Tournament Players Championship (United Kingdom)
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Cornwall, England |
| Established | 1977 |
| Course(s) | St. Mellion International Resort |
| Par | 70 |
| Tour(s) | European Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | £100,000 |
| Month played | June |
| Final year | 1984 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 265 Jaime Gonzalez (1984) |
| To par | −18 Nick Faldo (1982) |
| Final champion | |
| Brazil Jaime Gonzalez | |
| Location map | |
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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. 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
| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Winner's share (£) |
Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mellion Timeshare TPC | ||||||||
| 1984 | Brazil Jaime Gonzalez | 265 | −15 | Playoff | England Mark James | 16,660 | St. Mellion | |
| 1983 | West Germany Bernhard Langer | 269 | −11 | 2 strokes | England Paul Way | 13,330 | St. Mellion | |
| Haig Whisky TPC | ||||||||
| 1982 | England Nick Faldo | 270 | −18 | 3 strokes | Spain Manuel Calero | 11,660 | Notts | |
| 1981 | Scotland Brian Barnes | 276 | −8 | Playoff | England Brian Waites | 10,000 | Dalmahoy | |
| 1980 | Scotland Bernard Gallacher | 268 | −8 | 3 strokes | England Nick Faldo West Germany Bernhard Langer |
9,000 | Moortown | |
| SOS Talisman TPC | ||||||||
| 1979 | England Michael King | 281 | −7 | 1 stroke | England Brian Waites | 8,330 | Moor Park | |
| Tournament Players Championship | ||||||||
| 1978 | England Brian Waites | 286 | −6 | 1 stroke | England Neil Coles | 8,000 | Foxhills | |
| 1977 | England Neil Coles | 288 | −4 | 1 stroke | England Peter Dawson | 8,000 | Foxhills | |
References
- ↑ Foulger, Neville (23 December 1976). "Cash boost as top players chase rising pound!". Coventry Evening Telegraph. p. 29. Retrieved 12 June 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ Ward-Thomas, Pat (21 December 1976). "Professionals' target now set at million". The Guardian. p. 17. Retrieved 12 June 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Ward-Thomas, Pat (2 February 1977). "New championship in Surrey". The Guardian. p. 20. Retrieved 12 June 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
