BILOXI — The Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic (MGRC) announced that Jose Maria Olazabal has committed to the 2017 tournament (March 30-April 2) at Fallen Oak.

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Olazabal is a two-time Masters Champion, in 1994 and 1999, and was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2009. He captained the victorious European Ryder Cup team in 2012. He is making his first trip to the Mississippi Gulf Coast after joining the PGA TOUR Champions this season.

He joins fellow Hall of Famer and former European Ryder Cup Captain Colin Montgomerie in the field. The European Ryder Cup captain before Olazabal, Montgomerie was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2013. He has four PGA TOUR Champion victories, including three majors. He won the Senior PGA Championship in 2014 and 2015, in addition to the 2014 U.S. Senior Open.

Tickets for the MGRC are $15 and may be purchased online at www.2017MGRC.com or by calling the tournament office at (228) 896-6365. Children 16 and under are admitted free with a ticketed adult and all active and retired military and their families are admitted free with a military issued identification card.

This will be the eighth year that the Mississippi Gulf Coast will host the best players on the PGA TOUR Champions. For the seventh consecutive year, the tournament will be broadcast live on the Golf Channel, with Saturday and Sunday’s rounds being aired to over 85 million households throughout the United States.

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Olazabal to play in Gulf Resort Classic

by Rick Cleveland, Mississippi Today
March 8, 2017

					<h1>Olazabal to play in Gulf Resort Classic</h1>
<p class="byline">by Rick Cleveland, Mississippi Today <br />March 8, 2017</p>
					
<p>BILOXI — The Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic (MGRC) announced that Jose Maria Olazabal has committed to the 2017 tournament (March 30-April 2) at Fallen Oak.</p>
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<figure class="alignright is-resized"><a href="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Olazabal.jpg?ssl=1"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Olazabal.jpg?resize=237%2C330&amp;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-54324" height="330" width="237" /></a><figcaption><strong>Jose Marie Olazabal</strong></figcaption></figure>
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<p>Olazabal is a two-time Masters Champion, in 1994 and 1999, and was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2009. He captained the victorious European Ryder Cup team in 2012. He is making his first trip to the Mississippi Gulf Coast after joining the PGA TOUR Champions this season.</p>
<p>He joins fellow Hall of Famer and former European Ryder Cup Captain Colin Montgomerie in the field. The European Ryder Cup captain before Olazabal, Montgomerie was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2013. He has four PGA TOUR Champion victories, including three majors. He won the Senior PGA Championship in 2014 and 2015, in addition to the 2014 U.S. Senior Open.</p>
<p>Tickets for the MGRC are $15 and may be purchased online at www.2017MGRC.com or by calling the tournament office at (228) 896-6365. Children 16 and under are admitted free with a ticketed adult and all active and retired military and their families are admitted free with a military issued identification card.</p>
<p>This will be the eighth year that the Mississippi Gulf Coast will host the best players on the PGA TOUR Champions. For the seventh consecutive year, the tournament will be broadcast live on the Golf Channel, with Saturday and Sunday’s rounds being aired to over 85 million households throughout the United States.</p>

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