Defending champ Ernie Els leads 42-player field at Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualālai

Defending champion and World Golf Hall of Fame member Ernie Els leads the 42-player field for the 30th Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualālai, which runs Jan. 22-24 on the Big Island.

“The Four Seasons Hualālai provides a breathtaking backdrop for the Champions Tour’s season opener,” Tournament Manager Kelly Fliear said in a press release.

Eight past winners of this event will tee it up, including a pair of three-time winners: German Bernhard Langer (2009, 2014, 2017) and Spaniard Miguel Angel Jiménez (2015, 2020, 2022).

Els and Langer are two of six Hall of Famers set to play, along with Fred Couples, Retief Goosen, Davis Love III and Vijay Singh.

Steven Alker, who finished No. 2 in last year’s Charles Schwab Cup standings, won the 2024 Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualālai en route to winning the Schwab Cup that season.

Other past champions at Hualālai in this year’s field include Fred Funk (2008), Jerry Kelly (2018), Tom Lehman (2019) and Darren Clarke (2021).

Seven players will make their first appearance in this tournament: Steve Allan, Thomas Bjørn, Angel Cabrera, Tommy Gainey, Richard Green, Freddie Jacobson and Boo Weekley.

Allan (three wins), Cabrera (three wins) and Bjørn (two wins) each secured multi-win seasons in 2025, while Green and Gainey each broke through for their first win on PGA TOUR Champions last year.

Other notables in the 2026 field include reigning Charles Schwab Cup winner Stewart Cink, along with fellow major champions David Duval, Jim Furyk, Justin Leonard and Mike Weir.

To see the complete field, click here.

To purchase tickets, go to MECgolf.com.

All three rounds of the 2026 Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualālai will be televised live on the Golf Channel. For more information about the tournament, visit PGATOUR.com.