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
Par72
Tour(s)European Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund€3,600,000
Final year2007
Final champion
Andrés Romero

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. They are more common in less prestigious tournaments.

The tournament was dropped from the 2008 European Tour schedule.

Winners
YearWinnerCountryScoreTo parMargin
of victory		Runner(s)-upWinner's
share (€)
Deutsche Bank Players Championship of Europe
2007Andrés Romero Argentina269−193 strokes Søren Hansen
Oliver Wilson		600,000
2006Robert Karlsson Sweden263−254 strokes Charl Schwartzel
Lee Westwood		600,000
2005Niclas Fasth Sweden274−14Playoff Ángel Cabrera550,000
Deutsche Bank - SAP Open TPC of Europe
2004Trevor Immelman South Africa271−171 stroke Pádraig Harrington500,000
2003Pádraig Harrington Ireland269−19Playoff Thomas Bjørn450,000
2002Tiger Woods (3) United States268−20Playoff Colin Montgomerie450,000
2001Tiger Woods (2) United States270−184 strokes Michael Campbell450,000
2000Lee Westwood (2) England273−153 strokes Emanuele Canonica450,000
1999Tiger Woods United States273−153 strokes Retief Goosen280,000
1998Lee Westwood England265−231 stroke Darren Clarke256,676
Deutsche Bank Open TPC of Europe
1997Ross McFarlane England282−61 stroke Gordon Brand Jnr
Anders Forsbrand		175,000
1996Frank Nobilo New Zealand270−181 stroke Colin Montgomerie169,162
1995Bernhard Langer (2) Germany270−186 strokes Jamie Spence151,662
Honda Open
1994Robert Allenby Australia276−12Playoff Miguel Ángel Jiménez116,662
1993Sam Torrance Scotland278−10Playoff Paul Broadhurst
Johan Ryström
Ian Woosnam		116,662
1992Bernhard Langer Germany273−153 strokes Darren Clarke105,000

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