Trophée Lancôme

Trophée Lancôme
Tournament information
Location	Paris, France
Established	1970
Course(s)	Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche
Par	72
Length	6,902 yards (6,311 m)
Tour(s)	European Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	€1,800,000
Month played	September
Final year	2003
Tournament record score
Aggregate	263 Vijay Singh (1994)
To par	−24 Ian Woosnam (1987)
Final champion
	Retief Goosen
Location map
	Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche Location in France Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche Location in Île-de-France

The Trophée Lancôme was a professional golf tournament which was staged in Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche, France from 1970 to 2003.

Gaëtan Mourgue D'Algue, a French golf enthusiast from Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche, hoped to popularize the then little-known sport of Golf in France during the early 1960s. With Dominique Motte, he suggested the creation of a new championship trophy to Pierre Menet, the chairman of the Lancôme Company. Their goal was originally to bring together eight of the best players in the world. Saint-Nom-La-Bretèche had hosted the 1963 Canada Cup and the Open de France in 1965 and 1969.

The tournament started in 1970 as the "Tournament of Champions" but from 1971 it was called the "Trophée Lancôme", named after Menet's company. It began as an unofficial event, in that it was not part of a tour schedule, but it was backed by the Fédération Française de Golf and by preeminent sports agent Mark McCormack who arranged for some of the world's top players to participate. The 1970 and 1971 the tournament was played over three rounds (54 holes), but starting in 1972 it was played over four rounds (72 holes). Originally contested by 8 invited players, the field was increased to 12 in 1979.

From 1982 onwards it was an official money event on the European Tour, with an increased field size.^[1]^[2] In 1986 Bernhard Langer and Seve Ballesteros were declared joint winners as they were level after four playoff holes when darkness fell. The tournament ceased operation after 2003.

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref.
2003	Retief Goosen (2)	266	−18	4 strokes	Paul McGinley
2002	Alex Čejka	272	−12	2 strokes	Carlos Rodiles
2001	Sergio García	266	−18	1 stroke	Retief Goosen
2000	Retief Goosen	271	−13	1 stroke	Michael Campbell Darren Clarke
1999	Pierre Fulke	270	−14	1 stroke	Ignacio Garrido
1998	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	273	−11	2 strokes	David Duval Mark O'Meara Jarmo Sandelin Greg Turner
1997	Mark O'Meara	271	−13	1 stroke	Jarmo Sandelin
1996	Jesper Parnevik	268	−12	5 strokes	Colin Montgomerie
1995	Colin Montgomerie	269	−11	1 stroke	Sam Torrance
1994	Vijay Singh	263	−17	1 stroke	Miguel Ángel Jiménez
1993	Ian Woosnam (2)	267	−13	2 strokes	Sam Torrance
1992	Mark Roe	267	−13	2 strokes	Vicente Fernández
1991	Frank Nobilo	267	−13	1 stroke	Ian Baker-Finch Peter Fowler David Gilford Jamie Spence
1990	José María Olazábal	269	−11	1 stroke	Colin Montgomerie
1989	Eduardo Romero	266	−22	1 stroke	Bernhard Langer José María Olazábal
1988	Seve Ballesteros (4)	269	−15	4 strokes	José María Olazábal
1987	Ian Woosnam	264	−24	2 strokes	Mark McNulty
1986	Seve Ballesteros (3) Bernhard Langer	274	−14	Title shared^[a]
1985	Nick Price	275	−13	Playoff	Mark James
1984	Sandy Lyle	278	−10	Playoff	Seve Ballesteros
1983	Seve Ballesteros (2)	269	−19	4 strokes	Corey Pavin
1982	David Graham (2)	276	−12	2 strokes	Seve Ballesteros
1981	David Graham	280	−8	5 strokes	Isao Aoki Sandy Lyle	^[3]
1980	Lee Trevino (2)	280	−8	4 strokes	Gary Hallberg	^[4]
1979	Johnny Miller (2)	281	−7	3 strokes	Sandy Lyle Lee Trevino	^[5]
1978	Lee Trevino	272	−16	5 strokes	Gary Player Tom Watson	^[6]
1977	Graham Marsh	273	−15	Playoff	Seve Ballesteros	^[7]
1976	Seve Ballesteros	283	−5	1 stroke	Arnold Palmer	^[8]
1975	Gary Player	278	−10	6 strokes	Lanny Wadkins	^[9]
1974	Billy Casper	283	−5	3 strokes	Hale Irwin	^[10]
1973	Johnny Miller	277	−11	3 strokes	Valentín Barrios	^[11]
1972	Tommy Aaron	279	−9	3 strokes	Tom Weiskopf	^[12]
1971	Arnold Palmer	202	−14	2 strokes	Gary Player	^[13]
1970	Tony Jacklin	206	−10	1 stroke	Arnold Palmer Ramón Sota	^[14]