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Hoag Classic Newport Beach
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Tournament information
Location Newport Beach, California
Established 1995
Course(s) Newport Beach Country Club
Par 71
Length 6,606 yards (6,041 m)
Tour(s) PGA Tour Champions
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$2,000,000
Month played March
Tournament record score
Aggregate 193 Duffy Waldorf (2015)
To par −20 as above
Current champion
Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington

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.

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. The record was broken the following year at the Royal Caribbean Classic.

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Purse
($)
Hoag Classic Newport Beach
2024 Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington 199 −14 1 stroke Thailand Thongchai Jaidee 2,000,000
Hoag Classic
2023 South Africa Ernie Els (2) 200 −13 1 stroke United States Doug Barron
United States Steve Stricker
2,000,000
2022 South Africa Retief Goosen 198 −15 4 strokes South Korea K. J. Choi 2,000,000
2021 No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020 South Africa Ernie Els 197 −16 2 strokes United States Fred Couples
United States Glen Day
Sweden Robert Karlsson
1,800,000
2019 United States Kirk Triplett 203 −10 Playoff United States Woody Austin 1,800,000
Toshiba Classic
2018 Fiji Vijay Singh 202 −11 1 stroke United States Scott McCarron
United States Tom Pernice Jr.
United States Tommy Tolles
1,800,000
2017: No tournament
2016 United States Jay Haas (2) 197 −16 Playoff United States Bart Bryant 1,800,000
2015 United States Duffy Waldorf 193 −20 2 strokes United States Joe Durant 1,800,000
2014 United States Fred Couples (2) 198 −15 1 stroke Germany Bernhard Langer
Scotland Colin Montgomerie
United States Steve Pate
1,750,000
2013 South Africa David Frost 194 −19 5 strokes United States Fred Couples 1,750,000
2012 United States Loren Roberts (2) 205 −8 2 strokes United States Mark Calcavecchia
United States Tom Kite
Germany Bernhard Langer
1,750,000
2011 United States Loren Roberts 196 −17 1 stroke United States Mark Wiebe 1,700,000
2010 United States Fred Couples 195 −18 4 strokes United States Ronnie Black 1,700,000
2009 Argentina Eduardo Romero 202 −11 1 stroke United States Mark O'Meara
United States Joey Sindelar
1,700,000
2008 Germany Bernhard Langer 199 −14 Playoff United States Jay Haas 1,700,000
2007 United States Jay Haas 194 −19 2 strokes United States R. W. Eaks 1,650,000
2006 United States Brad Bryant 204 −9 1 stroke United States John Harris
United States Mark Johnson
United States Bobby Wadkins
1,650,000
Toshiba Senior Classic
2005 United States Mark Johnson (2) 200 −13 4 strokes United States Keith Fergus
United States Wayne Levi
1,650,000
2004 United States Mark Johnson 198 −15 1 stroke United States Morris Hatalsky 1,600,000
2003 Australia Rodger Davis 197 −16 4 strokes United States Larry Nelson 1,550,000
2002 United States Hale Irwin (2) 197 −16 5 strokes United States Allen Doyle 1,500,000
2001 Spain José María Cañizares 202 −11 Playoff United States Gil Morgan 1,400,000
2000 United States Allen Doyle 136 −6 1 stroke United States Jim Thorpe
United States Howard Twitty
1,300,000
1999 United States Gary McCord 204 −9 Playoff United States Allen Doyle
United States Al Geiberger
United States John Jacobs
1,200,000
1998 United States Hale Irwin 200 −13 1 stroke United States Hubert Green 1,100,000
1997 United States Bob Murphy 207 −6 Playoff United States Jay Sigel 1,000,000
1996 United States Jim Colbert 201 −12 2 strokes United States Bob Eastwood 1,000,000
1995 United States George Archer 199 −11 1 stroke United States Dave Stockton
United States Tom Wargo
1,000,000

Multiple winners

Three players have won this tournament more than once through 2020.

  • 2 wins
    • Hale Irwin: 1998, 2002
    • Fred Couples: 2010, 2014
    • Jay Haas: 2007, 2016
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