Chevron World Challenge Past Winners and History

An unofficial, very limited field event, the Chevron World Challenge is simply, Tiger’s Tournament. The event was established by Tiger Woods in as a charity fundraiser in 1999.

Just eighteen players will tee it up at the Chevron World Challenge, chosen from the four current major winners, the top 11 available from the Official World Golf Rankings, the Defending Champion and two other players chosen by the Tiger Woods Foundation.

First prize for the tournament is $1.2 million. Last place is worth $140,000.

The 2011 eighteen are (followed by their world golf rankings):

Steve Stricker (5), Jason Day (7), Matt Kuchar (8), Nick Watney (11), Webb Simpson (13), Bubba Watson (15), K.J. Choi (16), Paul Casey (20), Hunter Mahan (23), Jim Furyk (24), Keegan Bradley (28), Martin Laird (31), Zach Johnson (32), Rickie Fowler (33), Bo Van Pelt (40), Gary Woodland (44), Bill Haas (45), Tiger Woods (49)

The tournament is held annually at the Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, California.

A complete list of past winners follows:

Chevron World Challenge
2010 Graeme McDowell

Chevron World Challenge presented by Bank of America
2009 Jim Furyk
2008 Vijay Singh

Target World Challenge presented by Countrywide
2007 Tiger Woods
2006 Tiger Woods
2005 Luke Donald
2004 Tiger Woods

Target World Challenge presented by Williams
2003 Davis Love III
2002 Pádraig Harrington

Williams World Challenge
2001 Tiger Woods
2000 Davis Love III
1999 Tom Lehman