Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai

Mitsubishi Electric Championship
at Hualalai
Tournament information
Location	Kaupulehu, Hawaii
Established	1984
Course(s)	Hualalai Golf Course
Par	72
Length	7,107 yards (6,499 m)
Tour(s)	PGA Tour Champions
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$2,000,000
Month played	January
Tournament record score
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
	Ernie Els
Location map
	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 41 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	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Purse ($)
Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai
2025	Ernie Els	198	−18	2 strokes	Alex Čejka Miguel Ángel Jiménez Bernhard Langer	2,000,000
2024	Steven Alker	191	−25	4 strokes	Harrison Frazar	2,000,000
2023	Steve Stricker	193	−23	6 strokes	Steven Alker Darren Clarke Ken Tanigawa Mike Weir	2,000,000
2022	Miguel Ángel Jiménez (3)	199	−17	Playoff	Steven Alker	2,000,000
2021	Darren Clarke	195	−21	2 strokes	Retief Goosen	1,800,000
2020	Miguel Ángel Jiménez (2)	202	−14	Playoff	Fred Couples Ernie Els	1,800,000
2019	Tom Lehman	199	−17	1 stroke	David Toms	1,800,000
2018	Jerry Kelly	198	−18	1 stroke	Colin Montgomerie	1,800,000
2017	Bernhard Langer (3)	129^[a]	−15	1 stroke	Fred Couples	1,800,000
2016	Duffy Waldorf	198	−18	1 stroke	Tom Lehman	1,800,000
2015	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	199	−17	2 strokes	Bernhard Langer	1,800,000
2014	Bernhard Langer (2)	194	−22	3 strokes	Fred Couples Jeff Sluman	1,800,000
2013	John Cook (2)	199	−17	Playoff	David Frost	1,800,000
2012	Dan Forsman	201	−15	2 strokes	Jay Don Blake	1,800,000
2011	John Cook	194	−22	2 strokes	Tom Lehman	1,800,000
2010	Tom Watson	194	−22	1 stroke	Fred Couples	1,800,000
2009	Bernhard Langer	198	−18	1 stroke	Andy Bean	1,800,000
MasterCard Championship
2008	Fred Funk	195	−21	2 strokes	Allen Doyle	1,800,000
2007	Hale Irwin (2)	193	−23	5 strokes	Tom Kite	1,700,000
2006	Loren Roberts	191	−25	1 stroke	Don Pooley	1,700,000
2005	Dana Quigley (2)	198	−18	Playoff	Tom Watson	1,600,000
2004	Fuzzy Zoeller	196	−20	1 stroke	Dana Quigley	1,600,000
2003	Dana Quigley	198	−18	2 strokes	Larry Nelson	1,600,000
2002	Tom Kite	199	−17	6 strokes	John Jacobs	1,500,000
2001	Larry Nelson	197	−19	1 stroke	Jim Thorpe	1,500,000
2000	George Archer (2)	207	−9	2 strokes	Hale Irwin Graham Marsh Dana Quigley Lee Trevino	1,200,000
1999	John Jacobs	203	−13	3 strokes	Jim Colbert Raymond Floyd	1,100,000
1998	Gil Morgan	195	−21	6 strokes	Gibby Gilbert Hale Irwin	1,000,000
1997	Hale Irwin	209	−7	2 strokes	Gil Morgan	1,000,000
Puerto Rico Senior Tournament of Champions
1996	John Bland	207	−9	1 stroke	Jim Colbert	800,000
Senior Tournament of Champions
1995	Jim Colbert	209	−7	Playoff	Jim Albus	750,000
Mercedes Championships
1994	Jack Nicklaus	279	−9	1 stroke	Bob Murphy	500,000
Infiniti Senior Tournament of Champions
1993	Al Geiberger (2)	280	−8	2 strokes	Jim Dent	350,000
1992	Al Geiberger	282	−6	3 strokes	Bruce Crampton Chi-Chi Rodríguez	350,000
1991	Bruce Crampton	279	−9	4 strokes	Frank Beard	350,000
MONY Senior Tournament of Champions
1990	George Archer	283	−5	7 strokes	Bruce Crampton	250,000
1989	Miller Barber (2)	280	−8	1 stroke	Dale Douglass	250,000
1988	Dave Hill	211^[b]	−5	1 stroke	Miller Barber Al Geiberger	100,000
1987	Don January	287	−1	Playoff	Butch Baird	100,000
1986	Miller Barber	282	−6	5 strokes	Arnold Palmer	100,000
1985	Peter Thomson	284	−4	3 strokes	Don January Dan Sikes	100,000
1984	Orville Moody	288	E	7 strokes	Dan Sikes	100,000

Multiple winners

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

3 wins
- Bernhard Langer: 2009, 2014, 2017
- Miguel Ángel Jiménez: 2015, 2020, 2022
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

Notes

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

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.
^ "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.

External links

19°49′37″N 155°59′31″W / 19.827°N 155.992°W / 19.827; -155.992

[6] Shortened to 36 holes due to weather.

[7] Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

[nwrwsat-1] "Nothing's wrong with Watson". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). UPI. May 7, 1984. p. 2B.

[nsshw-2] "Nicklaus steals show with win". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. January 10, 1994. p. 3B.

[prerb95-3] "PGA Senior Tournament of Champions". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). January 16, 1995. p. 4B.

[wmstr-4] "Seniors". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). Associated Press. January 20, 1997. p. 7B.

[mcsrsr-5] "MasterCard Senior". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. January 20, 1997. p. C5.

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