Mercedes-Benz Championship

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  • The Mercedes-Benz Championship is annually the opening tournament of the PGA Tour season. It takes place in Maui, Hawaii during the first weekend in January and the field is limited to those players who won at least one event the previous season.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_Championship_(PGA_Tour) Geoff Ogilvy won the tournament in 2009. The purse for the 2010 Mercedes-Benz Championship is $5.6 million and the winners share is $1.12 million.http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r016/

  • Background

    The Mercedes-Benz Championship was originally known as the Tournament of Champions and was first held in 1953. Al Besselink won the event by one shot over Chandler Harper. Besselink finished second the following year to Art Wall.http://cms.kapalua.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=96&Itemid=924 The name of the event has changed several times and became the Mercedes-Benz Championship in 2007. SBS has now become the title sponsor of the event for the next ten years.http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r016/ Jack Nicklaus won the event a record five times. Stuart Appleby, Gene Littler, Arnold Palmer and Tom Watson have each won the tournament three times.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_Championship_(PGA_Tour)

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