Couples, Jimenez and Montgomerie to play in 2016 Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic

BILOXI, Miss., March 18, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Fred Couples, Miguel Angel Jimenez and Colin Montgomerie will headline a field of 26 of the top 30 money winners from the PGA Tour Champions in the 2016 Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic later this month.

Couples, a 2013 World Golf Hall of Fame inductee, is the 2012 MGRC champion. He has a career round average of 69.75 in four appearances at Fallen Oak. He won his first time out, and has finished T12, 5^th and T15 the last three years. He has 11 PGA TOUR Champions career victories, and 15 PGA TOUR wins, including the 1992 Masters Tournament.

Jimenez, known as "the most interesting man in golf," will be playing a second straight year after finishing T22 last year. A native of Spain, he has two PGA TOUR Champions victories in nine career starts, including the 2015 Mitsubishi Electric Championship. He has 21 international victories, and finished tied for 4^th at The Masters in 2014.

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About the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic
In addition to C Spire as the tournament's presenting sponsor, the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic is uniquely funded by a group of 11 consortium partners who view the event as an ideal way to promote the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The 2016 consortium partners are C Spire, Mississippi Power, Beau Rivage Hotel & Resort-Fallen Oak, IP Resort & Spa, F.E.B. Distributing, Habitat for Humanity, Hard Rock Biloxi, Harrah's Gulf Coast, Hancock Bank, Hollywood Gulf Coast/Boomtown, Coca-Cola and Roy Anderson Corp. The tournament is administered through the MGRC Foundation, Inc. and will benefit Habitat for Humanity of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

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