CareerBuilder Challenge , formerly known as Bob Hope Classic and Humana Challenge , is a professional golf tournament in southern California on the PGA Tour. Played in mid-winter in Coachella Valley (Greater Palm Springs), this is part of an early season tour of "West Coast Swing." Known as a pro-am celebrity, he previously had five rounds of competition (90 holes) rather than a four-lap standard.
Over the years, the show was named and hosted by Bob Hope's entertainers and featured a number of celebrity participants.
In 2012, Humana changed to a traditional 72 hole format for three different programs with 54 holes cut, similar to AT & amp; T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. "The Hope" is governed by the Nonprofit Classic Charity Charity Organization.
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History
Founded 57 years ago in 1960 as the Palm Springs Desert Classic , this tournament evolved from Thunderbird Invitational held in Palm Springs six years earlier, from 1954 to 1959, but with a much smaller purse.
Until 2012, the format remains unique among PGA Tour events, which are played for five days and four different courses. In the first three years, the tournament is played at Thunderbird Country Club and Tamarisk Country Club, both at Rancho Mirage; Bermuda Dunes Country Club at Bermuda Dunes; and Indian Wells Country Club at Indian Wells. Bermuda Dunes has been used every year from the show and Indian Wells every year until 2006, but the list of courses that the event has chosen for the other two courses has grown over the years. In 1963 the Eldorado Country Club, also in Indian Wells, replaced the Thunderbird Country Club. From 1964 to 1968 La Quinta Country Club at La Quinta, was replaced by Tamarisk Country Club, but in 1969 Tamarisk Country Club rejoined the event and alternated each year with the Eldorado Country Club until 1986 (Tamarisk Country Club's last turn in 1985).
An evolution towards a more suitable course for modern professionals began in 1987. From 1987 to 1994, and again from 1998 to present, courses at PGA West at La Quinta, (TPC Golf Course Stadium in 1987 and Arnold Palmer Private Course afterwards) become a permanent member of the list; from 1995-97, Indian Ridge Country Club in Palm Desert replaced PGA West. To make room for new permanent members, the Eldorado Country Club and La Quinta Country Club alternated from 1987-89 (Eldorado was used on 87 and 89), after which the Eldorado Country Club was removed from the list. From 1990-2003 Tamarisk Country Club and La Quinta Country Club followed the alternative arrangement "1-2", where Tamarisk played the first year and La Quinta CC the next two; this pattern deviated from when Tamarisk was used in 2004 (the year of La Quinta CC by pattern), although events 2005, 2006 and 2007 were later played on La Quinta CC.
In early 2005, the local charity awarded a new course, The Classic Club in Palm Desert (the path designed by Arnold Palmer) to the tournament, making Bob Hope Chrysler Classic the only event on the PGA Tour that has its own facilities. The Classic Club took the place of Indian Wells in 2006, but the course was dropped from Hope courses after the 2008 event, citing the players' fear of strong winds.
The 2009 course rotation consists of Arnold Palmer Private Course and Nicklaus Private Course (both at PGA West at La Quinta), SilverRock Resort (at La Quinta), and Bermuda Dunes Country Club. In 2010, La Quinta CC replaced Bermuda Dunes CC. In 2016, the main courses are PGA West Stadium Course Pete Dye, and also use the PGA West Nicklaus Tournament course, and La Quinta Country Club in the first three rounds.
The tradition of choosing a "Classic Girl" tournament from among colleagues in the area began in those early years, with the earliest tournament to have a celebrity dubbed the "Queen of Classics". Earliest title holders include Debbie Reynolds, Jane Powell, and Jill St.. John. The queens of the 1970s included Barbara Eden and Lynda Carter.
The biggest withdrawal of The Classic, both past and present, has been a celebrity Pro-am competition that has attracted some of the greatest celebrity of the era. According to the official website, the celebrity includes:
- Bing Crosby
- Burt Lancaster
- Kirk Douglas
- Phil Harris
- Desi Arnaz (one of the founders of Indian Wells Country Club mentioned above)
- Ray Bolger
- Hoagy Carmichael
- Dwight Eisenhower (the first US president to play in pro-am)
The first edition in 1960 was won by Arnold Palmer at 338 (-22), a record that stood for twenty years. He had won the Thunderbird event last year, which had a $ 15,000 purse with a winning section of $ 1,500. The wallet in 1960 is more than six times larger at $ 100,000, and the first $ 12,000 prize is Palmer's biggest check to date.
Hope, who was probably Hollywood's greatest golfer, added his name to the tournament in 1965, and became chairman of the board.
The 1970s saw stars like Frank Sinatra make their debut. Less than three weeks out of the office, Gerald Ford played his first pro-am in 1977, making him the second former president to play in the tournament. Recent celebrities such as Jimmy Fallon, Don Cheadle, and Samuel L. Jackson have competed in the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, before subsequently renaming.
History was made in the tournament in 1995 when Bill Clinton's pro-am team, George H.W. Bush, Gerald Ford, Bob Hope and defending champion Scott Hoch prepare for the opening round of the tournament. The event marks the first time a president has sat - Clinton - has been playing during the PGA Tour and maybe the first time the three presidents have played together.
His long history has made the show identical to golf in Coachella Valley. In addition, the appeal of Hope's name, even after his death, has convinced the Hope estate, tournament organizers and corporate sponsors of Chrysler to include the name of the legendary entertainers in the tournament for most of the proceeds of the sale given to the charity.
Prior to 2012, the tournament format was also a "tough sale" for many players, such as Tiger Woods, who had never played there. It went on for five days, four of which included celebrity players. That means the rounds take longer and the presence of so many viewers to catch a glimpse of their favorite TV, movie or music star can transform even the early stages into a much more informal undertaking that the golfer does not like much. The tournament was called the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic until the 2009 tournament, when George Lopez was allowed to leave as host and Chrysler dropped their names from the tournament name, but continued to sponsor the tournament. Instead, the tournament is hosted by the winner only 5 times from the event, Arnold Palmer, for the 50th anniversary of the tournament. In 2010, Yogi Berra's Hall of Fame baseball served as the first "Classic Ambassador".
Beginning in 2012, the tournament is narrowed into a four-round event played on three pitches with 54 holes cut.
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Professional field
The professional field consists of 156 players selected using the standard (slightly reordered) standard eligibility ratings, unless the following also qualify:
- Winner of the Player's Championship before 1996
- Played a member of the last Ryder US Cup team; the current PGA Tour member who plays as a member on the last European Ryder Cup team, the US President Cup team and the International President Cup team
- Recipient Career Builder Challenge before 1999 and in the last ten seasons
There is no open qualification for the tournament.
Winner
Note: The green highlight shows the assessment note.
Source
Many winners
Legend:
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Television broadcast and cable history
From the mid-1960s to 1998, NBC broadcasted the fourth and fifth rounds of the tournament. ABC took over coverage in 1999 to 2006, with CBS covering the tournament in 2003 due to ABC's involvement with the Super Bowl XXXVII.
On the cable side, the first three rounds were covered by ESPN until 2002. From 2003-06, the USA Network covered the initial action.
Starting in 2007, the tournament lost its network coverage and the Golf Channel showed all five rounds on cable television. Even with a move to four rounds and a reduction in celebrity involvement, the tournament is still exclusive to cable.
The style of coverage
Prior to 2007, the US and ESPN/ABC consistently covered all four courses used for the event, with major camera crews covering PGA West, but live coverage still came from other programs. However, when Golf Channel takes over coverage, the network only provides live coverage to PGA West (both Palmer and Nicklaus programs). All other courses used do not receive live coverage at all, with packets of hourly beam sent and played, but nothing alive. This has been an approach consistently taken by the Golf Channel in terms of tournaments with many courses, including Pebble Beach National Pro-Am and Walt Disney World Golf Classic.
References
External links
- Official website
- Coverage on the PGA Tour website
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