Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai

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)
191 Steven Alker (2024)
72 holes:
279 Bruce Crampton (1991)
279 Jack Nicklaus (1994)
To par54 holes:
−25 as above
72 holes:
−9 as above
Current champion
New Zealand Steven Alker
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

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Purse
($)
Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai
2024 New Zealand Steven Alker 191 −25 4 strokes United States Harrison Frazar 2,000,000
2023 United States Steve Stricker 193 −23 6 strokes New Zealand Steven Alker
Northern Ireland Darren Clarke
United States Ken Tanigawa
Canada Mike Weir
2,000,000
2022 Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez (3) 199 −17 Playoff New Zealand Steven Alker 2,000,000
2021 Northern Ireland Darren Clarke 195 −21 2 strokes South Africa Retief Goosen 1,800,000
2020 Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez (2) 202 −14 Playoff United States Fred Couples
South Africa Ernie Els
1,800,000
2019 United States Tom Lehman 199 −17 1 stroke United States David Toms 1,800,000
2018 United States Jerry Kelly 198 −18 1 stroke Scotland Colin Montgomerie 1,800,000
2017 Germany Bernhard Langer (3) 129[a] −15 1 stroke United States Fred Couples 1,800,000
2016 United States Duffy Waldorf 198 −18 1 stroke United States Tom Lehman 1,800,000
2015 Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez 199 −17 2 strokes Germany Bernhard Langer 1,800,000
2014 Germany Bernhard Langer (2) 194 −22 3 strokes United States Fred Couples
United States Jeff Sluman
1,800,000
2013 United States John Cook (2) 199 −17 Playoff South Africa David Frost 1,800,000
2012 United States Dan Forsman 201 −15 2 strokes United States Jay Don Blake 1,800,000
2011 United States John Cook 194 −22 2 strokes United States Tom Lehman 1,800,000
2010 United States Tom Watson 194 −22 1 stroke United States Fred Couples 1,800,000
2009 Germany Bernhard Langer 198 −18 1 stroke United States Andy Bean 1,800,000
MasterCard Championship
2008 United States Fred Funk 195 −21 2 strokes United States Allen Doyle 1,800,000
2007 United States Hale Irwin (2) 193 −23 5 strokes United States Tom Kite 1,700,000
2006 United States Loren Roberts 191 −25 1 stroke United States Don Pooley 1,700,000
2005 United States Dana Quigley (2) 198 −18 Playoff United States Tom Watson 1,600,000
2004 United States Fuzzy Zoeller 196 −20 1 stroke United States Dana Quigley 1,600,000
2003 United States Dana Quigley 198 −18 2 strokes United States Larry Nelson 1,600,000
2002 United States Tom Kite 199 −17 6 strokes United States John Jacobs 1,500,000
2001 United States Larry Nelson 197 −19 1 stroke United States Jim Thorpe 1,500,000
2000 United States George Archer (2) 207 −9 2 strokes United States Hale Irwin
Australia Graham Marsh
United States Dana Quigley
United States Lee Trevino
1,200,000
1999 United States John Jacobs 203 −13 3 strokes United States Jim Colbert
United States Raymond Floyd
1,100,000
1998 United States Gil Morgan 195 −21 6 strokes United States Gibby Gilbert
United States Hale Irwin
1,000,000
1997 United States Hale Irwin 209 −7 2 strokes United States Gil Morgan 1,000,000
Puerto Rico Senior Tournament of Champions
1996 South Africa John Bland 207 −9 1 stroke United States Jim Colbert 800,000
Senior Tournament of Champions
1995 United States Jim Colbert 209 −7 Playoff United States Jim Albus 750,000
Mercedes Championships
1994 United States Jack Nicklaus 279 −9 1 stroke United States Bob Murphy 500,000
Infiniti Senior Tournament of Champions
1993 United States Al Geiberger (2) 280 −8 2 strokes United States Jim Dent 350,000
1992 United States Al Geiberger 282 −6 3 strokes Australia Bruce Crampton
United States Chi-Chi Rodríguez
350,000
1991 Australia Bruce Crampton 279 −9 4 strokes United States Frank Beard 350,000
MONY Senior Tournament of Champions
1990 United States George Archer 283 −5 7 strokes Australia Bruce Crampton 250,000
1989 United States Miller Barber (2) 280 −8 1 stroke United States Dale Douglass 250,000
1988 United States Dave Hill 211[b] −5 1 stroke United States Miller Barber
United States Al Geiberger
100,000
1987 United States Don January 287 −1 Playoff United States Butch Baird 100,000
1986 United States Miller Barber 282 −6 5 strokes United States Arnold Palmer 100,000
1985 Australia Peter Thomson 284 −4 3 strokes United States Don January
United States Dan Sikes
100,000
1984 United States Orville Moody 288 E 7 strokes United States Dan Sikes 100,000

Multiple winners

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

Notes

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

References

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  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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