Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai
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Tournament information | |
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Location | Kaupulehu, Hawaii |
Established | 1984, 40 years ago |
Course(s) | Hualalai Golf Course |
Par | 72 |
Length | 7,053 yards (6,449 m) |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour Champions |
Format | Stroke play – 54 holes (no cut) |
Prize fund | $1.8 million |
Month played | January |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 191 Loren Roberts (2006) |
To par | −25 Loren Roberts (2006) |
Current champion | |
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The Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour Champions in Hawaii, on the Big Island. It is played annually in January at the Hualalai Resort Golf Club in Kaʻūpūlehu in the Kona district, and Mitsubishi Electric is the main sponsor. The field consists of the senior major champions of the last five years and other tournament winners of the last two years, plus a few sponsor invitees.
The purse in 2017 was $1.8 million, with a winner's share of $300,000.
The tournament debuted 40 years ago in 1984 as the senior division within the PGA Tour's MONY Tournament of Champions at LaCosta Resort in Carlsbad, California. The purse was $100,000 and Orville Moody won by seven strokes to take the winner's share of $30,000.[1] It continued as a division of that tournament through 1994,[2] became a separate event in Puerto Rico in 1995,[3] and relocated to Hualalai in 1997.[4][5]
Beginning in 2018, the tournament went to a Thursday through Saturday schedule.
Winners
Year | Dates | Champion | Country | Winning score | Margin | Purse ($) |
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Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai | ||||||
2018 | Jan 18–20 | Jerry Kelly | ![]() |
198 (−18) | 1 stroke | 1,800,000 |
2017 | Jan 19–20 | Bernhard Langer (3) | ![]() |
129 (−15)1 | 1 stroke | 1,800,000 |
2016 | Jan 21–23 | Duffy Waldorf | ![]() |
198 (−18) | 1 stroke | 1,800,000 |
2015 | Jan 23–25 | Miguel Ángel Jiménez | ![]() |
199 (−17) | 1 stroke | 1,800,000 |
2014 | Jan 17–19 | Bernhard Langer (2) | ![]() |
194 (−22) | 3 strokes | 1,800,000 |
2013 | Jan 18–20 | John Cook (2) | ![]() |
199 (−17) | Playoff | 1,800,000 |
2012 | Jan 20–22 | Dan Forsman | ![]() |
201 (−15) | 2 strokes | 1,800,000 |
2011 | Jan 21–23 | John Cook (1) | ![]() |
194 (−22) | 2 strokes | 1,800,000 |
2010 | Jan 22–24 | Tom Watson | ![]() |
194 (−22) | 1 stroke | 1,800,000 |
2009 | Jan 23–25 | Bernhard Langer (1) | ![]() |
198 (−18) | 1 stroke | 1,800,000 |
MasterCard Championship at Hualalai | ||||||
2008 | Jan 18–20 | Fred Funk | ![]() |
195 (−21) | 2 strokes | 1,800,000 |
2007 | Jan 19–21 | Hale Irwin (2) | ![]() |
193 (−23) | 5 strokes | 1,700,000 |
2006 | Jan 19–21 | Loren Roberts | ![]() |
191 (−25) | 1 stroke | 1,700,000 |
MasterCard Championship | ||||||
2005 | Jan 21–23 | Dana Quigley (2) | ![]() |
198 (−18) | Playoff | 1,600,000 |
2004 | Jan 23–25 | Fuzzy Zoeller | ![]() |
196 (−20) | 1 stroke | 1,600,000 |
2003 | Jan 21–23 | Dana Quigley (1) | ![]() |
198 (−18) | Playoff | 1,600,000 |
2002 | Jan 18–20 | Tom Kite | ![]() |
199 (−17) | 6 strokes | 1,500,000 |
2001 | Jan 19–21 | Larry Nelson | ![]() |
197 (−19) | 1 stroke | 1,500,000 |
2000 | Jan 21–23 | George Archer (2) | ![]() |
207 (−9) | 2 strokes | 1,200,000 |
1999 | Jan 22–24 | John Jacobs | ![]() |
203 (−13) | 3 strokes | 1,100,000 |
1998 | Jan 16–18 | Gil Morgan | ![]() |
195 (−21) | 6 strokes | 1,000,000 |
1997 | Jan 17–19 | Hale Irwin (1) | ![]() |
209 (−7) | 2 strokes | 1,000,000 |
Puerto Rico Senior Tournament of Champions | ||||||
1996 | Jan 19–21 | John Bland | ![]() |
207 (−9) | 1 stroke | 800,000 |
Senior Tournament of Champions | ||||||
1995 | Jan 13–15 | Jim Colbert | ![]() |
209 (−7) | Playoff[3] | 750,000 |
Mercedes Championships | ||||||
1994 | Jan 6–9 | Jack Nicklaus | ![]() |
279 (−9) | 1 stroke | 500,000 |
Infiniti Senior Tournament of Champions | ||||||
1993 | Jan 7–10 | Al Geiberger (2) | ![]() |
280 (−8) | 2 strokes | 350,000 |
1992 | Jan 9–12 | Al Geiberger (1) | ![]() |
282 (−6) | 3 strokes | 350,000 |
1991 | Jan 3–6 | Bruce Crampton | ![]() |
279 (−9) | 4 strokes | 350,000 |
MONY Senior Tournament of Champions | ||||||
1990 | Jan 4–7 | George Archer (1) | ![]() |
283 (−5) | 7 strokes | 250,000 |
1989 | Jan 5–8 | Miller Barber (2) | ![]() |
280 (−8) | 1 stroke | 250,000 |
1988 | Jan 15–17 | Dave Hill | ![]() |
211 (−5) | 1 stroke | 100,000 |
1987 | Jan 7–10 | Don January | ![]() |
287 (−1) | Playoff | 100,000 |
1986 | Jan 8–11 | Miller Barber (1) | ![]() |
282 (−6) | 5 strokes | 100,000 |
1985 | May 2–5 | Peter Thomson | ![]() |
284 (−4) | 3 strokes | 100,000 |
1984 | May 3–6 | Orville Moody | ![]() |
288 (E) | 7 strokes | 100,000 |
1 2017 event wind-shortened to 36 holes
Multiple winners
Seven players have won this tournament more than once through 2017.
- 3 wins
- Bernhard Langer: 2009, 2014, 2017
- 2 wins
- John Cook: 2011, 2013
- Hale Irwin: 1997, 2007
- Dana Quigley: 2003, 2005
- George Archer: 1990, 2000
- Al Geiberger: 1992, 1993 (consecutive)
- Miller Barber: 1986, 1989
References
- ^ "Nothing's wrong with Watson". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). UPI. May 7, 1984. p. 2B.
- ^ "Nicklaus steals show with win". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. January 10, 1994. p. 3B.
- ^ a b "PGA Senior Tournament of Champions". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). January 16, 1995. p. 4B.
- ^ "Seniors". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). Associated Press. January 20, 1997. p. 7B.
- ^ "MasterCard Senior". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. January 20, 1997. p. C5.