Henrik Stenson is understandably looking forward to this week’s BMW International Open, as the Swede chases an overdue victory in one of his most productive events.
The 40-year-old won this event when it was staged in Munich in 2006, on a course where he was recorded four other top ten finishes including being runner-up last year.
This year the tournament takes place at Golf Club Gut Laerchenhof in Pulheim, but Stenson’s record is equally impressive there having finished tenth in 2012 and second in 2014.
Stenson has had four top-ten finishes in seven starts on The Race to Dubai this year, and is now looking to convert that form into victory.
“We all have certain tournaments that we have on our schedule year in, year out, and this is certainly one of them,” he said.
“I’ve been quite successful both at this course and down in Munich when I won in ‘06.
“I like coming to Germany, I’ve got a lot of fans here, I’ve been playing well and I enjoy the week so it’s good to be back.
“Hit the fairways, hit the greens and putt well. To be fair, two years ago I was not really in the mix but I got on a real spurt on the back nine and I made a couple of birdies and made a good eagle on 12 and another birdie on 13 so I came from quite far back and a really good back nine put me right in the mix.
“You’ve got to take advantage of the par fives.”
