5 World Golf Hall of Famers to tee off in 2025 Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualālai
Five members of the World Golf Hall of Fame are coming to Kona on the Big Island to join 37 other golfers to tee off the 2025 PGA TOUR Champions season.
The Mitsubishi Electric Championship hits the links at the 18-hole Hualālai Golf Course — the first Jack Nicklaus-designed course on the island — for the 29th year in a row Jan. 16-18.
“Every year the strength of our field at Hualālai is bolstered by World Golf Hall of Famers,” said tournament manager Kelly Fliear. “We are thrilled to welcome back these five legends for another wonderful week in Hawai’i.”
Three-time Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualālai winner (2009, 2014, 2017) Bernhard Langer will tee up for the 18th time at Hualālai Golf Course.
The 67-year-old rewrote the record books in November, earning his 47th win on PGA TOUR Champions in his last outing at the Charles Schwab Cup Championship. He has at least one win in each of his 18 years on the Champions Tour, dating back to 2007.
Fred Couples is set to make his 15th appearance at Hualālai. The 65-year-old four-time runner-up at this event (2010, 2014, 2017, 2020) has 14 victories overall on the Champions Tour, dating back to 2010.
Fiji’s Vijay Singh will make his ninth appearance at Hualālai for the Mitsubishi Electric Championship. Singh, whose best result in the tournament was tied for third in 2022, has five wins on PGA TOUR Champions.
South Africans Ernie Els and Retief Goosen will make their sixth and fifth appearances, respectively.
Els won three times in 2024 on the PGA TOUR Champions, including a senior major (Kaulig Companies Championship), en route to finishing No. 2 in the Charles Schwab Cup standings. Goosen won the 2024 Galleri Classic for his third victory overall on PGA TOUR Champions.
A total of 27 members of the World Golf Hall of Fame have competed in the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualālai since 1997.
Hale Irwin (1997, 2007), Larry Nelson (2001) and Tom Kite (2002) — in addition to Langer — are the other Hall of Famers who have won at Hualālai.
The 42-player field competing in this year’s tournament also includes recent Charles Schwab Cup winners Steven Alker (2022, 2024) and Steve Stricker (2023), the last two winners at Hualālai.
Vijay Singh tees off during Round 2 of the 2023 Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualālai. (From official Facebook page of PGA golfer Vijay Singh)- Portion of a screenshot of an image of Fred Couples from a Bettinardi Golf press release.
- Screenshot of an image of Ernie Els during the 2022 Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualālai from the PGA TOUR Champions website.
- Screenshot of a 2022 image by Getty of Retief Goosen from the Golf Post website.
Other notables include major champions Jim Furyk, Justin Leonard, David Duval, Darren Clarke, Mike Weir and three-time Mitsubishi Electric Championship winner Miguel Angel Jiménez (2015, 2020, 2022).
“We are excited to welcome PGA TOUR Champions golfers back to Hualālai for the 29th consecutive year,” said Fliear. “Fans who attend will have the chance to see icons of the sport, up close and in person, competing at this beautiful, one-of-a-kind venue.”
All three rounds of the championship will be televised live on GOLF Channel.
Fans who want to watch in person at Hualālai Golf Course, located at Four Seasons Resort Hualālai in Ka‘ūpūlehu, are encouraged to purchase tickets in advance by visiting the tournament website.
This will be the 17th consecutive year Mitsubishi Electric has been the tournament’s title sponsor.
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