Mercedes-Benz Championship (PGA Tour)
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| Mercedes-Benz Championship | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Kapalua, Hawaii |
| Established | 1953 |
| Course(s) | Plantation Course |
| Par | 71 |
| Tour | PGA Tour |
| Month Played | January |
| Defunct | No |
| Tournament Record Score | |
 Ernie Els -31 |
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| Current Champion | |
 Vijay Singh |
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| Major Championships | |
| The Masters Tournament | |
| U.S. Open | |
| The Open Championship | |
| PGA Championship | |
- For the identically named event on the European Tour see Mercedes-Benz Championship (European Tour).
The Mercedes-Benz Championship is the opening event of golf's PGA Tour season. The field is restricted to golfers who won an event on the Tour in the previous season. It is played the first weekend in January, and has been at Kapalua Resort's Plantation Course in Kapalua, Hawaii, since 1999. The event was played in Las Vegas, Nevada from the event's inception in 1953 until 1968, first at The Desert Inn Golf & Country Club until 1966, and then at Stardust Country Club. After that, it began a 30-year relationship with La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California, which lasted until the event was moved to its current location in Hawaii.
[edit] Winners
Mercedes-Benz Championship
- 2007 Vijay Singh - Fiji
Mercedes Championships
- 2006 Stuart Appleby - Australia
- 2005 Stuart Appleby - Australia
- 2004 Stuart Appleby - Australia
- 2003 Ernie Els - South Africa
- 2002 Sergio García - Spain
- 2001 Jim Furyk - United States
- 2000 Tiger Woods - United States
- 1999 David Duval - United States
- 1998 Phil Mickelson - United States
- 1997 Tiger Woods - United States
- 1996 Mark O'Meara - United States
- 1995 Steve Elkington - Australia
- 1994 Phil Mickelson - United States
Infiniti Tournament of Champions
- 1993 Davis Love III - United States
- 1992 Steve Elkington - Australia
- 1991 Tom Kite - United States
MONY Tournament of Champions
- 1990 Paul Azinger - United States
- 1989 Steve Jones - United States
- 1988 Steve Pate - United States
- 1987 Mac O'Grady - United States
- 1986 Calvin Peete - United States
- 1985 Tom Kite - United States
- 1984 Tom Watson - United States
- 1983 Lanny Wadkins - United States
- 1982 Lanny Wadkins - United States
- 1981 Lee Trevino - United States
- 1980 Tom Watson - United States
- 1979 Tom Watson - United States
- 1978 Gary Player - South Africa
- 1977 Jack Nicklaus - United States
- 1976 Don January - United States
- 1975 Al Geiberger - United States
Tournament of Champions
- 1974 Johnny Miller - United States
- 1973 Jack Nicklaus - United States
- 1972 Bobby Mitchell - United States
- 1971 Jack Nicklaus - United States
- 1970 Frank Beard - United States
- 1969 Gary Player - South Africa
- 1968 Don January - United States
- 1967 Frank Beard - United States
- 1966 Arnold Palmer - United States
- 1965 Arnold Palmer - United States
- 1964 Jack Nicklaus - United States
- 1963 Jack Nicklaus - United States
- 1962 Arnold Palmer - United States
- 1961 Sam Snead - United States
- 1960 Jerry Barber - United States
- 1959 Mike Souchak - United States
- 1958 Stan Leonard - United States
- 1957 Gene Littler - United States
- 1956 Gene Littler - United States
- 1955 Gene Littler - United States
- 1954 Art Wall, Jr. - United States
- 1953 Al Besselink - United States
[edit] Multiple winners
Thirteen men have won the Mercedes-Benz Championship more than once through 2006.
- 5 wins
- Jack Nicklaus: 1963, 1964, 1971, 1973, 1977
- 3 wins
- Stuart Appleby: 2004, 2005, 2006
- Gene Littler: 1955, 1956, 1957
- Arnold Palmer: 1962, 1965, 1966
- Tom Watson: 1979, 1980, 1984
- 2 wins
- Frank Beard: 1967, 1970
- Steve Elkington: 1992, 1995
- Don January: 1968, 1976
- Tom Kite: 1985, 1991
- Phil Mickelson: 1994, 1998
- Gary Player: 1969, 1978
- Lanny Wadkins: 1982, 1983
- Tiger Woods: 1997, 2000
[edit] External Links
- Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site
- Mercedes-Benz Championship results since 1970 - Winners, Finishers, Scores and Earnings
