The Boeing Classic is a professional

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tournament in

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on the

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, founded in

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

. The 54-hole event is played annually in August in Snoqualmie, east of

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. It was titled the "Boeing Greater Seattle Classic" for its first two years and

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is the main sponsor.

History

The Seattle area's previous senior tour event, the GTE Northwest Classic, ran from

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through

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. 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

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which opened for play in 1999 as TPC Snoqualmie Ridge. The course is east of Seattle at the foothills of the

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, and varies in

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from above

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, with the 18th green at From 2007 to 2010, the tournament was played the week following the

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, a senior major championship played in Sunriver,

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. For its first two years, the tournament immediately preceded The Tradition, which was then played at The Reserve near

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. The Tradition moved to

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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. The purse for 2008 was $1.7 million, with a winner's share of $255,000. The par-72 course was set at .

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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. 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. The

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tournament was held on August 28–30 with a $1.8 million purse. Second-round co-leader

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birdied the final two holes and outlasted

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by nearly matching his sterling tee shot at 17 and dribbled in a birdie putt. Roberts birdied the uphill par-5 final hole with a short pitch shot to 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 In

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, the U.S. Senior Open was held at Sahalee Country Club in nearby Sammamish, and won by

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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

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. Langer tied the record set the previous year by Roberts The purse was raised to an even two million dollars in

, with a winner's share of $300,000. Half of the first twelve editions ended in playoffs.

Course layout

Winners

Multiple winners

Three players have won this tournament more than once through 2024. *2 wins: **

: 2006, 2008 **

: 2010, 2016 ** Stephen Ames: 2023, 2024

Video

YouTube
− video highlights − 2006−2011

References

External links

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The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge
– official site
Nicklaus Design
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