Deutsche Bank Players Championship of Europe

Deutsche Bank Players Championship of Europe

Gut Kaden
Tournament information
Location	Alveslohe, Germany
Established	1992
Course(s)	Gut Kaden Golf Club
Par	72
Length	7,290 yards (6,670 m)
Tour(s)	European Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	€3,600,000
Month played	July
Final year	2007
Tournament record score
Aggregate	263 Robert Karlsson (2006)
To par	−25 as above
Final champion
Andrés Romero
Location map
Gut Kaden GC Location in Germany 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. 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

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Winner's share (€)
Deutsche Bank Players Championship of Europe
2007	Andrés Romero	269	−19	3 strokes	Søren Hansen Oliver Wilson	600,000
2006	Robert Karlsson	263	−25	4 strokes	Charl Schwartzel Lee Westwood	600,000
2005	Niclas Fasth	274	−14	Playoff	Ángel Cabrera	550,000
Deutsche Bank - SAP Open TPC of Europe
2004	Trevor Immelman	271	−17	1 stroke	Pádraig Harrington	500,000
2003	Pádraig Harrington	269	−19	Playoff	Thomas Bjørn	450,000
2002	Tiger Woods (3)	268	−20	Playoff	Colin Montgomerie	450,000
2001	Tiger Woods (2)	270	−18	4 strokes	Michael Campbell	450,000
2000	Lee Westwood (2)	273	−15	3 strokes	Emanuele Canonica	450,000
1999	Tiger Woods	273	−15	3 strokes	Retief Goosen	280,000
1998	Lee Westwood	265	−23	1 stroke	Darren Clarke	256,676
Deutsche Bank Open TPC of Europe
1997	Ross McFarlane	282	−6	1 stroke	Gordon Brand Jnr Anders Forsbrand	175,000
1996	Frank Nobilo	270	−18	1 stroke	Colin Montgomerie	169,162
1995	Bernhard Langer (2)	270	−18	6 strokes	Jamie Spence	151,662
Honda Open
1994	Robert Allenby	276	−12	Playoff	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	116,662
1993	Sam Torrance	278	−10	Playoff	Paul Broadhurst Johan Ryström Ian Woosnam	116,662
1992	Bernhard Langer	273	−15	3 strokes	Darren Clarke	105,000

External links

• Official site
• Coverage on the European Tour's official site