Albertsons Boise Open
| Location | Boise, Idaho |
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| Established | 1990, 27 years ago |
| Course(s) | Hillcrest Country Club |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 6,726 yards (6,150 m) |
| Tour(s) | Web.com Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | $1.0 million |
| Month played | September (2016) July (2013–2015) September (1990–2012) |
| Aggregate | 256 Martin Piller |
| To par | −28 as above |
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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. The event has been moved back to mid-September for 2016, as it is now part of the Web.com Tour Finals.
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.
Golf has been played on the site since the 1920s, originally named Idaho Country Club. 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 2016 purse is expected to be $1.0 million, with a winner's share of $180,000.
The 2003 event featured 13-year-old Michelle Wie, the youngest ever to play on the tour.
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.
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