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The Albertsons Boise Open presented by Kraft is a professional golf tournament on the Web.com Tour, played annually at Hillcrest Country Club in Boise, Idaho. Held in mid-September for its first 23 years, the new September playoff schedule of the Web.com Tour in 2013 moved the Boise event up to late July. Albertsons, a major supermarket retailer in the western U.S., has been the title sponsor since 2002. The grocery chain was founded by Joe Albertson in 1939 in Boise, and the company was headquartered in the city until 2006, when it was acquired by Supervalu of Eden Prairie, Minnesota. The company has committed to sponsorship of the tournament through 2016. The Boise Open has been played every year since 1990, the first year of the tour, then known as the Ben Hogan Tour. It is one of four original tournaments on the current schedule. Future notable names in the top 20 that first year were Tom Lehman, John Daly, Jeff Maggert, and Stephen Ames. Established in 1940, Hillcrest Country Club has been the only home of the tournament since its inception. The Boise Open was a 54-hole tournament for its first six years, a fourth round was added in 1996. This stop in southwestern Idaho consistently offers one of the top purses on the Web.com Tour. The 2014 purse was $800,000, with a winner's share of $144,000. Chris Tidland shot 264 (−20) to win by four strokes in 2008; Fran Quinn shot 270 (−14) in 2009 with a birdie on the final hole to edge third round leader Blake Adams by a single stroke. Hunter Haas shot 263 (−21) in 2010 to win by one stroke over Daniel Summerhays. In the 2015 event, retired Army Corporal Chad Pfeifer became the first veteran amputee to play on the Web.com Tour. Pfeifer lost his left leg in a 2007 explosion and earned entry through a sponsor exemption. He would miss the cut. ==Course layout== (詳細はpublisher=PGA Tour )〕 *The nines are switched for the members, who play the original nine holes (north) first. *The elevation at the clubhouse is approximately above sea level.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Acme Mapper )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Albertsons Boise Open」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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