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PGA Mercedes-Benz Championship
PGA Season Opener in Hawaii
Information and results of the PGA Mercedes-Benz Championship golf tournament.
The event typically takes place the first week
in January and it is the season opener for the PGA Tour. To qualify for
this event golfers must have won an even on the PGA tour during the previous
season. It has been played at the Kapalua Resort's Plantation
Course on the island of Maui in Hawaii since 1999. It was played
at the Desert Inn Golf and Country Club between 1953 and 1968
and at the Stardust Country Club in Las Vegas 1966 and 1968.
It was played at the La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California
for 30 years, betweenf 1969 and 1998, and it moved to Hawaii in 1999.
2008 Mercedes Benz Championship
DATES: December 31, 2007 through January 6, 2008
2007 Mercedes Benz Championship
WINNER: Vijay Singh of Fiji
TOTAL PRIZE MONEY: $5,500,000 ($1,100,000 to 1st place)
DATES: January 4-7, 2007
Coverage ont he PGA Tour Web Site
Mercedes-Benz Championship Winners
2007 Vijay Singh (Fiji)
Mercedes Championship Winners
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 Winners
1993 - Davis Love III (United States)
1992 - Steve Elkington (Australia)
1991 - Tom Kite (United States)
MONY Tournament of Champions Winners
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 Winners
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)
Results Since 1970
(from Golf Observer)
See also:
All Golf Tournaments in Hawaii
Golf Courses in Hawaii
More About Golfing in Hawaii
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