+++ Two-time Masters champion to tee off at the BMW International
Open (3rd to 7th July 2024, GC München Eichenried) +++ German golf
legend to make rare appearance in his home country +++ Langer bids
farewell to the DP World Tour in Munich +++ Tickets for the
anniversary tournament available with 10 percent Christmas discount +++
Munich. The BMW International Open is celebrating a
milestone anniversary next year. The iconic German tournament will
take place for the 35th time, and a very special sportsman has already
confirmed he will be playing. Bernhard Langer, the most successful
German golfer, will tee off at the tournament that he, more than most,
has helped shape in the past. The new date at the start of July offers
German golf fans the opportunity to give the two-time Masters champion
a worthy send-off. Langer will be making his final appearance on the
DP World Tour. Tickets for the 35th BMW International Open are
available online now – with a 10 percent Christmas discount until
24th December 2023:
www.bmw-golfsport.com/tickets
“I am very much looking forward to the 35th BMW International Open,
which is particularly important to me. I was there the first time it
was held in 1989, and only missed two tournaments up to the 25th
anniversary,” said Langer. “Even though I have been playing on the PGA
Tour Champions in the USA for years, I still find it hard to imagine a
more atmospheric tournament to bid farewell to the DP World Tour than
the BMW International Open. I grew up in Anhausen, near Augsburg, and
worked as a golf instructor for three and a half years in Munich
before turning pro on the Tour, so it is great to experience another
fantastic tournament in my Bavarian home.”
The 66-year-old will play at the BMW International Open for the first
time since 2012. Even back then, Langer’s golfing CV was already
extraordinary: two Masters wins, six Ryder Cup victories (five as a
player and one as captain), the first world number one when the world
ranking list was introduced in 1986, and a member of the “World Golf
Hall of Fame” – to name but a few of his achievements.
In the meantime, Langer has added a host of records on the PGA Tour
Champions to his impressive list of successes. In 2017, he became the
first golfer ever to win all five majors at least once. This July, at
the age of 65 years, ten months and five days, he claimed his 46th
tournament win and twelfth major title – two unrivalled achievements –
at the US Senior Open. Langer not only tops the list of oldest winners
on the PGA Tour Champions, but occupies all of the top five places.
Given this – abridged – list of highlights in what has been a
phenomenal sporting career, it is a shame that he has never managed to
win the BMW International Open in his home of Bavaria. However, Langer
does hold one record, namely in 23 appearances, he has finished
runner-up on no fewer than five occasions (1992, 1995, 2000, 2002,
2007). That is more than any other player in the long history of the
tournament – and an impressive effort in its own right.
The new date on the DP World Tour calendar means there is a better
chance than ever that Langer will be joined by more top-class
contenders when the BMW International Open celebrates its big
anniversary. Having always been held immediately after the US Open in
recent years, the tournament has been moved to later in the year. It
now precedes the Scottish Open and The Open, which both take place in
Europe in the two weeks following the BMW International Open. This new
date makes it easier and more appealing for top players to incorporate
the tournament in their own personal schedules.
