Date:
26th to 29st August 2004
Venue:
Munich North-Eichenried golf club
Participants:
154 professionals and two amateurs in the first two rounds; the 70 best-placed players and all participants with equal scores will enter the two final rounds
Organizer:
BMW Group in association with the PGA European Tour
Tournament Directors:
Marco Kaussler
Michael Stewart (PGA European Tour)
Prize money:
1.8 million Euro
Hole-in-one:
The first player to sink a hole-in-one at the 17th will be rewarded with a BMW 645Ci Convertible
Supporting program:
Tuesday, 24th August
BMW International Open Shoot Out
Wednesday, 25th August
BMW International Open ProAm Tournament
Previous winners:
1989 David Feherty (Northern Ireland)
1990 Paul Azinger (USA)
1991 Sandy Lyle (Scotland)
1992 Paul Azinger (USA)
1993 Peter Fowler (Australia)
1994 Mark McNulty (Zimbabwe)
1995 Frank Nobilo (New Zealand)
1996 Marc Farry (France)
1997 Robert Karlsson (Sweden)
1998 Russell Claydon (England)
1999 Colin Montgomerie (Scotland)
2000 Thomas Björn (Denmark)
2001 John Daly (USA)
2002 Thomas Björn (Denmark)
2003 Lee Westwood (England)