SUNDAY NOVEMBER 2, 2014 – BMW MASTERS
- His fourth European Tour International Schedule victory in his 331st European Tour event.
- Moves to 2,190,153 points in The Race to Dubai.
- Could move to inside the top 70 of the Official World Golf Ranking from 152nd.
- His third consecutive European Tour season with a victory following the 2012 Alstom Open de France and the 2013 Trophée Hassan II. This is first time he has achieved this feat.
- Played in 226 European Tour events between his first and second victories; the 2004 dunhill championship and 2012 Alstom Open de France. Played in only 18 tournaments between the 2012 Alstom Open de France and 2013 Trophée Hassan II and 29 events between the 2013 Trophée Hassan II and 2014 BMW Masters.
- This victory beats his previous best 2014 performance of tied seventh in the BMW PGA Championship.
- Victory comes in his third appearance in the BMW Masters.
- This victory beats his previous best performance in the BMW Masters of tied 34th in 2013.
- Becomes the first German to win the BMW Masters.
- Becomes the second German to win a European Tour sponsored by BMW event, following Martin Kaymer (2008 BMW International Open).
- Made up five strokes going into the final round. The third of his European Tour victories where he has made up a final round deficit. The 2004 dunhill championship and 2012 Alstom Open de France he made up two shots in the final round to win.
- His five shots is the biggest final round comeback to win the BMW Masters, beating the one stroke of Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño in 2013.
- Wins his second European Tour play-off, following the 2004 dunhill championship.
OTHER FACTS
- The 66th German victory in European Tour history.
- The second German victory of the 2014 season, following Martin Kaymer (US Open Championship).
- Gains an exemption into the 2014 WGC – HSBC Champions and 2015 WGC – Bridgestone Invitational.
- Extends his European Tour exemption until the end of 2016.
- Gains his fourth victory as a professional.
- Becomes the 23rd European Tour win of the 2014 season by a former Challenge Tour player. They are: Morten Ørum Madsen (South African Open Championship hosted by the City of Ekurhuleni), Thomas Björn (Nedbank Golf Challenge), Louis Oosthuizen (Volvo Golf Champions), Pablo Larrazábal (Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship), Stephen Gallacher (Omega Dubai Desert Classic), Ross Fisher (Tshwane Open), Marco Crespi (NH Collection Open), Alexander Levy (Volvo China Open and Portugal Masters), Felipe Aguilar (The Championship at Laguna National), Daniel Brooks (Madeira Islands Open – Portugal – BPI), Mikael Lundberg (Lyoness Open powered by Greenfinity), Martin Kaymer (US Open Championship), Fabrizio Zanotti (BMW International Open), Justin Rose (Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open), David Horsey (M2M Russian Open), Marc Warren (Made in Denmark), Jamie Donaldson (D+D Real Czech Masters), Hennie Otto (71° OPEN D’ITALIA Presented by DAMIANI), Joost Luiten (ISPS Handa Wales Open), Oliver Wilson (Alfred Dunhill Links Championship), Thorbjørn Olesen (ISPS HANDA Perth International) and Marcel Siem (BMW Masters).
- Becomes the 352nd European Tour victory by a former Challenge Tour player.
