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| Golf Preview: Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai |
For the latest golfing odds and golf betting options go to Bet Phoenix, the top online sports for betting on golf. A year ago, John Cook started the final day's final nine holes at the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai with five straight birdies. He sizzled to a two-shot victory over Tom Lehman at the Champions Tour's season-opening event on Hawaii island. Today, 41 golfers tee off at Hualalai beginning at 8:50 a.m. All but eight have won an event on the senior tour the past two years, or won a major the last five. Curtis Strange, Tom Kite, Hale Irwin, Ben Crenshaw, Lanny Wadkins, Corey Pavin, Larry Nelson and Fuzzy Zoeller received sponsor's exemptions Details of the Event Dates: Jan. 16-22, 2012 Course: Hualalai Golf Course; Kaupulehu-Kona, Hawaii Par/Yards: 36-36—72/7,107 Year Opened: 1996 Course Designer: Jack Nicklaus Field: 41 professionals Format: 54-hole stroke-play event with no cut. Purse: $1,800,000 Television: Golf Channel; 1:30-4 p.m. Friday; 2:30-5 p.m. Saturday; 2:30-5 p.m. Sunday This year marks the 33rd anniversary of the PGA TOUR’s Champions Tour and the Mitsubishi Electric Championship is first of 23 official events on the 2012 schedule. The official season concludes with the Charles Schwab Cup Championship, Oct. 29-Nov. 4, at Desert Mountain Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz. The Champions Tour’s primary purpose is to provide significant competitive and earnings opportunities for players age 50 and older, to protect the integrity of the game and to help grow the reach of the game in the U.S.and around the world. The Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai will open a Champions Tour season for the 29th consecutive time this year and the event is one of the oldest tournaments on the circuit. It was first played as the Senior Tournament of Champions in 1984 and the venue was LaCosta Country Club in Carlsbad, Calif., from 1984-1994. The limited-field tournament then moved to the Hyatt Dorado Beach in Puerto Rico in 1995 and 1996 before relocating again to Hualalai on the Big Island in 1997. John Cook birdied five straight holes after the turn and managed to hold off Tom Lehman by two strokes in the season-opening event. Cook began the day three strokes back of Russ Cochran and after two birdies on the front nine, Cook made six birdies in a seven-hole stretch on the back nine to create some distance between him and a hard-charging Lehman. Here are a few things to watch in this big tournament. Season opener features star-studded field – The 2011 Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai will have a 41-player field this year. Fred Funk and Eduardo Romero are eligible, but will not play for various reasons. This year’s Mitsubishi Electric Championship field has won a combined 351 events on the PGA TOUR and 220 tournaments on the Champions Tour. 17 professionals in this year’s field have combined to win 35 major championships on the PGA TOUR and 19 professionals in this field have won a total of 38 senior majors. There are nine members of the World Golf Hall of Fame in this year’s field (Ben Crenshaw, Hale Irwin, Tom Kite, Bernhard Langer, Larry Nelson, Nick Price, Curtis Strange, Lanny Wadkins and Tom Watson). There are eight former Ryder Cup captains (Ben Crenshaw, Tom Kite, Bernhard Langer, Tom Lehman, Corey Pavin, Curtis Strange, Lanny Wadkins and Tom Watson) in this field as well as two Presidents Cup captains (Hale Irwin, Fred Couples). Six players will make their first appearances at this championship – Jay Don Blake, Olin Browne, Mark Calcavecchia, Brad Faxon, John Huston and Kenny Perry all won events in 2010. Seven players in this year’s field are age 60 and over, led by 66-year-old Hale Irwin. 62-year-olds Tom Kite, Lanny Wadkins and Tom Watson will also play this year as will Bob Gilder, Larry Nelson and Ben Crenshaw. Golf fans will be excited to usher in the new season with the start of the PGA and this exciting golfing event. 
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This weekend some of the best golfers will tee it up at the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai.
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