![](http://files.ctctcdn.com/f2579f02401/31ec87d9-59e6-4b8c-ae95-6970f3834ee4.png?a=1120417640184) Omni Tucson National's Catalina Course will host the Champions Tour's Tucson Conquistadores Classic this week. Kirk Triplett, now a four-time winner on the Champions Tour, was the most recent player to don the iconic helmet trophy when he won the last PGA TOUR Tucson Open in 2006.
Other past winners who currently compete on the Champions Tour include Jim Carter (2000), Jeff Sluman (1997), Larry Mize (1993), Lee Janzen (1992), David Frost (1988), Mike Reid (1987), Jim Thorpe (1986, '85), Tom Watson (1984, '78), Gil Morgan (1983) and Craig Stadler (1982). Sweden's Jesper Parnevik, a five-time winner on the PGA TOUR who turned 50 on March 7, will make his first start as a member of the Champions Tour this week in Tucson. Parnevik won his first PGA TOUR title at the 1998 Phoenix Open. His youngest son Phoenix is named for the site of his first victory. On the PGA TOUR, Parnevik played in Tucson three times from 1994-96 and his best finish was a T21 in 1996.
Fred Couples and Tom Watson will tee it up in Tucson in their second Champions Tour starts of the season. Couples was third at the season-opening Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai while Watson finished at T21. 2013 Charles Schwab Cup champion Kenny Perry will also make his second Champions Tour start of the year after finishing T13 in Hualalai.
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