Mitsubishi Electric Championship
at Hualalai
Tournament information
LocationKaupulehu, Hawaii
Established1984
Course(s)Hualalai Golf Course
Par72
Length7,107 yards (6,499 m)
Tour(s)PGA Tour Champions
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$2,000,000
Month playedJanuary
Tournament record score
Aggregate54 holes:
191 Loren Roberts (2006)
72 holes:
279 Bruce Crampton (1991)
279 Jack Nicklaus (1994)
To par54 holes:
−25 as above
72 holes:
−9 as above
Current champion
United States Steve Stricker
Location Map
Hualalai Golf Course is located in Hawaii
Hualalai Golf Course
Hualalai Golf Course
Location in Hawaii

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 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

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upPurse
($)
Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai
20242,000,000
2023United States Steve Stricker193−236 strokesNew Zealand Steven Alker
Northern Ireland Darren Clarke
United States Ken Tanigawa
Canada Mike Weir
2,000,000
2022Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez (3)199−17PlayoffNew Zealand Steven Alker2,000,000
2021Northern Ireland Darren Clarke195−212 strokesSouth Africa Retief Goosen1,800,000
2020Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez (2)202−14PlayoffUnited States Fred Couples
South Africa Ernie Els
1,800,000
2019United States Tom Lehman199−171 strokeUnited States David Toms1,800,000
2018United States Jerry Kelly198−181 strokeScotland Colin Montgomerie1,800,000
2017Germany Bernhard Langer (3)129[lower-alpha 1]−151 strokeUnited States Fred Couples1,800,000
2016United States Duffy Waldorf198−181 strokeUnited States Tom Lehman1,800,000
2015Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez199−172 strokesGermany Bernhard Langer1,800,000
2014Germany Bernhard Langer (2)194−223 strokesUnited States Fred Couples
United States Jeff Sluman
1,800,000
2013United States John Cook (2)199−17PlayoffSouth Africa David Frost1,800,000
2012United States Dan Forsman201−152 strokesUnited States Jay Don Blake1,800,000
2011United States John Cook194−222 strokesUnited States Tom Lehman1,800,000
2010United States Tom Watson194−221 strokeUnited States Fred Couples1,800,000
2009Germany Bernhard Langer198−181 strokeUnited States Andy Bean1,800,000
MasterCard Championship
2008United States Fred Funk195−212 strokesUnited States Allen Doyle1,800,000
2007United States Hale Irwin (2)193−235 strokesUnited States Tom Kite1,700,000
2006United States Loren Roberts191−251 strokeUnited States Don Pooley1,700,000
2005United States Dana Quigley (2)198−18PlayoffUnited States Tom Watson1,600,000
2004United States Fuzzy Zoeller196−201 strokeUnited States Dana Quigley1,600,000
2003United States Dana Quigley198−182 strokesUnited States Larry Nelson1,600,000
2002United States Tom Kite199−176 strokesUnited States John Jacobs1,500,000
2001United States Larry Nelson197−191 strokeUnited States Jim Thorpe1,500,000
2000United States George Archer (2)207−92 strokesUnited States Hale Irwin
Australia Graham Marsh
United States Dana Quigley
United States Lee Trevino
1,200,000
1999United States John Jacobs203−133 strokesUnited States Jim Colbert
United States Raymond Floyd
1,100,000
1998United States Gil Morgan195−216 strokesUnited States Gibby Gilbert
United States Hale Irwin
1,000,000
1997United States Hale Irwin209−72 strokesUnited States Gil Morgan1,000,000
Puerto Rico Senior Tournament of Champions
1996South Africa John Bland207−91 strokeUnited States Jim Colbert800,000
Senior Tournament of Champions
1995United States Jim Colbert209−7PlayoffUnited States Jim Albus750,000
Mercedes Championships
1994United States Jack Nicklaus279−91 strokeUnited States Bob Murphy500,000
Infiniti Senior Tournament of Champions
1993United States Al Geiberger (2)280−82 strokesUnited States Jim Dent350,000
1992United States Al Geiberger282−63 strokesAustralia Bruce Crampton
United States Chi-Chi Rodríguez
350,000
1991Australia Bruce Crampton279−94 strokesUnited States Frank Beard350,000
MONY Senior Tournament of Champions
1990United States George Archer283−57 strokesAustralia Bruce Crampton250,000
1989United States Miller Barber (2)280−81 strokeUnited States Dale Douglass250,000
1988United States Dave Hill211[lower-alpha 2]−51 strokeUnited States Miller Barber
United States Al Geiberger
100,000
1987United States Don January287−1PlayoffUnited States Butch Baird100,000
1986United States Miller Barber282−65 strokesUnited States Arnold Palmer100,000
1985Australia Peter Thomson284−43 strokesUnited States Don January
United States Dan Sikes
100,000
1984United States Orville Moody288E7 strokesUnited States Dan Sikes100,000

Multiple winners

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

Notes

  1. Shortened to 36 holes due to weather.
  2. Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

References

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

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