The Mercedes Championships, the season-opening champions-only PGA TOUR event, returns to The Plantation Course at Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii, December 31, 2001 through January 6, 2002. An elite field of the 2001 PGA TOUR champions competes in this exciting four-day event. The field of golf's greatest players includes defending champion, Jim Furyk, Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Davis Love III, Sergio Garcia and many more.

Photos and player interviews are available in the Mercedes Championships section on the Kapalua Newswire.

Mercedes Championships proceeds benefit charity.

Tournament host, Kapalua Maui Charities, Inc., a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization, raised over $232,000 for the local community during the 2001 Mercedes Championships.

2002 benefiting charities include:
• American Lung Association
• Friends of the Children's Justice Center
• Girl Scout Council of Hawaii
• Hale Makua
• J. Walter Cameron Center
• Ka Lima O Maui
• Lahainaluna High School Athletic Dept.
• Maui Economic Opportunity
• Maui Junior Golf
• Maui Memorial Medical Center Foundation
• The Art School at Kapalua