Scott McCarron was a big fan of TPC Sugarloaf when he played it for the first time more than two decades ago, and still has a strong bond with the Greg Norman-designed layout, even though the course he played last week was 50 percent new to him. Scott McCarron won the Mitsubishi Electric Classic, which concluded Sunday in sunny, pleasant weather after two mostly miserable … [Read more...]
Langer looks to repeat starring role in Champions Tour event at Sugarloaf
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...]
Smoltz Receives Sponsor’s Exemption for Mitsubishi Electric Classic
John Smoltz, a Hall-of-Famer and Braves pitcher for the 1995 World Series, will compete in the 2019 Mitsubishi Electric Classic (April 19-21), tournament officials announced today. Smoltz has received a sponsor’s exemption to compete against golf’s greatest legends at the seventh-annual PGA TOUR Champions event at TPC Sugarloaf. “I’ve been playing golf since I was 20 or 21,” … [Read more...]
Castro Earns U.S. Open Spot with Birdie on First Playoff Hole
U.S. Open sectional qualifying is always an adventure for former Georgia Tech standout Roberto Castro, and this week’s qualifier at Ansley Golf Club’s Settindown Creek was no different. Castro, a member at Settindown Creek, will be making his fifth U.S. Open appearance in the last seven years next week at Shinnecock Hills, but for the third time in that span, barely survived … [Read more...]
Mitsubishi Electric Classic Announces Georgia Talent to Compete in Novelis Celebrity Challenge
GWINNETT - METRO ATLANTA, April 11, 2016 – The Mitsubishi Electric Classic, an official event on the PGA TOUR Champions, announced the participants of the 2016 Novelis Celebrity Challenge. Braves legends and Hall of Famers John Smoltz and Tom Glavine, and current Arizona Cardinals punter and former Georgia Bulldogs star Drew Butler will play their own competitive round of golf … [Read more...]