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Dates: Thursday, August 30th through Sunday, September 2nd
Site: Golfclub Munchen Nord-Eichenried, Munich, Germany
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,914
Hole-By-Hole: 1 - Par 4 432 Yds 10 - Par 4 472 Yds
2 - Par 3 208 Yds 11 - Par 5 538 Yds
3 - Par 4 447 Yds 12 - Par 3 153 Yds
4 - Par 4 349 Yds 13 - Par 4 372 Yds
5 - Par 4 331 Yds 14 - Par 4 464 Yds
6 - Par 5 481 Yds 15 - Par 4 396 Yds
7 - Par 4 441 Yds 16 - Par 4 319 Yds
8 - Par 3 197 Yds 17 - Par 3 189 Yds
9 - Par 5 557 Yds 18 - Par 5 568 Yds
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36 3,443 Yds 36 3,471 Yds
Annual: 13th
Defending Champion: Thomas Bjorn
Runner-Up: Bernhard Langer
Tournament Record: 264 (Robert Karlsson, Carl Watts, 1997)
54-Hole Record: 196 (David Feherty, 1989)
36-Hole Record: 128 (David Feherty, 1989)
Course Record: 62 (David Feherty, 1989-90; Steen Tinning, Darren Clarke, 1992;
David Park, 1999)
Total Purse: $1,639,566
Shares: 1st Place - $273,250 (2001 amount); 2nd Place - 150,000 (2000 amount);
3rd Place - $84,500 (2000 amount)
2000 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Thomas Bjorn 268 Ernie Els 276
Bernhard Langer 271 Emanuele Canonica 276
Carl Suneson 272 Miguel Angel Martin 276
Ignacio Garrido 275 Daren Lee 276
Gustavo Rojas 276 Greg Owen 276
Past BMW International Open Winners and Runners-Up
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2000 -- Thomas Bjorn (268) -- Bernhard Langer
1999 -- Colin Montgomerie (268) -- Padraig Harrington
1998 -- Russell Claydon (270) -- Jamie Spence
1997 -- *Robert Karlsson (264) -- Carl Watts
1996 -- #Marc Farry (132) -- Richard Green
1995 -- Frank Nobilo (272) -- Bernhard Langer, Jarmo Sandelin
1994 -- Mark McNulty (274) -- Seve Ballesteros
1993 -- Peter Fowler (267) -- Ian Woosnam
1992 -- *Paul Azinger (266) -- Bernhard Langer, Glen Day, Anders Forsbrand,
Mark James
1991 -- Sandy Lyle (268) -- Tony Johnstone
1990 -- *Paul Azinger (277) -- David Feherty
1989 -- David Feherty (269) -- Fred Couples
* - Won in playoff.
# - Rain shortened.
Top Contenders in the Field
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Thomas Bjorn - Defending champ, 3rd on money list, 1 win, 8 top-10's
Paul Casey - Won last week's Scottish PGA for 1st career win
John Daly - Only American in the field, made cut in Reno last week
Pierre Fulke - His only top-10 was a runner-up at World Match Play
Sergio Garcia - Is expected to receive Ryder Cup captain's selection
Retief Goosen - U.S. Open champion with 2 wins in 2001, 1st in money
Padraig Harrington - Has posted five second-place finishes this year
Bernhard Langer - Currently 9th in Ryder Cup points, 9th on money list
Paul Lawrie - Has made the cut in 15 of 20 events with 3 top-10's
Paul McGinley - Has secured a spot on European Ryder Cup team
Colin Montgomerie - Two-time winner this year, 4th on money list
Jose M. Olazabal - Will be playing in USA instead of Ryder Cup this year
Andrew Oldcorn - Needs to win this week to have a shot at Ryder Cup berth
Ian Poulter - Ranked 11th in Ryder Cup pnts, just 28,926 behind Price
Phillip Price - Hanging on to his 10th-place position for Ryder Cup spot
Ian Woosnam - A win here might propel him to a Ryder Cup berth
Golftoday Network Selections
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Pick to Win - Colin Montgomerie
Darkhorse - Nick O'Hern
Last week's Pick to Win (Mathias Gronberg) - Finished tied for 68th
Last week's Darkhorse (Steve Webster) - Was disqualified after 1st round
NOTES:
For the third straight time, this event will serve as the final
tournament to gain entrance into the Ryder Cup this coming September. With
300,000 points still available, anyone within the top 23 in the Ryder Cup
points list is theoretically still in with a chance of forcing their way into
the top-10 to secure at berth at The De Vere Belfry next month. Phillip Price
currently occupies the tenth and final place to qualify for the team
automatically with 858,944 points but Ian Poulter has closed the gap to just
28,926 points after moving up to 11th following the World Golf Championships -
NEC Invitational. Miguel Angel Jiménez currently lies in 12th place ahead of
Andrew Oldcorn and Andrew Coltart respectively. Two years ago Padraig
Harrington, having just finished second the previous week, was lying in 13th
place in the Ryder Cup points list when he arrived in Munich and knew he
needed to finish no worse than joint second to make the team. In the end,
Harrington finsihed alone in second with rounds of 66-67-66-72. Last year,
Thomas Bjorn carded a second-round 63 to take a lead he never relinquished as
he defeated Bernhard Langer by three shots. Bjorn and Langer were the only
players in the field to post all four rounds in the 60's. This is the fifth
straight year in which Golfclub Munchen Nord-Eichenried is playing host and
the 10th time overall. No player has ever won this event two straight years,
with Paul Azinger the only two-time winner of the tournament, winning in 1990
and '92. The purse was increased by 300,000 euros from last year. Next week,
the European Tour moves to Switzerland for the Omega European Masters where
Eduardo Romero will defend his title.
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