A top-class field will once again battle it out for the BMW International Open title as the tournament returns to Golfclub München Eichenried from June 24-27.
Rising star Viktor Hovland will make his first appearance in the event, taking on a selection of Major Champions, Ryder Cup stars and tournament legends.
At just 23 years of age, Hovland finds himself in the Ryder Cup reckoning and will use this opportunity to impress two-time Open Champion Padraig Harrington, who will look to go one better than his runner-up result in this event in 2006.
Former World Number One Martin Kaymer will return to the site of his second European Tour victory. He won the 20th BMW International Open at the age of 23 years and 177 days, making him the youngest winner in the tournaments history, and the only German winner of the coveted trophy.
Fellow Major winners Sergio Garcia and Louis Oosthuizen will also go in search of their first BMW International Open title, as will two-time Rolex Series winner Bernd Wiesberger.
Two-time tournament winner and 2018 Ryder Cup Captain Thomas Bjørn will also return to Munich. The Dane won this event in 2000 and 2002 and is the joint-record winner of the tournament.
Flying the home flag alongside Kaymer will be Alex Cejka, Max Kieffer and Stephan Jäger. Kieffer came close to a maiden European Tour victory at the Austrian Golf Open, losing out to American John Catlin after five play-off holes at Diamond Country Club.
Tournament organiser BMW will offer all golf and sport fans an extensive and multimedia tournament experience, with a decision on spectators to be made in the coming weeks.
“After the unavoidable cancellation of the tournament last year, we are delighted that Munich will host world-class golf again in June, and that we are able to continue the history of the BMW International Open, which stretches back as far as 1989,” said Christian Masanz, Head of Sports Marketing BMW Germany.
“Recent months have shown that professional tournaments can be run safely with appropriate concepts in place. Health and safety takes top priority, even if this unfortunately means that we are unable to allow as many spectators, if any at all. We are working closely with the European Tour and authorities on various scenarios.”
BMW will also offer a BMW iX as a hole-in-one prize on the par three 17th hole at Golfclub München Eichenreid. The BMW Group’s new technology flagship impressive thanks to sheer driving pleasure with zero local emissions.
For golf fans, BMW will offer the best possible experience through www.bmw-golfsport.com, providing an extensive range of multimediate information and entertainment. The highlights of this offering will include a full livestream, live leaderboard and statistics in cooperation with new technology partner NTT, as well as a mixture of entertaining features about the BMW International Open.
BMW wishes to thank its main partners NTT Data, Rolex and Süddeutsche Zeitung, its corporate partners, Antenne Bayern and Hilton Hotels , and all its supplier partners for their support and cooperation in these challenging times.
