German Masters (golf)

Last updated
Mercedes-Benz Championship
Tournament information
Location Pulheim, Germany
Established1987
Course(s) Golf Club Gut Lärchenhof
Par72
Length7,289 yards (6,665 m)
Tour(s) European Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund 2,000,000
Month playedSeptember
Final year2009
Tournament record score
Aggregate262 K. J. Choi (2003)
To par−26 as above
Final champion
Flag of South Africa.svg James Kingston
Location Map
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GC Gut Lärchenhof
Location in Germany
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GC Gut Lärchenhof

The German Masters was a European Tour men's professional golf tournament played in Germany, and hosted and promoted by Germany's most successful golfer Bernhard Langer and his brother Erwin.

Contents

History

Founded in 1987, [1] the tournament was originally played in Stuttgart, moving to Berlin in 1994. Since 1998, it has been held at Golf Club Gut Lärchenhof in Pulheim near Cologne. The prize fund had climbed to €3 million by 2005, making the German Masters one of the richer tournaments on the PGA European Tour at that time outside of the major championships and the three individual World Golf Championships.

After a one-year break in 2006, the tournament returned to the European Tour schedule in 2007, renamed as the Mercedes-Benz Championship. Played as a no-cut event, it had a maximum field of 78, consisting primarily of players who had either won tournaments on the European Tour in 2007 or were in the top 75 of the Official World Golf Rankings or in the top 60 of the European Order of Merit. It was played in mid-September, a slot created by the rescheduling of the HSBC World Match Play Championship to October. However, as it clashed with the PGA Tour's Tour Championship, many leading players were unavailable, and so the prize fund had dropped to €2 million on its return, one third less than it was in 2005.

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Mercedes-Benz Championship
2009 Flag of South Africa.svg James Kingston 275−13Playoff Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Hansen
2008 Flag of Sweden.svg Robert Karlsson 275−132 strokes Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Molinari
2007 Flag of Denmark.svg Søren Hansen 271−174 strokes Flag of England.svg Phillip Archer
Flag of Scotland.svg Alastair Forsyth
Linde German Masters
2006: No tournament
2005 Flag of South Africa.svg Retief Goosen 268−201 stroke Flag of England.svg Nick Dougherty
Flag of England.svg David Lynn
Flag of Spain.svg José María Olazábal
Flag of Sweden.svg Henrik Stenson
2004 Flag of Ireland.svg Pádraig Harrington 275−133 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick O'Hern
2003 Flag of South Korea.svg K. J. Choi 262−262 strokes Flag of Spain.svg Miguel Ángel Jiménez
2002 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stephen Leaney 266−221 stroke Flag of Germany.svg Alex Čejka
2001 Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer (4)266−221 stroke Flag of the United States.svg John Daly
Flag of Sweden.svg Freddie Jacobson
2000 Flag of New Zealand.svg Michael Campbell 197 [lower-alpha 1] −191 stroke Flag of Argentina.svg José Cóceres
1999 Flag of Spain.svg Sergio García 277−11Playoff Flag of Ireland.svg Pádraig Harrington
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Ian Woosnam
1998 Flag of Scotland.svg Colin Montgomerie 266−221 stroke Flag of Sweden.svg Robert Karlsson
Flag of Fiji.svg Vijay Singh
1997 Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer (3)267−216 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Colin Montgomerie
1996 Ulster Banner.svg Darren Clarke 264−241 stroke Flag of England.svg Mark Davis
Mercedes German Masters
1995 Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Forsbrand 264−242 strokes Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer
1994 Flag of Spain.svg Seve Ballesteros 270−18Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Ernie Els
Flag of Spain.svg José María Olazábal
1993 Flag of England.svg Steven Richardson 271−172 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Robert Karlsson
1992 Flag of England.svg Barry Lane 272−162 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rodger Davis
Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Ian Woosnam
1991 Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer (2)275−13Playoff Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rodger Davis
1990 Flag of Scotland.svg Sam Torrance 272−163 strokes Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Ian Woosnam
German Masters
1989 Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer 276−121 stroke Flag of Spain.svg José María Olazábal
Flag of the United States.svg Payne Stewart
1988 Flag of Spain.svg José María Olazábal 279−92 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Forsbrand
Flag of Ireland.svg Des Smyth
1987 Flag of Scotland.svg Sandy Lyle 278−10Playoff Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer

Notes

  1. Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

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References

  1. "German event lifts tour pool to record" . The Times. London, England. 18 February 1987. p. 38. Retrieved 7 June 2020 via The Times Digital Archive.