The First Tee Open is a golf tournament on the Champions Tour. It is played annually in August/September in Monterrey Peninsula, California at the Pebble Beach Golf Links and Del Monte Golf Course.It is an official Champions tour event that pairs one junior with one champions tour player and two amateurs. Seventy-eight junior spots are awarded, seventy chosen from two selection processes held in July and eight exemptions are selected through The First Tee of Monterrey County and The Monterrey Peninsula Foundation, the host organization. Walmart was the title sponsor of this event from 2004 to 2009. National Association for Home Care & Hospice is the title sponsor for 2010. The purse for the 2009 tournament was US$2,100,000, with $315,000 going to the winner. The tournament was founded in 2004 as The First Tee Open at Pebble Beach presented by Wal-Mart The First Tee of Monterrey County is one of the direct receivers of the proceeds made from this tournament.
Past Winners First Tee Open * 2010 September 3-6 Walmart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach * 2009 Jeff Sluman * 2008 Jeff Sluman Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach * 2007 Gil Morgan * 2006 Scott Simpson * 2005 Hale Irwin The First Tee Open at Pebble Beach presented by Wal-Mart * 2004 Craig Stadler
