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Name change for Champions Tour event at Sugarloaf

Tournament played at TPC Sugarloaf in Duluth will have a new name come next April.

Credit: Curtis Compton

Credit: Curtis Compton

Tournament played at TPC Sugarloaf in Duluth will have a new name come next April.
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Aug 20, 2015

The Greater Gwinnett Championship golf tournament played at TPC Sugarloaf in Duluth is getting a new name: the Mitsubishi Electric Classic.

Mitsubishi Electric U.S. Heating and Cooling has been the Champions Tour event’s presenting sponsor (presented by … ) for the past three years. It will now be the title sponsor in an agreement that will last through 2020.

Next year’s tournament will be played April 11-17 and will be broadcast by Golf Channel. Olin Browne is the defending champ.

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