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Duluth Mitsubishi Electric Classic announces big name competitors

By Juliakate E Culpepper
March 21, 2017

The Mitsubishi Electric Classic announced Tuesday that World Golf Hall of Fame member Bernhard Langer will compete in the tournament at Duluth’s TPC Sugarloaf golf club in April.

Langer will be joined by PGA TOUR champion stars Billy Andrade, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, José María Olazábal and Colin Montgomerie from April 10 through April 16 in Duluth.

Also in Duluth will be John Daly.

Langer, 59, finished his 2016 season winning his fourth Charles Schwab Cup title and was named Player of the Year, winning the Jack Nicklaus Award for the sixth time.

Seventy-eight PGA TOUR champion golfers will compete in April’s Mitsubishi Electric Classic and compete for $1.8 million.

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