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The Albertsons Boise Open is one of four original and still remaining events on the PGA Tour's sub - (developmental), - tour, now sponsored by Nationwide. That tour began in 1990 as the Ben Hogan then Nike (1993 - 1999) - then Buy.com for the next two years until Nationwide took over through the 2010 season. Albertsons has always been the local sponsor with First Health and now Kraft the past two years co-sponsoring this tournament in a town that is one of the truly great western mountain states recreational cities - Boise, Idaho. This tournament has one of the largest purses on the Nationwide Tour - 750,000.00 with a first prize of 130,300 in 2009 to the winner Fran Quinn. It means a lot to those trying to finish top 25 for the year and earn their playing priveleges on the 2011 PGA Tour. Past champions include Jaime Gomez ('92), Keith Fergus ('94), Frank Lickliter ('95), Tim Clark (2000), Jason Gore (2002), & Kevin Stadler, and last year in 2010 was won by Hunter Haas. |
Hillcrest Country Club - Par 3 - 17th Hole: |
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2011 Albertsons Boise Open News Stories: |
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From ESPN.com: 'Jason Kokrak claims 1st Nationwide win in Boise': (Sept. 19, 2011) From IdahoPress.com: (by Mike Stetson) 'Tee-off time in Boise': (Sept. 15, 2011) From Golf.com: (by Cameron Morfit) 'Long-drive champ Sadlowski to make first Nationwide start': (Sept. 14, 2011) |
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From PGATour.com: 2011 Boise Open field (Sept. 15, 2011) |
From TSN.com: 'Haas flies to Boise Open victory' (Sept. 20, 2010) |
From AlbertsonsBoiseOpen.com: http://www.albertsonsboiseopen.com/news-4/ (Sept. 15, 2011) |
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