The BMW International Open is an annual men's professional
golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...
tournament on the
European Tour
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held in
Germany
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.
History
Founded in 1989, it was held near
BMW's home city of
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and ...
every year until 2012. From 1989 to 1993 and from 1997 to 2011 it was played at the
Golfclub München Eichenried while from 1994 to 1996 it was held at
St. Eurach Land-und-Golfclub. In 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018, the event was played at
Golf Club Gut Lärchenhof near
Cologne
Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 millio ...
, alternating with Golfclub München Eichenried, which hosted the event in 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019.
The event was for a time the only European Tour event played in Germany, until the
Porsche European Open
The European Open is a European Tour golf tournament. Founded in 1978, up to 1994 it was played at various courses in England, including Sunningdale and Walton Heath, except for the 1979 event, which was held at Turnberry in Scotland. Betwee ...
moved to Germany in 2015.
Winners
Notes
References
External links
Coverage on the European Tour's official site
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Golf tournaments in Germany
European Tour events
Recurring sporting events established in 1989
1989 establishments in West Germany