The Champions Tour returns to TPC Sugarloaf in Duluth next month for the seventh Mitsubishi Electric Classic, and there’s little question who has been the tournament’s leading man in its relatively brief history. Germany’s Bernhard Langer won the first Champions Tour event at Sugarloaf in 2013, and has finished second in four of the five tournaments since, placing 11th in … [Read more...]
Champions Tour Preview: Augusta’s Parel Looks for Another Big Season
The Champions begins its 2019 schedule this week, with three Georgians in the field for the Mitsubishi Electric Championship in Hawaii. The tournament features a limited field, consisting of winners from the 2018 Champions Tour and major champions from both the PGA and Champions Tours. The lone Georgian to win on the 2018 Champions TOUR was Augusta’s Scott Parel, who will be … [Read more...]
Bernhard Langer Honored with PGA TOUR’s 2018 Payne Stewart Award
ATLANTA – In recognition of his supreme level of character and sportsmanship, his professionalism and the distinguished manner in which he embraces the values of golf, Bernhard Langer has been named the recipient of the PGA TOUR’s 2018 Payne Stewart Award presented by Southern Company. Langer will be honored on Tuesday, September 18, at the Payne Stewart Award Ceremony in … [Read more...]
2016 Mitsubishi Electric Classic to Feature Prominent Peach State Golfers
ATLANTA, GA - March 8, 2016 - The Mitsubishi Electric Classic will once again return to TPC Sugarloaf in Gwinnett County April 11-17, the week following The Masters which is played in Augusta, Georgia. In this position, the tournament will create a two-week period highlighting premier professional golf associated with the State of Georgia. The Mitsubishi Electric Classic has … [Read more...]
Notable Golfing Legends to play in Mitsubishi Electric Classic
ATLANTA, GA, February 22, 2016 - An impressive field of World Golf Hall of Famers and former major championship winners will return to TPC Sugarloaf this April at the fourth annual Mitsubishi Electric Classic in Duluth, Ga., an official PGA TOUR Champions event. The field is highlighted by the winners from each of the previous three tournaments, Defending Champion Olin Browne, … [Read more...]
Canton Pair Plays with Golf’s Legends at PNC Father/Son Challenge
ATLANTA,GA- Canton residents Michael and John Blanton played a memorable round of golf among the game’s most famous names at the recent PNC Father/Son Challenge, the unique, family-oriented tournament held in Orlando. The championship event was played Dec. 11-14, 20014 at The Ritz Carlton Golf Club at Grand Lakes Resort and won by Bernhard Langer and his son Jason. In … [Read more...]
Miguel Angel Jimenez Wins Champions Debut in Gwinnett
For the past 25 years, Miguel Angel Jimenez has been a mainstay on the European PGA Tour. He’s won 20 tour events since 1992 and has been a word class player for two decades, regularly competing in majors and World Golf Championship events during that span. Jimenez has won just about every tournament of consequence on the European Tour, contended in almost all the majors and … [Read more...]
Injuries Cloud View of Top Masters Contenders
Going into the 2014 Masters, virtually all the top players in the game are nursing injuries – some physical and others with mental scars – leaving this one of the toughest to assess major championships in Modern memory. Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, with seven green jackets between them, are both questionable competitors, with Woods battling a balky back and Mickelson … [Read more...]
Woods Again A Heavy Masters Favorite, but Recent Augusta Record Looks Suspect
After winning three times in his first four stroke play starts on the PGA Tour this year, Tiger Woods is a heavy favorite entering the 2013 Masters. Woods is closing in on the all-time victory record held by Sam Snead, and his early success this season is being touted as a sign of things to come in Augusta this month. The case for a fifth green jacket for Tiger will be … [Read more...]