Mitsubishi Electric Classic

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).

Mitsubishi Electric Classic
Tournament information
LocationDuluth, Georgia
Established2013
Course(s)TPC Sugarloaf
Par72
Length7,179 yards (6,564 m)[1]
Tour(s)PGA Tour Champions
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$2,000,000
Month playedApril
Tournament record score
Aggregate197 Stephen Ames (2023)
To par−19 as above
Current champion
Canada Stephen Ames
Location map
TPC Sugarloaf is located in the United States
TPC Sugarloaf
TPC Sugarloaf
Location in the United States
TPC Sugarloaf is located in Georgia
TPC Sugarloaf
TPC Sugarloaf
Location in Georgia

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 Series Championship was held in its place in November.

Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Purse ($)
Mitsubishi Electric Classic
2024   Stephen Ames (3) 202 −14 4 strokes   Doug Barron
  Paul Broadhurst
2,000,000
2023   Stephen Ames (2) 197 −19 4 strokes   Miguel Ángel Jiménez 1,800,000
2022   Steve Flesch (2) 205 −11 1 stroke   Fred Couples
  Pádraig Harrington
  David Toms
1,800,000
2021   Dicky Pride 205 −11 3 strokes   Stephen Ames
  Paul Goydos
  Kirk Triplett
1,800,000
2020 Replaced by the LocaliQ Series Tour Championship
2019   Scott McCarron 209 −7 2 strokes   Joe Durant
  Kent Jones
  Jerry Kelly
  Kirk Triplett
1,800,000
2018   Steve Flesch 205 −11 Playoff   Bernhard Langer
  Scott Parel
1,800,000
2017   Stephen Ames 201 −15 4 strokes   Bernhard Langer 1,800,000
2016   Woody Austin 205 −11 Playoff   Wes Short Jr. 1,800,000
Greater Gwinnett Championship
2015   Olin Browne 132[a] −12 1 stroke   Bernhard Langer 1,800,000
2014   Miguel Ángel Jiménez 202 −14 2 strokes   Bernhard Langer 1,800,000
2013   Bernhard Langer 206 −10 3 strokes   Tom Lehman
  Tom Pernice Jr.
1,800,000

Notes

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  1. ^ Shortened to 36 holes due to rain.

References

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  1. ^ a b "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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