TCL Classic

The TCL Classic was a men's professional golf tournament which was played on a course designed by American Robert Trent Jones, Jr. at Yalong Bay Golf Club in Sanya on Hainan Island, People's Republic of China four times between 2002 and 2007. The first tournament was held at Haiyi Golf Club in Dongguan on Guangdong, China, in 2002. It was the first tournament sponsored by the Chinese company TCL Corporation.

The tournament was first played in 2002, when, as an event sanctioned by the Asian Tour, it was won by Scotsman Colin Montgomerie. The event was not held in 2003 or 2004 but was reintroduced in 2005 with co-sanctioning from the European Tour consistent with the latter's expansion to China, in which more Tour events are played than in any other country save the United Kingdom. In 2007, the tournament offered a purse of $1,000,000, which fund was one of the smallest amongst those of European Tour events. The TCL Classic was dropped from the 2008 schedule.

Winners

YearWinnerCountryScoreTo parMargin
of victory
Runner-up
2007Chapchai Nirat Thailand266−223 strokesArgentina Rafael Echenique
2006Johan Edfors Sweden263−251 strokeAustralia Andrew Buckle
2005Paul Casey England266−22PlayoffRepublic of Ireland Paul McGinley
Prior to European Tour co-sanctioning


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