Michael Hollick left it late to claim his first DP World Tour title and deny fellow South African Hennie du Plessis at the BMW International Open.
The 39-year-old produced a sensational birdie-eagle finish at Golfclub München Eichenried to sign for a closing 67 and reach 18 under par, becoming the third player from South Africa to win the event following Thirston Lawrence in 2023 and Ernie Els in 2013.
The South African took a break from the game in 2022 and went into coaching at Mount Edgecombe Country Club Estate in Durban. He is currently embarking on his rookie season after an excellent campaign on the Sunshine Tour saw him finish seventh on the Order of Merit in 2025 and take the final available DP World Tour card.
Hollick fell three shots off the lead with two holes to play in Munich, however, Du Plessis bogeyed the 17th and could only make par at the last to leave the door ajar.
Hollick had bogeyed the 16th but made amends with a brilliant birdie at the penultimate hole before taking on a dangerous line off the final tee. It paid dividends as he just avoided the water and then produced a stunning approach to 20 feet to set up the tournament-winning eagle putt, which he drained for a remarkable victory.
Du Plessis’ final-round 66 saw him finish in second place and secure his spot at the 154th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale in two weeks’ time via the Race to Dubai Rankings Delivered by DP World, alongside Bernd Wiesberger who was three shots further back in third at 14 under.
Oihan Guillamoundeguy and Carlos Ortiz were in a tie for fourth at 12 under and local favourite Thomas Rosenmueller also eagled the last to jump into solo sixth.
Ashun Wu and Joaquin Niemann both carded 70 to finish in a share of seventh at ten under, with Marco Penge, Joe Dean, Kiradech Aphribarnrat and Victor Perez one shot further back.
Eugenio Chacarra clinched the European Swing following the conclusion of the BMW International Open. Despite missing the cut at at Golfclub München Eichenried, successive victories at the KLM Open and DS Automobiles 83° Open d’Italia helped Chacarra open up a significant gap to Kota Kaneko to secure the $200,000 prize and earn entries to each event of Phase Two of the season – The Back 9.
Meanwhile, as the leading available DP World Tour member not otherwise exempt from the European Swing Rankings, Oliver Lindell will join the field for the Genesis Scottish Open next week – the second Rolex Series event of the season.
There were five spots available for the 154th Open Championship, who are not already exempt, via the Race to Dubai Rankings delivered by DP World at the conclusion of the BMW International Open. Joining Du Plessis and Wiesberger at Royal Birkdale will be Jayden Schaper, who won successive events in South Africa and Mauritius at the start of the season and English duo Andy Sullivan and Dan Bradbury.
Player Quotes
Michael Hollick: I was actually calm the whole day, stuck to the same stuff I’ve done the whole week. You start making birdies and it’s easy to start thinking too far ahead, and I kind of brought myself back. I just said, ‘if I have a chance to win the tournament on the back nine, that’s what I want’ and funnily enough yesterday when I went to bed, I thought if I have the chance to make eagle at the last to win it, that would be something.
I actually thought I was a big far back, I didn’t really know what the scores were but I saw Hennie was going a bit upfront and I had two five-irons. Two perfect five-irons on 17 and 18, so couldn’t ask for much more really.
It’s amazing, honestly. I’ve just given myself and my family such a good opportunity, so really looking forward to it. Four years ago, I put the clubs in the cupboard and started coaching, did a full year of coaching full-time and played like ten events on the Sunshine Tour, played quite well but didn’t get into any of the big events.
Then started 2024 by winning the Zimbabwe Open and started finding my feet again and won another two tournaments and then started the season nicely here. The first year is tough, it’s all the unknown, you’re playing your heart out to keep your card and give yourself a chance next year, but here we are.
Final scores
270 M HOLLICK (RSA) 66 68 69 67,
271 H DU PLESSIS (RSA) 64 69 72 66,
274 B WIESBERGER (AUT) 68 68 67 71,
276 O GUILLAMOUNDEGUY (FRA) 69 67 70 70, C ORTIZ (MEX) 67 67 70 72,
277 T ROSENMUELLER (GER) 69 71 65 72,
278 A WU (CHN) 70 66 72 70, J NIEMANN (CHI) 68 70 70 70,
279 J DEAN (ENG) 66 69 76 68, V PEREZ (FRA) 72 67 73 67, K APHIBARNRAT (THA) 70 68 70 71, M PENGE (ENG) 68 69 70 72,
280 H TOWNSEND (SWE) 70 66 75 69, R PARATORE (ITA) 70 67 72 71, O LINDELL (FIN) 69 69 70 72,
281 Q DEBOVE (FRA) 67 72 72 70, J WINTHER (DEN) 68 70 71 72, N ELVIRA (ESP) 67 71 71 72, A DEL REY (ESP) 68 71 70 72, F SCHOTT (GER) 70 70 68 73, M ELVIRA (ESP) 67 69 71 74, R LANGASQUE (FRA) 67 72 75 67,
282 J GIRRBACH (SUI) 71 69 71 71, M SCHMID (GER) 69 67 74 72, R FISHER (ENG) 66 70 74 72, N VON DELLINGSHAUSEN (GER) 74 66 70 72, F LACROIX (FRA) 69 66 74 73, S MAZZOLI (ITA) 68 72 72 70, J SENIOR (ENG) 69 65 72 76,
283 F CELLI (ITA) 69 70 72 72, B DALKE (USA) 69 66 75 73, M STEINLECHNER (AUT) 69 69 73 72, U COUSSAUD (FRA) 69 69 72 73, F K?LLE (AM) (GER) 70 67 72 74, C HILL (SCO) 70 70 74 69, N N?RGAARD (DEN) 68 71 75 69, J KO (FRA) 67 73 67 76,
284 P WARING (ENG) 66 69 74 75, S JAMIESON (SCO) 69 71 72 72, S NORRIS (RSA) 69 69 74 72, D VAN TONDER (RSA) 70 69 74 71, M JORDAN (ENG) 68 70 75 71, T CLEMENTS (ENG) 68 70 70 76, C JARVIS (RSA) 71 67 69 77,
285 J MORRISON (ENG) 69 71 71 74, J RITCHIE (RSA) 65 71 75 74, A SULLIVAN (ENG) 68 69 72 76, S BAIRSTOW (ENG) 69 70 73 73, Q VIDAL (ESP) 69 71 77 68,
286 A LEVY (FRA) 70 67 74 75, D BRYANT (USA) 66 74 69 77, A GARCIA-HEREDIA (ESP) 68 72 74 72, A ANCER (MEX) 70 68 77 71, M ARMITAGE (ENG) 70 69 78 69,
287 F BIONDI FIGUEIREDO (BRA) 71 69 73 74,
288 R NEERGAARD-PETERSEN (DEN) 69 68 74 77,
289 D YOUNG (SCO) 66 71 75 77, A MERONK (POL) 67 69 80 73,
290 D NAIDOO (RSA) 73 67 72 78, J SCHAPER (RSA) 64 73 75 78,
291 S MUNOZ (COL) 68 72 74 77, B SCHMIDT (ENG) 68 71 78 74, S GARCIA (ESP) 68 68 81 74, G DE LEO (ITA) 69 70 83 69,
292 D VAN DRIEL (NED) 72 68 75 77,
293 M MANASSERO (ITA) 70 70 76 77,
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141 D LAW (SCO) 68 73, M SIEM (GER) 72 69, J CAMPILLO (ESP) 71 70, D BROWN (ENG) 69 72, E CHACARRA (ESP) 72 69, J OLESEN (DEN) 70 71, J BALLESTER (ESP) 69 72, J SCRIVENER (AUS) 70 71, S CROCKER (USA) 70 71, B FOLLETT-SMITH (ZIM) 68 73, F MORY (FRA) 69 72, G MIGLIOZZI (ITA) 70 71, R GOUVEIA (POR) 69 72, A GALLEGOS (ARG) 71 70, J BUCHANAN (AUS) 70 71,
142 B ROBINSON THOMPSON (ENG) 69 73, M COUVRA (FRA) 69 73, B STONE (RSA) 72 70, S KAEWKANJANA (THA) 72 70, R RAMSAY (SCO) 69 73, J LUITEN (NED) 70 72, I CANTERO (ESP) 70 72, T JONSSON (SWE) 69 73,
143 J KRUYSWIJK (RSA) 71 72, J DE BRUYN (GER) 72 71, K KANEKO (JPN) 67 76, T SCHMIDT (AM) (GER) 73 70, F ZANOTTI (PAR) 71 72, E PEPPERELL (ENG) 72 71, W DING (CHN) 68 75, M BALDWIN (ENG) 73 70, D HILLIER (NZL) 69 74, C TARREN (ENG) 70 73, P REED (USA) 72 71, J LEE (KOR) 72 71, J BROOMHEAD (RSA) 69 74, R WILLIAMS (RSA) 72 71,
144 E FERGUSON (SCO) 67 77, T LAWRENCE (RSA) 72 72, Y PREMLALL (RSA) 71 73, R CABRERA BELLO (ESP) 75 69, Y PAUL (GER) 74 70, A HIDALGO (ESP) 70 74, D BRADBURY (ENG) 66 78, N KIMSEY (ENG) 71 73, R HOSHINO (JPN) 67 77, D GAVINS (ENG) 69 75, T VAILLANT (FRA) 73 71, A ARNAUS (ESP) 74 70, E WALKER (SCO) 72 72, L BJERREGAARD (DEN) 74 70,
145 D MICHELUZZI (AUS) 72 73, J GUERRIER (FRA) 72 73, B AN (KOR) 74 71, J BERRY (ENG) 72 73, M SOUTHGATE (ENG) 74 71, C CHARMASSON (FRA) 73 72, A QUAYLE (AUS) 65 80, A AYORA (ESP) 74 71, D RAVETTO (FRA) 72 73, J LAGERGREN (SWE) 71 74, D RODRIGUES (POR) 70 75, A OTAEGUI (UAE) 70 75, R REPETTO TAYLOR (ESP) 73 72, J GUMBERG (USA) 71 74,
146 M SCHNEIDER (GER) 72 74, K KOBORI (NZL) 72 74, A BERGSTROM (SWE) 70 76, S SHARMA (IND) 73 73, J VEERMAN (USA) 72 74, Y KATSURAGAWA (JPN) 71 75, P LARRAZ?BAL (ESP) 70 76, R PALMER (USA) 72 74, M KIEFFER (GER) 72 74, C ADAM (SCO) 70 76, Y ZHOU (CHN) 70 76,
147 D FOOS (GER) 73 74, R JOHNSTON (USA) 74 73, J YULE (ENG) 74 73, M KAYMER (GER) 72 75, M TOOROP (NED) 73 74,
148 C SYME (SCO) 71 77, H LOGAN (USA) 72 76,
150 R PEAKE (AUS) 77 73, S GARCIA (ESP) 71 79, Z LOMBARD (RSA) 74 76,
152 O STRYDOM (RSA) 75 77,
155 S FORSSTR?M (SWE) 76 79, C MCKINNEY (AUS) 74 81,
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OUT D WILLETT (ENG) 77 WD,
Venue: Golfclub München Eichenried, Munich, Germany
2025 Champion: Daniel Brown (ENG)
Prize Fund: $3,000,000
Race to Dubai: Tournament 25 of 42
European Swing: Tournament 6 of 6
Race to Dubai Points: 3,500
