The John Deere Classic is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It is played annually in July, usually the week before The Open Championship, at TPC Deere Run in the Quad Cities community of Silvis, Illinois.
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Silvis, Illinois |
| Established | 1971 |
| Course(s) | TPC Deere Run |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 7,257 yards (6,636 m)[1] |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | US$8,000,000[2] |
| Month played | July |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 256 Davis Thompson (2024) |
| To par | −28 as above |
| Current champion | |
 Davis Thompson | |
| Location map | |
  TPC Deere Run Location in the United States  TPC Deere Run Location in Illinois | |
History
editThe tournament began as the Quad Cities Open in 1971 as a "satellite event" on the PGA Tour, and became an official tour event in 1972, played in early autumn.[3][4][5] It moved to mid-July in 1974,[6] and Ed McMahon served as tournament host from 1975 to 1979. Title sponsors have included Miller Brewing Company (1982–85), Hardee's (1986–94), and John Deere (since 1999).
From the event's inception in 1971 through 1974, it was played at Crow Valley Country Club in Davenport, Iowa. It then moved to Oakwood Country Club in Coal Valley, Illinois from 1975 to 1999. Beginning in 2000, the event has been at the TPC at Deere Run in Silvis.[7]
In 2005 and 2006, the tournament generated more media coverage because of the sponsor's exemptions given to teenager Michelle Wie.[8] The 2013 edition saw Jordan Spieth, two weeks shy of his 20th birthday, become the first teenager to win on the PGA Tour since 1931.[9]
Since the introduction of the Open Qualifying Series, the John Deere Classic is a final chance for a player not already exempt to earn entry into The Open if he finished in the top five. In order to help attract players who will compete in the following week's Open Championship, since 2008 the John Deere Classic has sponsored a charter flight that leaves the Quad Cities on Sunday night and arrives in Britain the next morning.[10][11]
Highlights
edit- 1971: Future PGA Tour commissioner Deane Beman wins the inaugural tournament by two strokes over Dow Finsterwald.
- 1972: Deane Beman successfully defends his championship in the tournament's first year as an official event.
- 1979: Sam Snead becomes the first golfer in PGA Tour history to shoot his age in the second round with a 67. He then shot a 66 in the final round.
- 2000: Michael Clark II wins the first John Deere Classic played at TPC Deere Run.
- 2005: Michelle Wie, then a teenager, plays for the first time on a sponsor's exemption.
- 2011: Steve Stricker becomes the first to win the John Deere Classic in three consecutive years.
- 2013: 19-year-old Jordan Spieth becomes the youngest to win a PGA Tour event; he won the JDC again two years later.
Winners
edit| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Purse (US$) |
Winner's share ($) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Deere Classic | ||||||||
| 2024 | Davis Thompson |
256 | −28 | 4 strokes | Luke Clanton (a) Pan Cheng-tsung Michael Thorbjornsen |
8,000,000 | 1,440,000 | |
| 2023 |  Sepp Straka |
263 | −21 | 2 strokes | Alex Smalley Brendon Todd |
7,400,000 | 1,332,000 | |
| 2022 | J. T. Poston |
263 | −21 | 3 strokes |  Christiaan Bezuidenhout Emiliano Grillo |
7,100,000 | 1,278,000 | |
| 2021 | Lucas Glover |
265 | −19 | 2 strokes | Ryan Moore Kevin Na |
6,200,000 | 1,116,000 | |
| 2020 | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[12] | |||||||
| 2019 | Dylan Frittelli |
263 | −21 | 2 strokes | Russell Henley |
6,000,000 | 1,080,000 | |
| 2018 | Michael Kim |
257 | −27 | 8 strokes | Bronson Burgoon Joel Dahmen Francesco Molinari Sam Ryder |
5,800,000 | 1,044,000 | |
| 2017 | Bryson DeChambeau |
266 | −18 | 1 stroke | Patrick Rodgers |
5,600,000 | 1,008,000 | |
| 2016 | Ryan Moore |
262 | −22 | 2 strokes | Ben Martin |
4,800,000 | 864,000 | |
| 2015 | Jordan Spieth (2) |
264 | −20 | Playoff | Tom Gillis |
4,700,000 | 846,000 | |
| 2014 | Brian Harman |
262 | −22 | 1 stroke | Zach Johnson |
4,700,000 | 846,000 | |
| 2013 | Jordan Spieth |
265 | −19 | Playoff |  David Hearn Zach Johnson |
4,600,000 | 828,000 | |
| 2012 | Zach Johnson |
264 | −20 | Playoff | Troy Matteson |
4,600,000 | 828,000 | |
| 2011 | Steve Stricker (3) |
262 | −22 | 1 stroke | Kyle Stanley |
4,500,000 | 810,000 | |
| 2010 | Steve Stricker (2) |
258 | −26 | 2 strokes | Paul Goydos |
4,400,000 | 792,000 | |
| 2009 | Steve Stricker |
264 | −20 | 3 strokes | Zach Johnson Brett Quigley Brandt Snedeker |
4,300,000 | 774,000 | |
| 2008 | Kenny Perry |
268 | −16 | Playoff | Brad Adamonis Jay Williamson |
4,200,000 | 756,000 | |
| 2007 | Jonathan Byrd |
266 | −18 | 1 stroke | Tim Clark |
4,100,000 | 738,000 | |
| 2006 |  John Senden |
265 | −19 | 1 stroke | J. P. Hayes |
4,000,000 | 720,000 | |
| 2005 | Sean O'Hair |
268 | −16 | 1 stroke | Robert Damron Hank Kuehne |
4,000,000 | 720,000 | |
| 2004 | Mark Hensby |
268 | −16 | Playoff |  John E. Morgan |
3,800,000 | 684,000 | |
| 2003 |  Vijay Singh |
268 | −16 | 4 strokes | Jonathan Byrd J. L. Lewis Chris Riley |
3,500,000 | 630,000 | |
| 2002 | J. P. Hayes |
262 | −22 | 4 strokes | Robert Gamez |
3,000,000 | 540,000 | |
| 2001 | David Gossett |
265 | −19 | 1 stroke | Briny Baird |
2,800,000 | 504,000 | |
| 2000 | Michael Clark II |
265 | −19 | Playoff | Kirk Triplett |
2,600,000 | 468,000 | |
| 1999 | J. L. Lewis |
261 | −19 | Playoff | Mike Brisky |
2,000,000 | 360,000 | |
| Quad City Classic | ||||||||
| 1998 | Steve Jones |
263 | −17 | 1 stroke | Scott Gump |
1,550,000 | 279,000 | |
| 1997 | David Toms |
265 | −15 | 3 strokes | Brandel Chamblee Robert Gamez Jimmy Johnston |
1,350,000 | 243,000 | |
| 1996 | Ed Fiori |
268 | −12 | 2 strokes | Andrew Magee |
1,200,000 | 216,000 | |
| 1995 | D. A. Weibring (3) |
197[a] | −13 | 1 stroke | Jonathan Kaye |
1,000,000 | 180,000 | |
| Hardee's Golf Classic | ||||||||
| 1994 | Mark McCumber |
265 | −15 | 1 stroke | Kenny Perry |
1,000,000 | 180,000 | |
| 1993 |  David Frost (2) |
259 | −21 | 7 strokes | Payne Stewart D. A. Weibring |
1,000,000 | 180,000 | |
| 1992 | David Frost |
266 | −14 | 3 strokes | Tom Lehman Loren Roberts |
1,000,000 | 180,000 | |
| 1991 | D. A. Weibring (2) |
267 | −13 | 1 stroke | Paul Azinger Peter Jacobsen |
1,000,000 | 180,000 | |
| 1990 | Joey Sindelar |
268 | −12 | Playoff | Willie Wood |
1,000,000 | 180,000 | |
| 1989 | Curt Byrum |
268 | −12 | 1 stroke | Bill Britton Brian Tennyson |
700,000 | 126,000 | |
| 1988 | Blaine McCallister |
261 | −19 | 3 strokes | Dan Forsman |
600,000 | 108,000 | |
| 1987 | Kenny Knox |
265 | −15 | 1 stroke | Gil Morgan |
500,000 | 90,000 | |
| 1986 | Mark Wiebe |
268 | −12 | 1 stroke | Curt Byrum |
400,000 | 72,000 | |
| Lite Quad Cities Open | ||||||||
| 1985 | Dan Forsman |
267 | −13 | 1 stroke | Bob Tway |
300,000 | 54,000 | |
| Miller High Life QCO | ||||||||
| 1984 | Scott Hoch (2) |
266 | −14 | 5 strokes | George Archer Vance Heafner Dave Stockton |
200,000 | 36,000 | |
| 1983 | Danny Edwards |
266 | −14 | Playoff | Morris Hatalsky |
200,000 | 36,000 | |
| 1982 | Payne Stewart |
268 | −12 | 2 strokes | Brad Bryant Pat McGowan |
200,000 | 36,000 | |
| Quad Cities Open | ||||||||
| 1981 | Dave Barr |
270 | −10 | Playoff | Woody Blackburn Frank Conner Dan Halldorson Victor Regalado |
200,000 | 36,000 | |
| 1980 | Scott Hoch |
266 | −14 | 3 strokes | Curtis Strange |
200,000 | 36,000 | |
| Ed McMahon-Jaycees Quad Cities Open | ||||||||
| 1979 | D. A. Weibring |
266 | −14 | 2 strokes | Calvin Peete |
200,000 | 36,000 | |
| 1978 | Victor Regalado |
269 | −15 | 1 stroke | Fred Marti |
150,000 | 30,000 | |
| 1977 | Mike Morley |
267 | −17 | 1 stroke | Bob Murphy Victor Regalado |
125,000 | 25,000 | |
| 1976 |  John Lister |
268 | −16 | 2 strokes | Fuzzy Zoeller |
100,000 | 20,000 | |
| 1975 | Roger Maltbie |
275 | −9 | 1 stroke | Dave Eichelberger |
75,000 | 15,000 | |
| Quad Cities Open | ||||||||
| 1974 | Dave Stockton |
271 | −13 | 1 stroke | Bruce Fleisher |
100,000 | 20,000 | |
| 1973 | Sam Adams |
268 | −16 | 3 strokes | Dwight Nevil Kermit Zarley |
100,000 | 20,000 | |
| 1972 | Deane Beman (2) |
279 | −5 | 1 stroke | Tom Watson |
100,000 | 20,000 | |
| Quad Cities Open Invitational | ||||||||
| 1971 | Deane Beman |
277 | −7 | 2 strokes | Dow Finsterwald |
25,000 | 5,000 | |
Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.
Sources:[13][14]
Multiple winners
editThrough 2023, six men have won the John Deere Classic more than once.
- 3 wins
- D. A. Weibring: 1979, 1991, 1995
- Steve Stricker: 2009, 2010, 2011
- 2 wins
- Deane Beman: 1971, 1972
- Scott Hoch: 1980, 1984
- David Frost: 1992, 1993
- Jordan Spieth: 2013, 2015
Notes
edit- ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.
References
edit- ^ "Tournament at a glance". John Deere Classic. 2012. Archived from the original on July 7, 2012. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
- ^ https://www.pgatour.com/article/news/latest/2024/07/01/purse-breakdown-john-deere-classic-tpc-deere-run-prize-money-payouts-points-fedexcup-playoffs [bare URL]
- ^ History: John Deere Classic
- ^ "Beman wins Quad Cities". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. October 2, 1972. p. 25.
- ^ "Beaman captures Quad Cities". Pittsburgh Press. UPI. October 2, 1972. p. 36.
- ^ "Stockton cards 64, wins Quad Cities test". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. July 15, 1974. p. 2D.
- ^ "Inside the course: TPC Deere Run". PGA Tour. July 9, 2012. Archived from the original on July 12, 2012. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
- ^ "Wie withdraws due to heat exhaustion at John Deere Classic". PGA Tour. July 14, 2006. Archived from the original on July 16, 2006. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
- ^ "Jordan Spieth, 19, takes John Deere". ESPN. July 14, 2013. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
- ^ Sherman, Ed (July 8, 2008). "John Deere Classic finds novel way to attract players". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
- ^ Hoggard, Rex (July 4, 2011). "Air Deere draws Open crowd to John Deere". Golf Channel. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
- ^ "2020 John Deere Classic canceled due to area restrictions, related concerns". PGA Tour. May 28, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- ^ John Deere Classic – Winners – at pgatour.com
- ^ John Deere Classic – Winners Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine – at golfobserver.com (1972–2009)