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 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.

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

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upWinner's
share ()
Deutsche Bank Players Championship of Europe
2007Argentina Andrés Romero269−193 strokesDenmark Søren Hansen
England Oliver Wilson
600,000
2006Sweden Robert Karlsson263−254 strokesSouth Africa Charl Schwartzel
England Lee Westwood
600,000
2005Sweden Niclas Fasth274−14PlayoffArgentina Ángel Cabrera550,000
Deutsche Bank - SAP Open TPC of Europe
2004South Africa Trevor Immelman271−171 strokeRepublic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington500,000
2003Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington269−19PlayoffDenmark Thomas Bjørn450,000
2002United States Tiger Woods (3)268−20PlayoffScotland Colin Montgomerie450,000
2001United States Tiger Woods (2)270−184 strokesNew Zealand Michael Campbell450,000
2000England Lee Westwood (2)273−153 strokesItaly Emanuele Canonica450,000
1999United States Tiger Woods273−153 strokesSouth Africa Retief Goosen280,000
1998England Lee Westwood265−231 strokeNorthern Ireland Darren Clarke256,676
Deutsche Bank Open TPC of Europe
1997England Ross McFarlane282−61 strokeScotland Gordon Brand Jnr
Sweden Anders Forsbrand
175,000
1996New Zealand Frank Nobilo270−181 strokeScotland Colin Montgomerie169,162
1995Germany Bernhard Langer (2)270−186 strokesEngland Jamie Spence151,662
Honda Open
1994Australia Robert Allenby276−12PlayoffSpain Miguel Ángel Jiménez116,662
1993Scotland Sam Torrance278−10PlayoffEngland Paul Broadhurst
Sweden Johan Ryström
Wales Ian Woosnam
116,662
1992Germany Bernhard Langer273−153 strokesNorthern Ireland Darren Clarke105,000

References

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