David Horsey wins BMW International Open

England’s David Horsey finished strongly to beat his countryman Ross Fisher by a shot and so take the BMW International Open title at Golfclub München Eichenried in Germany. It was his first European Tour victory.

David Horsey
Fergus Bisset
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England's David Horsey finished strongly to beat his countryman Ross Fisher by a shot and so take the BMW International Open title at Golfclub München Eichenried in Germany. It was his first European Tour victory.

Horsey began the final round five adrift of Welshman Bradley Dredge but he charged up the leaderboard with a closing 67 that included birdies on two of his last three holes.

The youngster from Cheshire posted a total of 18-under-par and it began to look very useful when Dredge made a double bogey six at the 319 yard 16th.

Dredge had led from day one, recording just one bogey in his first 63 holes. But three putts on the 10th and 12th then the error on the 16th cost him the chance of victory.

Horsey watched on as Dredge failed to claw the shots back. The Welshman needed an albatross on the last to tie but he could only manage a birdie so Horsey was the champion.

"It's unbelievable and it's not sunk in yet," he said. "This win is what I've been trying to get for over a year. I felt I was good enough coming out on Tour, but maybe I put a little bit too much pressure on myself."

Ross Fisher closed with an eagle three to secure second place on his own. Dredge fell back into a tie for third with Rafael Cabrera-Bello, Alex Cejka, Pablo Larrazabal and Kenneth Ferrie.

BMW International Open Golfclub München Eichenried, Germany June 24-27, purse €2,000,000, par 72

1    David Horsey (Eng)    69    67    67    67    270    €333,330 2    Ross Fisher (Eng)        69    66    66    70    271    €222,220 T3    Rafael Cabrera-Bello (Esp) 71     67    66    68    272    €88,000 T3    Alex Cejka (Ger)        71    67    67    67    272    €88,000 T3    Bradley Dredge (Wal)    64    67    67    74    272    €88,000 T3    Kenneth Ferrie (Eng)    67    67    70    68    272    €88,000 T3    Pablo Larrazabal (Esp)    66    66    72    68    272    €88,000 8    Charl Schwartzel (RSA)    67    69    68    69    273    €50,000 T9    Alejandro Canizares (Esp) 71    67    67    69    274    €42,400 T9    Simon Thornton (Ire)    67    67    67    73    274    €42,400

Note: Player score in bold signifies Titleist ball usage only

Fergus Bisset
Fergus Bisset
Contributing Editor

Fergus is Golf Monthly's resident expert on the history of the game and has written extensively on that subject. He has also worked with Golf Monthly to produce a podcast series. Called 18 Majors: The Golf History Show it offers new and in-depth perspectives on some of the most important moments in golf's long history. You can find all the details about it here.

He is a golf obsessive and 1-handicapper. Growing up in the North East of Scotland, golf runs through his veins and his passion for the sport was bolstered during his time at St Andrews university studying history. He went on to earn a post graduate diploma from the London School of Journalism. Fergus has worked for Golf Monthly since 2004 and has written two books on the game; "Great Golf Debates" together with Jezz Ellwood of Golf Monthly and the history section of "The Ultimate Golf Book" together with Neil Tappin , also of Golf Monthly.

Fergus once shanked a ball from just over Granny Clark's Wynd on the 18th of the Old Course that struck the St Andrews Golf Club and rebounded into the Valley of Sin, from where he saved par. Who says there's no golfing god?

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