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.

TCL Classic
Tournament information
LocationHainan Island, China
Established2002
Course(s)Yalong Bay Golf Club
Par72
Length7,172 yards (6,558 m)
Tour(s)European Tour
Asian Tour
FormatStroke play
Month playedMarch
Final year2007
Tournament record score
Aggregate263 Johan Edfors (2006)
To par−25 as above
Final champion
Chapchai Nirat

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
YearTour(s)[lower-alpha 1]WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner-up
2007EUR, ASA Chapchai Nirat266−223 strokes Rafael Echenique
2006EUR, ASA Johan Edfors263−251 stroke Andrew Buckle
2005EUR, ASA Paul Casey266−22Playoff[lower-alpha 2] Paul McGinley
2003–04: No tournament
2002ASA Colin Montgomerie272−162 strokes Thongchai Jaidee
  1. ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour.
  2. Casey won with birdie on second extra hole


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