2010 BMW International Open

The first round is underway at the 2010 BMW International Open in München Nord Eichenried. Sadly, it is the only remaining European Tour tournament in Germany, but that doesn’t keep the stars from coming as the list of participating players reads like the who is who on the European Tour.

Martin Kaymer hopes to follow up rather to his 2008 results (he won) than to his 2009 results (he missed the cut). He sounds quite confident in the pre-tournament interview on teeoff24.de. Despite fighting the jetlag after his return from California – where he finished T8 at the 2010 US Open alongside Alex Cejka – he feels confident in his game and hopes to keep last weeks momentum going. He currently is even par after 11 holes.

As usual, a whole bunch of german players participate in the tournament, there are the better known like Bernhard Langer, Alex Cejka, Sven Strüver, Marcel Siem and Tino Schuster (whom I followed at the 2007 Deutsche Bank Championship) but also hopeful talents like Stephan Gross, Arwed Fischer, Florian Fritsch, Max Kiefer, Nicolas Meitinger, Alexander Knappe, Jochen Lupprian and Christopher Trunzer. Let’s hope many of them make it into the weekend.