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.

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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
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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