BMW International Open Winners and History

The BMW International Open is the only European Tour event held in Germany (which I find surprising). It is not, however, the only European Tour tournament sponsored by BMW, which also hosts the BMW PGA Tour Championship and the BMW Masters, as well as the BMW Championship on the PGA TOUR.

The BMW International Open’s inaugural event was in 1989 and was held near Munich. In 2012, the event moved to Cologne. The current venue is the Golf Club Gut Lärchenhof.

David Feherty, now of the Golf Channel, was the inaugural winner in 1989. Frank Nobolo, another golf tv personality was the winner in 1997.

A list of BMW International Open winners follows

Year	Winner	Score
2023	Thriston Lawrence	275 (-13)
2022	Haoting Li	266 (-22)
2021	Viktor Hovland	269 (-19)
2020	COVID
2019	Andrea Pavan	273 (-15)
2018	Matt Wallace	278 (-10)
2017	Andres Romero	271 (−17)
2016	Henrik Stenson	271 (−17)
2015	Pablo Larrazábal (2)	271 (−17)
2014	Fabrizio Zanotti	269 (−19)
2013	Ernie Els	270 (−18)
2012	Danny Willett	277 (−11)PO
2011	Pablo Larrazábal	272 (−16)PO
2010	David Horsey	270 (−18)
2009	Nick Dougherty	266 (−22)
2008	Martin Kaymer	273 (−15)PO
2007	Niclas Fasth	275 (−13)
2006	Henrik Stenson	273 (−15)PO
2005	David Howell	265 (−23)
2004	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	267 (−21)
2003	Lee Westwood	269 (−19)
2002	Thomas Bjørn	264 (−24)
2001	John Daly	261 (−27)
2000	Thomas Bjørn	268 (−20)
1999	Colin Montgomerie	268 (−20)
1998	Russell Claydon	270 (−18)
1997	Robert Karlsson	264 (−24)PO
1996	Marc Farry	132 (−12)*
1995	Frank Nobilo	272 (−16)
1994	Mark McNulty	274 (−14)
1993	Peter Fowler	267 (−21)
1992	Paul Azinger	266 (−22)PO
1991	Sandy Lyle	268 (−20)
1990	Paul Azinger	277 (−11)PO
1989	David Feherty	269 (−19)