Golf tournament
TheMitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai is agolf tournament on thePGA Tour Champions inHawaii , on theBig Island . It is played annually in January at theHualalai Resort Golf Club inKaʻūpūlehu in theKona district , andMitsubishi Electric is the main sponsor. The field consists of thesenior major champions of the last five years and other tournament winners of the last two years, plus a few sponsor invitees.
The purse in2020 was$ 1.8 million, with a winner's share of $305,000.
The tournament debuted 41 years ago in1984 as the senior division within thePGA Tour's MONY Tournament of Champions LaCosta Resort inCarlsbad, California . The purse was $100,000 andOrville Moody won by seven strokes to take the winner's share of $30,000.[ 1] 1994 ,[ 2] Puerto Rico in1995 ,[ 3] 1997 .[ 4] [ 5]
Beginning in 2018, the tournament went to a Thursday through Saturday schedule.
Year Winner Score To par Margin of 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
Eight players have won this tournament more than once through 2022.
^ Shortened to 36 holes due to weather. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
19°49′37″N 155°59′31″W / 19.827°N 155.992°W /19.827; -155.992
Ernie Els
