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
LocationNewport Beach, California
Established1995
Course(s)Newport Beach Country Club
Par71
Length6,606 yards (6,041 m)
Tour(s)PGA Tour Champions
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$2,000,000
Month playedMarch
Tournament record score
Aggregate193 Duffy Waldorf (2015)
To par−20 as above
Current champion
Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington
Location map
Newport Beach CC is located in the United States
Newport Beach CC
Newport Beach CC
Location in the United States
Newport Beach CC is located in California
Newport Beach CC
Newport Beach CC
Location in California

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

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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[a] −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

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

Notes

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  1. ^ Shortened to 36 holes due to weather.

References

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  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.
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