Deutsche Bank Players Championship of Europe

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Deutsche Bank Players Championship of Europe
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Gut Kaden
Tournament information
Location Alveslohe, Germany
Established1992
Course(s)Gut Kaden Golf Club
Par72
Length7,290 yards (6,670 m)
Tour(s) European Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund 3,600,000
Month playedJuly
Final year2007
Tournament record score
Aggregate263 Robert Karlsson (2006)
To par−25 as above
Final champion
Flag of Argentina.svg Andrés Romero
Location Map
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Gut Kaden GC
Location in Germany
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Gut Kaden GC
Location in Schleswig-Holstein

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.

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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

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upWinner's
share ()
Deutsche Bank Players Championship of Europe
2007 Flag of Argentina.svg Andrés Romero 269−193 strokes Flag of Denmark.svg Søren Hansen
Flag of England.svg Oliver Wilson
600,000
2006 Flag of Sweden.svg Robert Karlsson 263−254 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Charl Schwartzel
Flag of England.svg Lee Westwood
600,000
2005 Flag of Sweden.svg Niclas Fasth 274−14Playoff Flag of Argentina.svg Ángel Cabrera 550,000
Deutsche Bank - SAP Open TPC of Europe
2004 Flag of South Africa.svg Trevor Immelman 271−171 stroke Flag of Ireland.svg Pádraig Harrington 500,000
2003 Flag of Ireland.svg Pádraig Harrington 269−19Playoff Flag of Denmark.svg Thomas Bjørn 450,000
2002 Flag of the United States.svg Tiger Woods (3)268−20Playoff Flag of Scotland.svg Colin Montgomerie 450,000
2001 Flag of the United States.svg Tiger Woods (2)270−184 strokes Flag of New Zealand.svg Michael Campbell 450,000
2000 Flag of England.svg Lee Westwood (2)273−153 strokes Flag of Italy.svg Emanuele Canonica 450,000
1999 Flag of the United States.svg Tiger Woods 273−153 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Retief Goosen 280,000
1998 Flag of England.svg Lee Westwood 265−231 stroke Ulster Banner.svg Darren Clarke 256,676
Deutsche Bank Open TPC of Europe
1997 Flag of England.svg Ross McFarlane 282−61 stroke Flag of Scotland.svg Gordon Brand Jnr
Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Forsbrand
175,000
1996 Flag of New Zealand.svg Frank Nobilo 270−181 stroke Flag of Scotland.svg Colin Montgomerie 169,162
1995 Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer (2)270−186 strokes Flag of England.svg Jamie Spence 151,662
Honda Open
1994 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Robert Allenby 276−12Playoff Flag of Spain.svg Miguel Ángel Jiménez 116,662
1993 Flag of Scotland.svg Sam Torrance 278−10Playoff Flag of England.svg Paul Broadhurst
Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Ryström
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Ian Woosnam
116,662
1992 Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer 273−153 strokes Ulster Banner.svg Darren Clarke 105,000

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References

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