German Masters (golf)

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Mercedes-Benz Championship

Tournament information
Location	Pulheim, Germany
Established	1987
Course(s)
Par	72
Length	7,289 yards (6,665 m)
Tour(s)	European Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	€2,000,000
Month played	September
Final year	2009
Tournament record score
Aggregate	262 K. J. Choi (2003)
To par	−26 as above
Final champion
James Kingston
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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.

History[]

Founded in 1987,^[1] the tournament was originally played in Stuttgart, moving to Berlin in 1994. Since 1998, it has been held at 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[]

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
Mercedes-Benz Championship
2009	James Kingston	275	−13	Playoff	Anders Hansen
2008	Robert Karlsson	275	−13	2 strokes	Francesco Molinari
2007	Søren Hansen	271	−17	4 strokes	Phillip Archer Alastair Forsyth
Linde German Masters
2006: No tournament
2005	Retief Goosen	268	−20	1 stroke	Nick Dougherty David Lynn José María Olazábal Henrik Stenson
2004	Pádraig Harrington	275	−13	3 strokes	Nick O'Hern
2003	K. J. Choi	262	−26	2 strokes	Miguel Ángel Jiménez
2002	Stephen Leaney	266	−22	1 stroke	Alex Čejka
2001	Bernhard Langer (4)	266	−22	1 stroke	John Daly Freddie Jacobson
2000	Michael Campbell	197[a]	−19	1 stroke	José Cóceres
1999	Sergio García	277	−11	Playoff	Pádraig Harrington Ian Woosnam
1998	Colin Montgomerie	266	−22	1 stroke	Robert Karlsson Vijay Singh
1997	Bernhard Langer (3)	267	−21	6 strokes	Colin Montgomerie
1996	Darren Clarke	264	−24	1 stroke	Mark Davis
Mercedes German Masters
1995	Anders Forsbrand	264	−24	2 strokes	Bernhard Langer
1994	Seve Ballesteros	270	−18	Playoff	Ernie Els José María Olazábal
1993	Steven Richardson	271	−17	2 strokes	Robert Karlsson
1992	Barry Lane	272	−16	2 strokes	Rodger Davis Bernhard Langer Ian Woosnam
1991	Bernhard Langer (2)	275	−13	Playoff	Rodger Davis
1990	Sam Torrance	272	−16	3 strokes	Bernhard Langer Ian Woosnam
German Masters
1989	Bernhard Langer	276	−12	1 stroke	José María Olazábal Payne Stewart
1988	José María Olazábal	279	−9	2 strokes	Anders Forsbrand Des Smyth
1987	Sandy Lyle	278	−10	Playoff	Bernhard Langer

References[]

External links[]

• Official site
• Coverage on the European Tour's official site