The Mitsubishi Electric Classic is metro Atlanta’s PGA TOUR Champions event and is held annually featuring legends of the game such as Tom Watson, Miguel Angel Jimenez, and Bernhard Langer. The Mitsubishi Electric Classic proudly stands as a premier golf tournament on the PGA TOUR Champions, but this event is much more than a golf tournament. The events and activities associated with the Mitsubishi Electric Classic provide an all-inclusive, entertaining atmosphere and the beautiful views of TPC Sugarloaf serve as a backdrop for world-class golf and provide the perfect venue to mingle with friends and business leaders while watching the legends of the game. This week’s event, which benefits local charities through the Gwinnett Championship Foundation Inc., has raised nearly $2 million since the first tournament in 2013
This week, historically one of the best fields on the PGA TOUR Champions circuit. Past winners have recorded a combined 46 PGA TOUR Champions titles, 14 PGA TOUR wins and 12 major championship victories.
Charity impact has reached nearly $2 million since 2013, and in 2017 Special Needs Schools of Gwinnett, one of the benefiting charities of the tournament, was named PGA TOUR Champions charity of the year.
Economic impact and exposure for the region is huge with local estimated economic impact exceeding $10 million for a standard PGA TOUR Champions event. It’s also great exposure for the region with more than 10 hours of live Mitsubishi Electric Classic television coverage, reaching over 400 million households each year, a national and international spotlight shines on Gwinnett County, along with metro Atlanta and the entire region during tournament week.
You can also stay connected this week as The Classic will permit fans to bring their mobile phones and devices in the tournament as part of the PGA TOUR Champions mobile device policy.
The tournament rounds begin Friday and run through Sunday when a deserving champions will be crowned at TPC Sugarloaf.
