Fred Meyer Challenge

The Fred Meyer Challenge was a charity golf tournament played in the Portland metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Oregon. Held from 1986 to 2002, it was organized by Portland native and PGA Tour golfer Peter Jacobsen and sponsored by the then-locally owned hypermarket chain Fred Meyer. The field included active and retired PGA Tour players. It was always played as a two-man team best ball event. In its inaugural year, it was played as in a match play format, with four teams competing. For the rest of its tenure, it was played in a stroke play format, with 8 to 12 teams competing.

History
From 1986 to 1997, the winning team split a $100,000 first prize. In 1998, this increased to $150,000 and in 2000 to $180,000. In the tournament's heyday, many high-profile golfers participated, and attendance neared 40,000 fans. After Fred Meyer was acquired by Kroger, it discontinued sponsorship of the event and the tournament was also discontinued.

Legacy
After the end of the Challenge, Jacobsen brought The Tradition, a PGA Tour Champions event, to Oregon starting in 2003. It was played at The Reserve from 2003-2006 before moving to the Crosswater Club in Sunriver, Oregon through 2010.

In 2011, Jacobsen's company Peter Jacobsen Sports revived the challenge-style exhibition tournament with the Umpqua Bank Challenge, which drew 15,000 to the Portland Golf Club for the 2011 tournament and 10,000 spectators to the 2012 edition at The Reserve. In October 2012, Jacobsen announced that the 2012 edition of the tournament may have been the last one, as both attendance and sponsorship had fallen short of expectations.

As a team

 * 3 wins
 * Brad Faxon and Greg Norman: 1995, 1996, 1997
 * 2 wins
 * John Cook and Mark O'Meara: 1994, 2000
 * Billy Andrade and Brad Faxon: 1999, 2001

As an individual

 * 5 wins
 * Brad Faxon: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001
 * 4 wins
 * Greg Norman: 1986, 1995, 1996, 1997
 * 3 wins
 * Billy Andrade: 1992, 1999, 2001
 * 2 wins
 * Paul Azinger: 1988, 1991
 * John Cook: 1994, 2000
 * Mark O'Meara: 1994, 2000