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07/01/11 Desert tournament will have new name and be shortened from 90 to 72 holes in 2012. Health and well-being nudged a comedy legend aside Tuesday when tournament organizers announced a new name for the Bob Hope Classic.
07/01/11 LOS ANGELES - Health and well-being nudged a comedy legend aside Tuesday when tournament organizers announced a new name for the Bob Hope Classic.
06/23/11 Ryuji Imada tees off at the Nicklaus Private Course at PGA West during the 2010 Bob Hope Classic. Under an agreement between the members and owners of PGA West and the La Quinta Resort & Club, the Nicklaus Private, Palmer Private, Weiskopf and Citrus courses will remain private.
06/05/11 Jhonattan Vegas of Venezuela walks off the tee on the second hole during the final round of the Bob Hope Classic on the Palmer Private Course at PGA West.
05/21/11 David Toms shot his second straight 8-under 62 at Colonial on Friday, matching the PGA Tour record for the first 36 holes to open a seven-stroke lead. Coming off a playoff loss Sunday to K.J. Choi in The Players Championship, the 44-year-old Toms tied the mark of 124 set by Pat Perez in the 2009 Bob Hope Classic. Unaffected by a 21/2-hour weather delay that interrupted his round, Toms had four ...
05/20/11 His 124 total is good for 7-shot lead at Colonial and ties Pat Perez at the 2009 Bob Hope Classic for Tour's best two-round start to a tournament.
03/01/11 Mike Weir acknowledges the crowd during the Bob Hope Classic. Back from distant ports of call in Hawaii, California and Arizona, the PGA Tour finally has landed in Florida.
02/25/11 It's not just the talent than waxes and wanes on the PGA Tour, the tournaments themselves ebb and flow in terms of relevance and importance. Some examples: While their namesake hosts were alive, the Bob Hope Classic and Byron Nelson Championship would draw reasonably deep fields.
01/31/11 Take a look at Jhonattan Vegas' swing, winner of the 2011 Bob Hope Classic. Swing video from 1/4/2011 (Video courtesy Kevin Kirk, The Woodlands Golf Performance Center).
01/30/11 Keegan Bradley did not have a great deal of time to celebrate his seventh-place finish at last week's Bob Hope Classic in La Quinta, Calif., or his whopping $150,625 payday.
01/28/11 Jhonattan Vegas emerged from a messy end to the Bob Hope Classic to claim his first PGA Tour title in just his fifth career start. Vegas became the first player from Venezuela to win on tour after a three-man play-off with defending champion Bill Haas and fellow rookie Gary Woodland.
01/24/11 The PGA Tour's Bob Hope Classic was destined to be an afterthought before Johnny Vegas hit the stage.
01/24/11 Vegas is the first Venezuelan player on the PGA Tour. LA QUINTA, Calif. -- Jhonattan Vegas' victory in the Bob Hope Classic on Sunday might have gone largely unnoticed in U.S. precincts preoccupied with football. But it was a resounding victory nonetheless.
01/24/11 Jhonattan Vegas made a 13-foot par putt on the second playoff hole to win the Bob Hope Classic on Sunday in La Quinta, Calif., holding off Gary Woodland for his first PGA Tour victory.
01/24/11 Jhonattan Vegas made a 13-foot par putt on the second playoff hole to win the Bob Hope Classic on Sunday, holding off Gary Woodland for his first PGA Tour victory.
01/23/11 Though it took five days and 92 holes, Jhonattan Vegas came through in the gloaming in California's desert to win the Bob Hope Classic. The Venezuelan's first victory was worth $900,000, a two-year PGA Tour exemption and an invitation to the Masters Tournament in April.
01/23/11 Jhonattan Vegas won his first PGA Tour title in only his fifth start, beating Americans Bill Haas and Gary Woodland in a nerve-jangling playoff for the Bob Hope Classic in La Quinta, California on Sunday.
01/23/11 Jhonattan Vegas parred the second playoff hole Sunday to defeat Gary Woodland and defending champion Bill Haas and earn his first PGA Tour victory at the Bob Hope Classic.
01/23/11 Jhonattan Vegas made a 13-foot par putt on the second playoff hole to win the Bob Hope Classic on Sunday, holding off Gary Woodland for his first PGA Tour victory.
01/23/11 Jhonattan Vegas made a 13-foot par putt on the second playoff hole to win the Bob Hope Classic on Sunday, holding off Gary Woodland for his first PGA Tour victory. The Venezuelan rookie won in just his fifth PGA Tour start despite putting his tee shot in the water on the 92nd hole.
01/23/11 Jhonattan Vegas made a 13-foot par putt on the second playoff hole to win the Bob Hope Classic on Sunday, holding off Gary Woodland for his first PGA Tour victory. | 
