Ernie Els won the season-opening Mitsubishi Electric Championship on Saturday for his seventh PGA Tour Champions victory, closing with a 6-under 66 to beat Bernard Langer, Miguel Angel Jimenez and Alex Cejka by two strokes.

Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez, a three-time champion of the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai, rolled in a long eagle putt and wound up tied for the lead after the event's first round on Thursday.

Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai final leaderboard is headed by winner Ernie Els, who topped the PGA Tour Champions leaderboard this week with a win at Hualalai Golf Club in Ka'upulehu-Kona,

Ernie Els claimed his seventh PGA Tour Champions title with a remarkable 6-under 66, defeating Bernard Langer and others by two strokes. Langer aimed for his 19th consecutive tour win but missed out despite strong competition.

The PGA Tour just concluded two weeks of competition on the Hawaiian islands. Now it's the PGA Tour Champions turn to kick off 2025 in paradise.

Ernie Els has claimed a seventh PGA Tour Champions victory, winning the season opener in Hawaii by two shots from Bernard Langer, Miguel Angel Jimenez and Alex Cejka. The 55-year-old South African closed with a six-under 66 to finish at 18-under 198 at the Hualalai course on Sunday.

Ernie Els has a soft spot for Hawaii, winning five times on four different islands, including on Saturday at the Mitsubishi Electric Championship.

The PGA Tour leaves Hawaii for the California desert and the European tour resumes its season in the desert of the United Arab Emirates.

South Africa's Ernie Els and Germany's Alex Cejka share the lead entering the final round of the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai, but Germany's Bernhard Langer is in contention to make more PGA Tour Champions history.

Mitsubishi Electric Classic at Hualalai starts the 2025 PGA Tour Champions schedule with the event at Hualalai Golf Course in Ka'upulehu-Kona, Hawaii, welcoming 42 players to the limited-field event.

Australian Rod Pampling is three strokes behind the co-leaders entering the final round of the Champions Tour event, the Mitsibishi Electric Championship.