Deutsche Bank Players Championship of Europe

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

External links

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