by Roberts at 198.^[6]

The purse was raised to an even two million dollars in 2011, with a winner's share of $300,000. Half of the first twelve editions ended in playoffs.

Course layout

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	554	410	439	426	475	207	375	529	207	3,622	353	462	426	210	431	590	380	211	498	3,561	7,183
Par	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	3	36	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	3	5	36	72

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Purse (US$)	Winner's share ($)
Boeing Classic
2024	Stephen Ames (2)	205	−11	1 stroke	Steven Alker Ernie Els Robert Karlsson	2,200,000	330,000
2023	Stephen Ames	197	−19	7 strokes	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	2,200,000	330,000
2022	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	201	−15	2 strokes	David McKenzie	2,200,000	330,000
2021	Rod Pampling	204	−12	1 stroke	Jim Furyk Tim Herron Billy Mayfair	2,100,000	315,000
2020	Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019	Brandt Jobe	198	−18	3 strokes	Tom Pernice Jr.	2,100,000	315,000
2018	Scott Parel	198	−18	3 strokes	Kevin Sutherland	2,100,000	315,000
2017	Jerry Kelly	197	−19	1 stroke	Jerry Smith	2,100,000	315,000
2016	Bernhard Langer (2)	203	−13	Playoff	Woody Austin Kevin Sutherland	2,000,000	300,000
2015	Billy Andrade	207	−9	1 stroke	Bernhard Langer	2,000,000	300,000
2014	Scott Dunlap	200	−16	Playoff	Mark Brooks	2,000,000	300,000
2013	John Riegger	201	−15	2 strokes	John Cook	2,000,000	300,000
2012	Jay Don Blake	206	−10	Playoff	Mark O'Meara	2,000,000	300,000
2011	Mark Calcavecchia	202	−14	Playoff	Russ Cochran	2,000,000	300,000
2010	Bernhard Langer	198	−18	3 strokes	Nick Price	1,800,000	270,000
2009	Loren Roberts	198	−18	1 stroke	Mark O'Meara	1,800,000	270,000
2008	Tom Kite (2)	202	−14	2 strokes	Scott Simpson	1,700,000	255,000
2007	Denis Watson	207	−9	Playoff	R. W. Eaks David Eger Gil Morgan Naomichi Ozaki Dana Quigley Craig Stadler	1,600,000	240,000
Boeing Greater Seattle Classic
2006	Tom Kite	201	−15	Playoff	Keith Fergus	1,600,000	240,000
2005	David Eger	199	−17	3 strokes	Tom Kite	1,600,000	240,000

Multiple winners

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

2 wins:
- Tom Kite: 2006, 2008
- Bernhard Langer: 2010, 2016
- Stephen Ames: 2023, 2024

Video

YouTube − video highlights − 2006−2011

References

^ "Fast facts". TPC Snoqualmie Ridge. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
^ Booth, Tim (August 26, 2007). "Denis Watson wins record 7-man playoff to take Boeing Classic". Seattle Times. Associated Press. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
^ Smith, Craig (August 25, 2008). "Tom Kite rallies, relishes that winning feeling at Boeing Classic". Seattle Times. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
^ Smith, Craig (August 22, 2005). "A one-man band: David Eger wins Greater Seattle event". Seattle Times. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
^ "Past Champions". Boeing Classic. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
^ Smith, Craig (August 29, 2010). "Bernhard Langer wins Boeing Classic". Seattle Times. Retrieved July 28, 2015.