Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai

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.

Mitsubishi Electric Championship
at Hualalai
Tournament information
LocationKaupulehu, Hawaii
Established1984, 37 years ago
Course(s)Hualalai Golf Course
Par72
Length7,053 yards (6,449 m)
Tour(s)PGA Tour Champions
FormatStroke play – 54 holes
(no cut)
Prize fund$1.8 million
Month playedJanuary
Tournament record score
Aggregate191 Loren Roberts (2006)
To par−25 Loren Roberts (2006)
Current champion
Darren Clarke
Hualalai GC
Location in Hawaii

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

The tournament debuted 37 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
YearDatesChampionCountryWinning scoreMarginPurse ($)
Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai
2021Jan 21–23Darren Clarke Northern Ireland195 (−21)2 strokes1,800,000
2020Jan 16–18Miguel Ángel Jiménez (2) Spain202 (−14)Playoff1,800,000
2019Jan 17–19Tom Lehman United States199 (−17)1 stroke1,800,000
2018Jan 18–20Jerry Kelly United States198 (−18)1 stroke1,800,000
2017Jan 19–20Bernhard Langer (3) Germany129 (−15)11 stroke1,800,000
2016Jan 21–23Duffy Waldorf United States198 (−18)1 stroke1,800,000
2015Jan 23–25Miguel Ángel Jiménez Spain199 (−17)1 stroke1,800,000
2014Jan 17–19Bernhard Langer (2) Germany194 (−22)3 strokes1,800,000
2013Jan 18–20John Cook (2) United States199 (−17)Playoff1,800,000
2012Jan 20–22Dan Forsman United States201 (−15)2 strokes1,800,000
2011Jan 21–23John Cook (1) United States194 (−22)2 strokes1,800,000
2010Jan 22–24Tom Watson United States194 (−22)1 stroke1,800,000
2009Jan 23–25Bernhard Langer (1) Germany198 (−18)1 stroke1,800,000
MasterCard Championship at Hualalai
2008Jan 18–20Fred Funk United States195 (−21)2 strokes1,800,000
2007Jan 19–21Hale Irwin (2) United States193 (−23)5 strokes1,700,000
2006Jan 19–21Loren Roberts United States191 (−25)1 stroke1,700,000
MasterCard Championship
2005Jan 21–23Dana Quigley (2) United States198 (−18)Playoff1,600,000
2004Jan 23–25Fuzzy Zoeller United States196 (−20)1 stroke1,600,000
2003Jan 21–23Dana Quigley (1) United States198 (−18)Playoff1,600,000
2002Jan 18–20Tom Kite United States199 (−17)6 strokes1,500,000
2001Jan 19–21Larry Nelson United States197 (−19)1 stroke1,500,000
2000Jan 21–23George Archer (2) United States207 (−9)2 strokes1,200,000
1999Jan 22–24John Jacobs United States203 (−13)3 strokes1,100,000
1998Jan 16–18Gil Morgan United States195 (−21)6 strokes1,000,000
1997Jan 17–19Hale Irwin (1) United States209 (−7)2 strokes1,000,000
Puerto Rico Senior Tournament of Champions
1996Jan 19–21John Bland South Africa207 (−9)1 stroke800,000
Senior Tournament of Champions
1995Jan 13–15Jim Colbert United States209 (−7)Playoff[3]750,000
Mercedes Championships
1994Jan 6–9Jack Nicklaus United States279 (−9)1 stroke500,000
Infiniti Senior Tournament of Champions
1993Jan 7–10Al Geiberger (2) United States280 (−8)2 strokes350,000
1992Jan 9–12Al Geiberger (1) United States282 (−6)3 strokes350,000
1991Jan 3–6Bruce Crampton Australia279 (−9)4 strokes350,000
MONY Senior Tournament of Champions
1990Jan 4–7George Archer (1) United States283 (−5)7 strokes250,000
1989Jan 5–8Miller Barber (2) United States280 (−8)1 stroke250,000
1988Jan 15–17Dave Hill United States211 (−5)1 stroke100,000
1987Jan 7–10Don January United States287 (−1)Playoff100,000
1986Jan 8–11Miller Barber (1) United States282 (−6)5 strokes100,000
1985May 2–5Peter Thomson Australia284 (−4)3 strokes100,000
1984May 3–6Orville Moody United States288 (E)7 strokes100,000

1 2017 event wind-shortened to 36 holes

Multiple winners

Eight players have won this tournament more than once through 2021.

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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