DID YOU KNOW – BMW INTERNATIONAL OPEN
• There have been 24 different winners from the previous 27 stagings of the event.
• The BMW International Open began in 1989. This tournament has the longest consecutive sponsor of any current European Tour event, now in its 28th year.
• Fabrizio Zanotti made European Tour history at the 2014 BMW International Open. The 32 year old became the first player from Paraguay to win a European Tour event. In the process, Paraguay became the 36th different nation to win on The European Tour.
• The first five-man play-off in European Tour history took place at the 1992 BMW International Open. Former American Ryder Cup Captain, Paul Azinger, prevailed against Glen Day, Anders Forsbrand, Mark James and Bernhard Langer.
• Golf Club Gut Larchenhof will be playing host to the BMW International Open for the third time. The first two years were 2012 and 2014. Previously the course witnessed the German Masters for 11 consecutive years from 1998-2009.
• The last three European Tour events to be played at Golf Club Gut Larchenhof have seen the champions win in play-offs. In the 2009 German Masters, James Kingston defeated Anders Hanson. In the 2012 BMW International Open, Danny Willett edged out Marcus Fraser and in 2014 Fabrizio Zanotti beat Grégory Havret, Rafa Cabrera Bello and Henrik Stenson.
