TCL Classic

TCL Classic

Tournament information
Location	Hainan Island, China
Established	2002
Course(s)	Yalong Bay Golf Club
Par	72
Length	7,172 yards (6,558 m)
Tour(s)	European Tour Asian Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$1,000,000
Month played	March
Final year	2007
Tournament record score
Aggregate	263 Johan Edfors (2006)
To par	−25 as above
Final champion
Chapchai Nirat
Location map
Yalong Bay GC Location in China

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

Year	Tour(s)	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner-up
2007	ASA, EUR	Chapchai Nirat	266	−22	3 strokes	Rafael Echenique
2006	ASA, EUR	Johan Edfors	263	−25	1 stroke	Andrew Buckle
2005	ASA, EUR	Paul Casey	266	−22	Playoff	Paul McGinley
2003–04: No tournament
2002	ASA	Colin Montgomerie	272	−16	2 strokes	Thongchai Jaidee

External links

• Coverage on the European Tour's official site