Tournament Players Championship (United Kingdom)

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Tournament Players Championship
Tournament information
Location Cornwall, England
Established1977
Course(s) St. Mellion International Resort
Par70
Tour(s) European Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund £100,000
Month playedJune
Final year1984
Tournament record score
Aggregate265 Jaime Gonzalez (1984)
To par−18 Nick Faldo (1982)
Final champion
Flag of Brazil.svg Jaime Gonzalez
Location Map
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St. Mellion International Resort
Location in England
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St. Mellion International Resort
Location in Cornwall

The Tournament Players Championship was a professional golf tournament on the European Tour from 1977 to 1984. It was founded as a direct replacement to the Piccadilly Medal tournament. [1] [2] Except in the first two years the official name took the form "[Sponsor's name] TPC". It was played in either England or Scotland. Having started as one of the richest events on the tour, [3] it had below average prize money in later years.

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Winners of the Tournament Players Championship included two major champions, Nick Faldo of England and Bernhard Langer of Germany.

Since the demise of the Tournament Players Championship, the TPC moniker has also been applied to the Lawrence Batley International T.P.C. in 1986, the Portuguese Open TPC in 1989 and 1990, and the Deutsche Bank Open TPC of Europe in Germany from 1995 to 2007. "Tournament Players Championship" was also the original name of the PGA Tour's Players Championship, which is the richest event on that tour

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upWinner's
share (£)
Venue
St. Mellion Timeshare TPC
1984 Flag of Brazil.svg Jaime Gonzalez 265−15Playoff Flag of England.svg Mark James 16,660 St. Mellion
1983 Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer 269−112 strokes Flag of England.svg Paul Way 13,330 St. Mellion
Haig Whisky TPC
1982 Flag of England.svg Nick Faldo 270−183 strokes Flag of Spain.svg Manuel Calero 11,660 Notts
1981 Flag of Scotland.svg Brian Barnes 276−8Playoff Flag of England.svg Brian Waites 10,000 Dalmahoy
1980 Flag of Scotland.svg Bernard Gallacher 268−83 strokes Flag of England.svg Nick Faldo
Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer
9,000 Moortown
SOS Talisman TPC
1979 Flag of England.svg Michael King 281−71 stroke Flag of England.svg Brian Waites 8,330 Moor Park
Tournament Players Championship
1978 Flag of England.svg Brian Waites 286−61 stroke Flag of England.svg Neil Coles 8,000 Foxhills
1977 Flag of England.svg Neil Coles 288−41 stroke Flag of England.svg Peter Dawson 8,000 Foxhills

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References

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  2. Ward-Thomas, Pat (21 December 1976). "Professionals' target now set at million" . The Guardian. p. 17. Retrieved 12 June 2020 via Newspapers.com.
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