Tournament Players Championship (United Kingdom) Explained

Tournament Players Championship
Location:Cornwall, England
Establishment:1977
Course:St. Mellion International Resort
Par:70
Tour:European Tour
Format:Stroke play
Month Played:June
Final Year:1984
Aggregate:265 Jaime Gonzalez (1984)
To-Par:−18 Nick Faldo (1982)
Final Champion: Jaime Gonzalez
Map:England#Cornwall
Map Label:St. Mellion International Resort
Map Relief:yes
Map Size:200
Coordinates:50.468°N -4.272°W

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
265 −15 Playoff 16,660 St. Mellion
269 −11 2 strokes 13,330 St. Mellion
Haig Whisky TPC
270 −18 3 strokes 11,660 Notts
276 −8 Playoff 10,000 Dalmahoy
268 −8 3 strokes 9,000 Moortown
SOS Talisman TPC
281 −7 1 stroke 8,330 Moor Park
Tournament Players Championship
286 −6 1 stroke 8,000 Foxhills
288 −4 1 stroke 8,000 Foxhills

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Notes and References

  1. News: Cash boost as top players chase rising pound! . Neville . Foulger . Coventry Evening Telegraph . 23 December 1976 . 29 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 12 June 2020.
  2. News: Ward-Thomas . Pat . Professionals' target now set at million . The Guardian . 21 December 1976 . 17 . Newspapers.com . 12 June 2020 . subscription.
  3. News: Ward-Thomas . Pat . New championship in Surrey . The Guardian . 2 February 1977 . 20 . Newspapers.com . 12 June 2020 . subscription.