Tournament Players Championship (United Kingdom)

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.

Tournament Players Championship

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
Jaime Gonzalez
Location map
St. Mellion International Resort Location in England Show map of England St. Mellion International Resort Location in Cornwall Show map of Cornwall

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	Jaime Gonzalez	265	−15	Playoff	Mark James	16,660	St. Mellion
1983	Bernhard Langer	269	−11	2 strokes	Paul Way	13,330	St. Mellion
Haig Whisky TPC
1982	Nick Faldo	270	−18	3 strokes	Manuel Calero	11,660	Notts
1981	Brian Barnes	276	−8	Playoff	Brian Waites	10,000	Dalmahoy
1980	Bernard Gallacher	268	−8	3 strokes	Nick Faldo Bernhard Langer	9,000	Moortown
SOS Talisman TPC
1979	Michael King	281	−7	1 stroke	Brian Waites	8,330	Moor Park
Tournament Players Championship
1978	Brian Waites	286	−6	1 stroke	Neil Coles	8,000	Foxhills
1977	Neil Coles	288	−4	1 stroke	Peter Dawson	8,000	Foxhills

References

1. 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.
2. Ward-Thomas, Pat (21 December 1976). "Professionals' target now set at million". The Guardian. p. 17. Retrieved 12 June 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Ward-Thomas, Pat (2 February 1977). "New championship in Surrey". The Guardian. p. 20. Retrieved 12 June 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

• Coverage on the European Tour's official site