Desert Classic
Winners
Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records. Source

Desert Classic

Section Title: Winners
Table Section Text: Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records. Source

Year	Player	Country	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Winner's share ($)	Purse ($)

Desert Classic presented by Workday

2019	Adam Long	United States	262	−26	1 stroke	Canada Adam Hadwin United States Phil Mickelson	1,062,000	5,900,000

CareerBuilder Challenge in partnership with the Clinton Foundation

2018	Jon Rahm	Spain	266	−22	Playoff	United States Andrew Landry	1,062,000	5,900,000

2017	Hudson Swafford	United States	268	−20	1 stroke	Canada Adam Hadwin	1,044,000	5,800,000

2016	Jason Dufner	United States	263	−25	Playoff	Sweden David Lingmerth	1,044,000	5,800,000

Humana Challenge in partnership with the Clinton Foundation

2015	Bill Haas (2)	United States	266	−22	1 stroke	United States Charley Hoffman United States Matt Kuchar South Korea Park Sung-joon United States Brendan Steele United States Steve Wheatcroft	1,026,000	5,700,000

2014	Patrick Reed	United States	260	−28	2 stroke	United States Ryan Palmer	1,026,000	5,700,000

2013	Brian Gay	United States	263	−25	Playoff	United States Charles Howell III Sweden David Lingmerth	1,008,000	5,600,000

2012	Mark Wilson	United States	264	−24	2 strokes	United States Robert Garrigus United States John Mallinger United States Johnson Wagner	1,008,000	5,600,000

Bob Hope Classic

2011	Jhonattan Vegas	Venezuela	333	−27	Playoff	United States Bill Haas United States Gary Woodland	900,000	5,000,000

2010	Bill Haas	United States	330	−30	1 stroke	South Africa Tim Clark United States Matt Kuchar United States Bubba Watson	900,000	5,000,000

2009	Pat Perez	United States	327	−33	3 strokes	United States John Merrick	918,000	5,100,000

Bob Hope Chrysler Classic

2008	D. J. Trahan	United States	334	−26	3 strokes	United States Justin Leonard	918,000	5,100,000

2007	Charley Hoffman	United States	343	−17	Playoff	United States John Rollins	900,000	5,000,000

2006	Chad Campbell	United States	335	−25	3 strokes	Sweden Jesper Parnevik United States Scott Verplank	900,000	5,000,000

2005	Justin Leonard	United States	332	−28	3 strokes	South Africa Tim Clark United States Joe Ogilvie	846,000	4,700,000

2004	Phil Mickelson (2)	United States	330	−30	Playoff	United States Skip Kendall	810,000	4,500,000

2003	Mike Weir	Canada	330	−30	2 strokes	United States Jay Haas	810,000	4,500,000

2002	Phil Mickelson	United States	330	−30	Playoff	United States David Berganio, Jr.	720,000	4,000,000

2001	Joe Durant	United States	324	−36	4 strokes	United States Paul Stankowski	630,000	3,500,000

2000	Jesper Parnevik	Sweden	331	−27	1 stroke	South Africa Rory Sabbatini	540,000	3,000,000

1999	David Duval	United States	334	−26	1 stroke	United States Steve Pate	540,000	3,000,000

1998	Fred Couples	United States	332	−28	Playoff	United States Bruce Lietzke	414,000	2,300,000

1997	John Cook (2)	United States	327	−33	1 stroke	United States Mark Calcavecchia	270,000	1,500,000

1996	Mark Brooks	United States	337	−23	1 stroke	United States John Huston	234,000	1,300,000

1995	Kenny Perry	United States	335	−25	1 stroke	United States David Duval	216,000	1,200,000

1994	Scott Hoch	United States	334	−26	3 strokes	United States Lennie Clements United States Jim Gallagher, Jr. United States Fuzzy Zoeller	198,000	1,100,000

1993	Tom Kite	United States	325	−35	6 strokes	United States Rick Fehr	198,000	1,100,000

1992	John Cook	United States	336	−24	Playoff	United States Rick Fehr United States Tom Kite United States Mark O'Meara United States Gene Sauers	198,000	1,100,000

1991	Corey Pavin (2)	United States	331	−29	Playoff	United States Mark O'Meara	198,000	1,100,000

1990	Peter Jacobsen	United States	339	−21	1 stroke	United States Scott Simpson United States Brian Tennyson	180,000	1,000,000

1989	Steve Jones	United States	343	−17	Playoff	United States Paul Azinger Scotland Sandy Lyle	180,000	1,000,000

1988	Jay Haas	United States	338	−22	2 strokes	United States David Edwards	180,000	1,000,000

1987	Corey Pavin	United States	341	−19	1 stroke	West Germany Bernhard Langer	162,000	900,000

1986	Donnie Hammond	United States	335	−25	Playoff	United States John Cook	108,000	650,000

Bob Hope Classic

1985	Lanny Wadkins	United States	333	−27	Playoff	United States Craig Stadler	90,000	555,000

1984	John Mahaffey (2)	United States	340	−20	Playoff	United States Jim Simons	72,000	433,000

Bob Hope Desert Classic

1983	Keith Fergus	United States	335	−25	Playoff	United States Rex Caldwell	67,500	408,000

1982	Ed Fiori	United States	335	−25	Playoff	United States Tom Kite	50,000	304,500

1981	Bruce Lietzke	United States	335	−25	2 strokes	United States Jerry Pate	50,000	304,500

1980	Craig Stadler	United States	343	−17	2 strokes	United States Tom Purtzer United States Mike Sullivan	50,000	304,500

1979	John Mahaffey	United States	343	−17	1 stroke	United States Lee Trevino	50,000	300,000

1978	Bill Rogers	United States	339	−21	2 strokes	United States Jerry McGee	45,000	225,000

1977	Rik Massengale	United States	337	−23	6 strokes	United States Bruce Lietzke	40,000	200,000

1976	Johnny Miller (2)	United States	344	−16	3 strokes	United States Rik Massengale	36,000	180,000

1975	Johnny Miller	United States	339	−21	3 strokes	United States Bob Murphy	32,000	160,000

1974	Hubert Green	United States	341	−19	2 strokes	United States Bert Yancey	32,048	160,000

1973	Arnold Palmer (5)	United States	343	−17	2 strokes	United States Johnny Miller United States Jack Nicklaus	32,000	160,000

1972	Bob Rosburg	United States	344	−16	1 stroke	United States Lanny Wadkins	29,000	145,000

1971	Arnold Palmer (4)	United States	342	−18	Playoff	United States Raymond Floyd	28,000	140,000

1970	Bruce Devlin	Australia	339	−21	4 strokes	United States Larry Ziegler	25,000	125,000

1969	Billy Casper (2)	United States	345	−15	3 strokes	United States Dave Hill	20,000	100,000

1968	Arnold Palmer (3)	United States	348	−12	Playoff	United States Deane Beman	20,000	100,000

1967	Tom Nieporte	United States	349	−11	1 stroke	United States Doug Sanders	17,600	88,000

1966	Doug Sanders	United States	349	−11	Playoff	United States Arnold Palmer	15,000	80,000

1965	Billy Casper	United States	348	−12	1 stroke	United States Tommy Aaron United States Arnold Palmer	15,000	80,000

Palm Springs Golf Classic

1964	Tommy Jacobs	United States	353	−7	Playoff	United States Jimmy Demaret	7,500	50,000

1963	Jack Nicklaus	United States	345	−13	Playoff	South Africa Gary Player	9,000	50,000

1962	Arnold Palmer (2)	United States	342	−17	3 strokes	United States Jay Hebert United States Gene Littler	5,300	35,000

1961	Billy Maxwell	United States	345	−14	2 strokes	United States Doug Sanders	5,300	52,000

Palm Springs Desert Golf Classic

1960	Arnold Palmer	United States	338	−20	3 strokes	United States Fred Hawkins	12,000	70,000

Sentence(s)

Tom Kite won the 1993 Desert Classic with a score of 325.

final_sentence: Tom Kite won the 1993 Desert Classic with a score of 325.