The 2020 Champions Tour began last month in Hawaii and includes a new early season event in Morocco before returning to the U.S. and a mostly familiar schedule beginning with a mid-February tournament in south Florida. The tour is back in the Atlanta area for its annual stop at TPC Sugarloaf in Duluth, scheduled for April 17-19. With two off weeks before the Mitsubishi … [Read more...]
Billy Andrade Loses in Champions Tour Playoff at Pebble Beach
Atlanta’s Billy Andrade made a strong run at capturing his first Champions Tour title since 2015, but settled for second place after losing in a playoff Sunday to Kirk Triplett at Pebble Beach Golf Links. Triplett, who won the event for the third time – the first two in 2012 and ’13 – birdied the first playoff hole, the par-5 18that Pebble Beach. Both he and Andrade layed up … [Read more...]
Scott McCarron Scores Third Career Victory at TPC Sugarloaf, This Time on Champions Tour
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...]
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...]