Mitsubishi Electric Classic

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Mitsubishi Electric Classic
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Tournament information
Location Duluth, Georgia
Established2013
Course(s) TPC Sugarloaf
Par72
Length7,179 yards (6,564 m) [1]
Tour(s) PGA Tour Champions
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$1,800,000
Month playedApril
Tournament record score
Aggregate197 Stephen Ames (2023)
To par−19 as above
Current champion
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Stephen Ames
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TPC Sugarloaf
Location in the United States
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TPC Sugarloaf
Location in Georgia

The Mitsubishi Electric Classic is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour Champions in Georgia in the greater Atlanta area. It debuted eleven years ago in 2013 as the "Greater Gwinnett Championship," and has been played each year at TPC Sugarloaf in Duluth, a northeast suburb. [2] A familiar course, TPC Sugarloaf was a venue on the PGA Tour for twelve seasons (19972008) for the AT&T Classic (previously BellSouth Classic).

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The purse in 2019 was $1.8 million, with a winner's share of $270,000. [1]

The Champions Tour tournament in 2020 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, although the LocaliQ Tour Championship was held in its place in November.

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upPurse ($)
Mitsubishi Electric Classic
2024 Flag placeholder.svgFlag placeholder.svg2,000,000
2023 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Stephen Ames (2)197−194 strokes Flag of Spain.svg Miguel Ángel Jiménez 1,800,000
2022 Flag of the United States.svg Steve Flesch (2)205−111 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Fred Couples
Flag of Ireland.svg Pádraig Harrington
Flag of the United States.svg David Toms
1,800,000
2021 Flag of the United States.svg Dicky Pride 205−113 strokes Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Stephen Ames
Flag of the United States.svg Paul Goydos
Flag of the United States.svg Kirk Triplett
1,800,000
2020 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Flag of the United States.svg Scott McCarron 209−72 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Joe Durant
Flag of the United States.svg Kent Jones
Flag of the United States.svg Jerry Kelly
Flag of the United States.svg Kirk Triplett
1,800,000
2018 Flag of the United States.svg Steve Flesch 205−11Playoff Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer
Flag of the United States.svg Scott Parel
1,800,000
2017 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Stephen Ames 201−154 strokes Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer 1,800,000
2016 Flag of the United States.svg Woody Austin 205−11Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Wes Short Jr. 1,800,000
Greater Gwinnett Championship
2015 Flag of the United States.svg Olin Browne 132 [lower-alpha 1] −121 stroke Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer 1,800,000
2014 Flag of Spain.svg Miguel Ángel Jiménez 202−142 strokes Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer 1,800,000
2013 Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer 206−103 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Tom Lehman
Flag of the United States.svg Tom Pernice Jr.
1,800,000

Notes

  1. Shortened to 36 holes due to rain.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Mitsubishi Electric Classic". ESPN. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  2. "Greater Gwinnett Champ. to be held at TPC Sugarloaf". PGA Tour. October 2, 2012. Retrieved April 18, 2013.

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