Deutsche Bank Players Championship of Europe

The Deutsche Bank Players Championship of Europe was an annual 72 hole stroke play professional golf tournament for men. It was 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 always been played at either Gut Kaden or Golf Club St Leon Rot (the websites are in German). 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 is not the richest event on the European Tour and it is 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 current event in Germany the TPC/Players Championship tag was applied briefly to European Tour events in England and Portugal. It is 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

Deutsche Bank Players Championship of Europe

• 2007 Andrés Romero -  Argentina
• 2006 Robert Karlsson -  Sweden
• 2005 Niclas Fasth -  Sweden

Deutsche Bank - SAP Open TPC of Europe

• 2004 Trevor Immelman -  South Africa
• 2003 Pádraig Harrington -  Ireland
• 2002 Tiger Woods -  United States
• 2001 Tiger Woods -  United States
• 2000 Lee Westwood -  England
• 1999 Tiger Woods -  United States
• 1998 Lee Westwood -  England

Deutsche Bank Open TPC of Europe

• 1997 Ross McFarlane -  England
• 1996 Frank Nobilo -  New Zealand
• 1995 Bernhard Langer -  Germany

Honda Open

• 1994 Robert Allenby -  Australia
• 1993 Sam Torrance -  Scotland
• 1992 Bernhard Langer -  Germany

External links

• Official site
• Coverage on the European Tour's Official site - use the schedule browser on the left to access other years.