Top Honours
An excellent 39 Stableford points on the West course on Thursday saw Andy Northover take the top honours with Jim Bender shooting 37pts to take the runner-up spot, Paul Davey was in third place on countback with 36pts
Nine Hole Roll Up
The nine hole roll up on Friday proved very popular indeed with Marion Baker just pipping Ken Maliphant on countback both having scored 19pts in this Stableford competition, Andrew Forrester was third on countback with 18pts.
Longest Day Challenge
In near 95 degree weather on Wednesday one of our members James Allen with three friends played 4 rounds (on the West walking!!!) in a longest day challenge to raise funds for MacMillan.
After teeing off just before 6am they managed to complete the challenge at 18:40 (with a 35 minute break for lunch).
The team consisted of James, Huseyin O'shea, Oliver Friend and Dan Hall.
James wanted to pass on a special thanks to Pete the ranger for making members aware of the challenge and for keeping our speed of play and also to all members who let us play through throughout the day - and to an unknown gentleman on the 2nd West who donated generously to the charity.
As you can imagine the lads, you could safely say were thoroughly exhausted at the end - which may go some way in explaining the state of them in the picture (as you would imagine the last back nine really was a killer!)
So far they have raised almost £1000 for a fantastic cause. Well done to them.
Click here if you would like to donate.
BMW International Open
A number of players who teed it up in the US Open at Erin Hills last week have made the journey back to Europe to contest this event. In fact, it's the strongest field in the history of the tournament. Defending champion Henrik Stenson is on the start sheet, as are: Masters champion Sergio Garcia, two-time Major winner Martin Kaymer, Ernie Els, Tommy Fleetwood and Rafa Cabrera Bello.
The Golf Club München Eichenried played host to this tournament from 1997 to 2011 and again in 2011, 2013 and 2015. The Kurt Rossknecht layout opened for play in 1989 and is a flat course protected mainly by its water hazards. The venue tends to produce low scoring. When Pablo Larrazabal won here in 2015, his winning score was 17-under-par. No fewer than 19 players finished on double figures under the card.
Frenchman Raphael Jacquelin holds the course record at GolfClub München Eichenried - he fired a 10-under-par 62 back in 2003.
Since the tournament was first hosted in 1989, it has produced some notable champions including Paul Azinger, Sandy Lyle, Colin Montgomerie and Lee Westwood. Last year at Gut Lärchenhof in Pulheim, Henrik Stenson took the title after having to complete 36-holes on the Sunday owing to rain delays. It was his second victory in the tournament, having also triumphed in 2006. Stenson used the victory as a springboard as he went on to triumph in The Open Championship at Royal Troon.
The weather forecast for this year looks to be pretty good. It looks likely to rain on Tuesday and Wednesday, which will soften the course nicely, and then be fine through the tournament with temperatures over 30 degrees centigrade. Expect more low scoring this time out.
Player Watch:
Tommy Fleetwood - Fresh off a fine performance in the US Open, Fleetwood will be looking to keep up the pace with a good result here. He was tied 11th in this event last time it was held at München Eichenried, back in 2015.
Bernd Wiesberger - The Austrian has been playing well of late. He won in China then finished tied for fourth. He hasn't missed a cut on the European Tour since last year's USPGA. He was tied 16th in the US Open. He was tied fourth on this course back in 2013.
Rafa Cabrera Bello - He played steadily at Erin Hills and will be pleased to return to a tournament in which he has a tied third and a tied second place on his CV. He'll be aiming to add a first.
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