The PGA Tour Champions returns to Naples, Florida for the 38th consecutive year, as the Chubb Classic presented by SERVPRO hosts the first full-field tournament of the 2025 season at Tiburón Golf Club’s Black Course.
The 78-player field is headlined by five-time champion Bernhard Langer, who returns after missing last year due to an Achilles injury.
Langer captured his fifth Chubb Classic title in 2023, posting a 17-under 199 total score.
Langer is one of three World Golf Hall of Fame members in the field this week along with Ernie Els and two-time Chubb Classic winner Fred Couples (2010, 2017).
Here’s all the information you need to stay on top of this week’s Chubb Classic.
THE SKINNY
Tournament: Chubb Classic
Dates: Feb 14-16, 2025
Where: Naples, Fla.
Course: Tiburón Golf Club (Black Course)
Distance: Par 72, 6897 yards
Architect:: Greg Norman
Format: 54-holes, stroke play, no cut
Purse: $1,800,000
Winning Share: $270,000
Defending Champions: Stephen Ames
TV AND ONLINE
Round 1: Fri 12-3:00 pm (GOLF)
Round 2: Sat 3-5:30 pm (GOLF)
Round 3: Sun 3-5:30 pm (GOLF)
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HISTORY
The Chubb Classic debuted in 1988 as the Aetna Challenge with a $300,000 purse. The first three editions were played at The Club at Pelican Bay in the Naples area.
The legendary Gary Player won the inaugural edition with Gene Littler (1989) and Lee Trevino (1990) taking the final two titles at Pelican Bay. Trevino won it again in 1991 at The Vineyards Golf and Country Club.
Other marquee names who’ve been crowned Chubb Classic champion include Hale Irwin, Al Geiberger, Lanny Wadkins, Steve Stricker, Fred Couples, Lee Janzen and five-time winner Bernhard Langer.
The tournament has been played at 12 different venues with the Tiburón Golf Club hosting since 2021.
There were five different title sponsors in its first 11 editions. But since 1999 there have been only two title names: ACE Group (1999-2015) and Chubb (2016-present) – and really only one since Chubb was purchased by ACE which then used the new brand for sponsorship purposes.
The purse for 2025 is $1.8 million, with a winner’s share of $270,000.
HISTORY: TOURNAMENT NAMES
- Chubb Classic (2016-Present)
- ACE Group Classic (1999-2015)
- LG Championship (1997-1998)
- Greater Naples IntelliNet Challenge (1996)
- IntelliNet Challenge (1994-1995)
- Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate Challenge (1993)
- Aetna Challenge (1988-1992)
HISTORY: RECENT WINNERS
2024: Stephen Ames (−13)
2023: Bernhard Langer (−17)
2022: Bernhard Langer (−16)
2021: Steve Stricker (−16)
2020: Scott Parel (−17)
2019: Miguel Ángel Jiménez (-13)
THE CHUBB CLASSIC FIELD
The field at Tiburón Golf Club is headlined by five-time champion Bernhard Langer. The German star picked up his fifth Chubb Classic trophy in 2023 but was unable to defend his back-to-back titles due to an injury. He returns in 2025 hoping to match Hale Irwin for the most wins at one tournament on the Champions Tour. (Irwin won the Turtle Bay Championship six times.)
Some of the other marquee names in Florida include defending champion Stephen Ames and two-time Chubb winner Fred Couples, alongside Ernie Els, Darren Clarke, and Justin Leonard, among others.
TOP-5 BETTING ODDS
1. Bernhard Langer 7-1
2. Ernie Els 8-1
3. Jerry Kelly 10-1
3. Stephen Ames 10-1
5. Richard Green 12-1
FULL FIELD & ODDS
