Trophee Lancome Golf Tournament Winners (European Tour)

The Trophee Lancome is a former professional golf tournament on the European Tour, played from the 1970s into the 2000s. Its early history had a who's who of champions, but Seve Ballesteros was this tournament's biggest winner.

First played: 1970

Last played: 2003

Between its founding in 1970 and 1980, the Trophee Lancome's roster of champions was hard to beat: Tony Jacklin won the inaugural, and there was Arnold Palmer, Johnny Miller (twice), Billy Casper, Gary Player, Seve Ballesteros and Lee Trevino (twice).

Palmer was the runner-up by one stroke to Jacklin in 1970; beat Player by two strokes to win in 1971; and was runner-up by one stroke to Ballesteros in 1976. Palmer, Casper and Player were all late in their careers at the times of their Trophee Lancome victories, and each won only a handful more times after winning here.

Ballesteros, though, was the big winner in this event. He holds the tournament record with four wins (1976, 1983, 1986, 1988). In 1976, the Trophee Lancome was not yet part of the European Tour, however, so only the later three of Ballesteros' victories are counted as among his 50 Euro Tour wins.

Ballesteros came close to multiple other wins. He lost playoffs in 1977 (to Graham Marsh) and 1984 (to Sandy Lyle), and was also runner-up in 1982. One of his victories included a playoff, but he didn't actually win the playoff: In 1986, a playoff between Ballesteros and Bernhard Langer was halted by darkness after four holes, so they shared the title.

Winners of the Trophee Lancome Golf Tournament

1970 — Tony Jacklin, 206
1971 — Arnold Palmer, 202
1972 — Tommy Aaron, 279
1973 — Johnny Miller, 277
1974 — Billy Casper, 283
1975 — Gary Player, 278
1976 — Seve Ballesteros, 283
1977 — Graham Marsh, 273 (def. Seve Ballesteros in playoff)
1978 — Lee Trevino, 272
1979 — Johnny Miller, 281
1980 — Lee Trevino, 280
1981 — David Graham, 280
1982 — David Graham, 276
1983 — Seve Ballesteros, 269
1984 — Sandy Lyle, 278 (def. Seve Ballesteros in playoff)
1985 — Nick Price, 275 (def. Mark James in playoff)
1986 — Seve Ballesteros and Bernhard Langer (tie), 274
1987 — Ian Woosnam, 264
1988 — Seve Ballesteros, 269
1989 — Eduardo Romero, 266
1990 — Jose Maria Olazabal, 269
1991 — Frank Nobilo, 267
1992 — Mark Roe, 267
1993 — Ian Woosnam, 267
1994 — Vijay Singh, 263
1995 — Colin Montgomerie, 269
1996 — Jesper Parnevik, 268
1997 — Mark O'Meara, 271
1998 — Miguel Angel Jimenez, 273
1999 — Pierre Fulke, 270
2000 — Retief Goosen, 271
2001 — Sergio Garcia, 266
2002 — Alex Cejka, 272
2003 — Retief Goosen, 266

Golf Courses: The Trophee Lancome was always played at St. Nom La Breteche Golf Club in Paris, France.

Also known as: Tournament had no other names — it was always called "Trophee Lancome."