Deutsche Bank Players Championship of Europe

The Deutsche Bank Players Championship of Europe was an annual 72-hole stroke play professional golf tournament for men. It was last played in Germany and was part of the European Tour schedule. The tournament was founded in 1992 as the Honda Open and acquired the tag of The Players Championship of Europe or TPC of Europe in 1995. It was last played at Gut Kaden.[1] The prize fund in 2007 was 3.6 million, which put it in the top group of European Tour events outside the major championships and World Golf Championships, but not at the head of the list.

Deutsche Bank Players Championship of Europe
Gut Kaden
Tournament information
LocationAlveslohe, Germany
Established1992
Course(s)Gut Kaden Golf Club
Par72
Length7,290 yards (6,670 m)
Tour(s)European Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund3,600,000
Month playedJuly
Final year2007
Tournament record score
Aggregate263 Robert Karlsson (2006)
To par−25 as above
Final champion
Argentina Andrés Romero
Location map
Gut Kaden GC is located in Germany
Gut Kaden GC
Gut Kaden GC
Location in Germany
Gut Kaden GC is located in Schleswig-Holstein
Gut Kaden GC
Gut Kaden GC
Location in Schleswig-Holstein

The parallels between this tournament and the PGA Tour's Players Championship are not very strong. The European Players Championship was not the richest event on the European Tour and it was not played close to the Tour's headquarters. The Players Championship's closest parallel in Europe is perhaps the BMW PGA Championship, although that was originally the British PGA Championship, and thus equivalent to the PGA Championship, organised by the PGA of America, which is a major championship and is now a European Tour event.

Before it was attached to the event in Germany, the TPC/Players Championship tag was applied briefly to European Tour events in England and Portugal. It was more of a marketing tool than a genuine indication that the event is different from other leading European Tour events in any important way.

Tiger Woods has played in the tournament several times. He was said to have received large appearance fees, which give rise to some controversy as appearance fees are not normally paid by European Tour events which actually take place in Europe.[citation needed] They are more common in less prestigious tournaments.

The tournament was dropped from the 2008 European Tour schedule.

Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Winner's
share ()
Deutsche Bank Players Championship of Europe
2007   Andrés Romero 269 −19 3 strokes   Søren Hansen
  Oliver Wilson
600,000
2006   Robert Karlsson 263 −25 4 strokes   Charl Schwartzel
  Lee Westwood
600,000
2005   Niclas Fasth 274 −14 Playoff   Ángel Cabrera 550,000
Deutsche Bank - SAP Open TPC of Europe
2004   Trevor Immelman 271 −17 1 stroke   Pádraig Harrington 500,000
2003   Pádraig Harrington 269 −19 Playoff   Thomas Bjørn 450,000
2002   Tiger Woods (3) 268 −20 Playoff   Colin Montgomerie 450,000
2001   Tiger Woods (2) 270 −18 4 strokes   Michael Campbell 450,000
2000   Lee Westwood (2) 273 −15 3 strokes   Emanuele Canonica 450,000
1999   Tiger Woods 273 −15 3 strokes   Retief Goosen 280,000
1998   Lee Westwood 265 −23 1 stroke   Darren Clarke 256,676
Deutsche Bank Open TPC of Europe
1997   Ross McFarlane 282 −6 1 stroke   Gordon Brand Jnr
  Anders Forsbrand
175,000
1996   Frank Nobilo 270 −18 1 stroke   Colin Montgomerie 169,162
1995   Bernhard Langer (2) 270 −18 6 strokes   Jamie Spence 151,662
Honda Open
1994   Robert Allenby 276 −12 Playoff   Miguel Ángel Jiménez 116,662
1993   Sam Torrance 278 −10 Playoff   Paul Broadhurst
  Johan Ryström
  Ian Woosnam
116,662
1992   Bernhard Langer 273 −15 3 strokes   Darren Clarke 105,000

References

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  1. ^ "Gut Kaden". Archived from the original on 2015-10-09. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
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