Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai explained

Mitsubishi Electric Championship
at Hualalai
Location:Kaupulehu, Hawaii
Establishment:1984
Course:Hualalai Golf Course
Par:72
Tour:PGA Tour Champions
Format:Stroke play
Month Played:January
Aggregate:54 holes:
191 Loren Roberts (2006)
191 Steven Alker (2024)
72 holes:
279 Bruce Crampton (1991)
279 Jack Nicklaus (1994)
To-Par:54 holes:
−25 as above
72 holes:
−9 as above
Current Champion: Steven Alker
Map:USA Hawaii
Map Label:Hualalai Golf Course
Map Relief:yes
Map Size:200
Coordinates:19.827°N -155.992°W

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 2020 was $1.8 million, with a winner's share of $305,000.

The tournament debuted 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

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upPurse
($)
Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai
191 −25 4 strokes 2,000,000
193 −23 6 strokes 2,000,000
Miguel Ángel Jiménez (3)199 −17 Playoff 2,000,000
195 −21 2 strokes 1,800,000
Miguel Ángel Jiménez (2) 202 −14 Playoff 1,800,000
199 −17 1 stroke 1,800,000
198 −18 1 stroke 1,800,000
Bernhard Langer (3) 129 −15 1 stroke 1,800,000
198 −18 1 stroke 1,800,000
199 −17 2 strokes 1,800,000
Bernhard Langer (2) 194 −22 3 strokes 1,800,000
John Cook (2) 199 −17 Playoff 1,800,000
201 −15 2 strokes 1,800,000
194 −22 2 strokes 1,800,000
194 −22 1 stroke 1,800,000
198 −18 1 stroke 1,800,000
MasterCard Championship
195 −21 2 strokes 1,800,000
Hale Irwin (2) 193 −23 5 strokes 1,700,000
191 −25 1 stroke 1,700,000
Dana Quigley (2) 198 −18 Playoff 1,600,000
196 −20 1 stroke 1,600,000
198 −18 2 strokes 1,600,000
199 −17 6 strokes 1,500,000
197 −19 1 stroke 1,500,000
George Archer (2) 207 −9 2 strokes 1,200,000
203 −13 3 strokes 1,100,000
195 −21 6 strokes 1,000,000
209 −7 2 strokes 1,000,000
Puerto Rico Senior Tournament of Champions
207 −9 1 stroke 800,000
Senior Tournament of Champions
209 −7 Playoff 750,000
Mercedes Championships
279 −9 1 stroke 500,000
Infiniti Senior Tournament of Champions
Al Geiberger (2) 280 −8 2 strokes 350,000
282 −6 3 strokes 350,000
279 −9 4 strokes 350,000
MONY Senior Tournament of Champions
283 −5 7 strokes 250,000
Miller Barber (2) 280 −8 1 stroke 250,000
211 −5 1 stroke 100,000
287 −1 Playoff 100,000
282 −6 5 strokes 100,000
284 −4 3 strokes 100,000
288 E 7 strokes 100,000

Multiple winners

Eight players have won this tournament more than once through 2022.

2009, 2014, 2017

2015, 2020, 2022

2011, 2013

1997, 2007

2003, 2005

1990, 2000

1992, 1993 (consecutive)

1986, 1989

External links

19.827°N -155.992°W

Notes and References

  1. News: Nothing's wrong with Watson . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). UPI. May 7, 1984 . 2B .
  2. News: Nicklaus steals show with win . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. January 10, 1994 . 3B .
  3. News: PGA Senior Tournament of Champions . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . January 16, 1995 . 4B .
  4. News: Seniors . Wilmington Morning Star . (North Carolina) . Associated Press . January 20, 1997 . 7B.
  5. News: MasterCard Senior . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington) . Associated Press . January 20, 1997 . C5.