Jimenez favourite at BMW International

BY Bruce Young | European PGA Tour | 2008 BMW International Open | Preview | 18 Jun 2008

Miguel Angel Jimenez

(Photo: Anthony Powter)

The BMW International Open will be played this week at the Golf Club Munchen Eichenreid where Niclas Fasth will look to fond memories of his 2007 victory over Jose Filipe Lima and Bernhard Langer to get an ordinary season back on track.

The event has been played at this same venue since 1997 when Robert Karlsson won one of his early European Tour events. Karlsson, who is in the most stunning form, will not play the event this year, deciding instead to take a break after a rigorous and successful schedule in recent weeks.

Recent BMW PGA Championship winner, Miguel Angel Jimenez, probably gets the nod as the likely winner, given his recent win at the BMW PGA Championship and his very good week at Torrey Pines where he contended and eventually finished 6th. As a previous winner of this event he has all the credentials to win for the second time.

Henrik Stenson has not been at the top of his game of late but as a winner of this event in 2006 he has a chance. Stenson’s form earlier in the season was first class and, although he had a shocker last week at the US Open, he could quickly bounce back.

Retief Goosen seems to be working his way back into the sort of form that might see him as a serious contender this week. He had a rollercoaster ride at the US Open but finished 14th. His last round of 67 will have him arriving in Munich feeling better about his game then he has for a while. Goosen finished runner up to Stenson in this event in 2006 and has a chance to do well again.

Martin Kaymer missed the cut in this event last year but he was in his rookie season then and perhaps being touted as Germany’s next best thing worked against him. He has developed into one of Europe’s most exciting young talents and as a more experienced player he could do very well. He made the cut last week in his first US Open which was an achievement in itself.

The Australasian challenge is headed by Mark Brown, Michael Campbell, Peter O’Malley, Peter Fowler, Matthew Millar, Rick Kulacz, who gets a start on invite, and Gareth Paddison.

Top 10
AUS/NZ

Position	Score	Player	R 1	R 2	R 3	R 4	Total
T81	+1	Paolo Terreni	73	-	-	-	73
1	-15	Martin Kaymer	68	63	67	75	273
2	-15	Anders Hansen	69	70	67	67	273
T3	-13	John Bickerton	70	70	68	67	275
T3	-13	Mark Foster	67	72	68	68	275
T3	-13	Paul Casey	70	68	67	70	275
T6	-11	Charl Schwartzel	69	69	66	73	277
T6	-11	François Delamontagne	70	66	70	71	277
T6	-11	Henrik Stenson	69	68	72	68	277
T6	-11	Martin Erlandsson	70	70	71	66	277
T6	-11	Robert-jan Derksen	74	69	69	65	277
T6	-11	Thomas Levet	69	69	67	72	277
12	-10	Ross Fisher	70	68	67	73	278
T13	-9	Andrew Mclardy	68	75	73	63	279
T13	-9	Retief Goosen	69	69	69	72	279
T13	-9	Søren Kjeldsen	68	73	68	70	279
T16	-8	Tino Schuster	69	68	69	74	280
T16	-8	Alex Cejka	74	67	71	68	280
T16	-8	Alexander Noren	68	73	72	67	280
T16	-8	Colin Montgomerie	70	71	68	71	280
T16	-8	David Lynn	67	73	66	74	280
T16	-8	Graeme Storm	68	69	70	73	280
T16	-8	Iain Pyman	69	74	64	73	280
T16	-8	Mardan Mamat	66	71	74	69	280
T24	-7	Alastair Forsyth	74	68	71	68	281
T24	-7	Benn Barham	68	68	69	76	281
T24	-7	David Frost	74	69	68	70	281
T24	-7	Gary Murphy	71	70	68	72	281
T24	-7	Joel Sjoholm	71	71	65	74	281
T24	-7	Peter O'malley	66	75	68	72	281
T30	-6	Stephan Gross Jr	71	68	71	72	282
T30	-6	Ariel Canete	73	65	70	74	282
T30	-6	Mikael Lundberg	72	68	74	68	282
T30	-6	Peter Hanson	72	70	69	71	282
T30	-6	Peter Hedblom	69	72	71	70	282
T30	-6	Simon Khan	75	65	71	71	282
36	-5	Oliver Fisher	71	70	71	71	283
T37	-4	Barry Lane	70	70	72	72	284
T37	-4	Bernhard Langer	70	72	71	71	284
T37	-4	Daniel Vancsik	67	74	69	74	284
T40	-3	Grégory Bourdy	70	72	70	73	285
T40	-3	Rafa Echenique	66	73	71	75	285
T40	-3	Shiv Kapur	71	72	71	71	285
T43	-2	David Howell	69	69	71	77	286
T43	-2	Francesco Molinari	71	72	72	71	286
T43	-2	Jean-baptiste Gonnet	67	72	75	72	286
T43	-2	Jyoti Randhawa	71	69	75	71	286
T43	-2	Peter Lawrie	73	68	71	74	286
T48	-1	Gareth Paddison	70	70	74	73	287
T48	-1	Maarten Lafeber	70	68	75	74	287
T48	-1	Pelle Edberg	70	68	73	76	287
T48	-1	Thomas Björn	71	67	76	73	287
T52	Ev	Markus Brier	71	70	74	73	288
T52	Ev	Peter Fowler	71	70	74	73	288
54	+2	Carl Suneson	69	73	75	73	290
T55	+3	Florian Praegant	74	67	79	71	291
T55	+3	Bradley Dredge	73	65	72	81	291
T55	+3	Jarmo Sandelin	71	69	79	72	291
T55	+3	Richard Finch	69	68	73	81	291
T59	+4	Jean-françois Lucquin	73	70	75	74	292
T59	+4	Niclas Fasth	70	72	81	69	292
T61	+6	Anton Haig	66	73	79	76	294
T61	+6	Pablo Larrazabal	69	69	74	82	294
T61	+6	Pedro Linhart	70	73	73	78	294
64	+8	Mark Brown	72	71	80	73	296
65	+10	Hennie Otto	73	68	77	80	298
66	+11	Tom Whitehouse	72	71	79	77	299
Cut -1
CUT	Ev	Joakim Backstrom	73	71	-	-	144
CUT	Ev	Damien Mcgrane	74	70	-	-	144
CUT	Ev	David Griffiths	71	73	-	-	144
CUT	Ev	Garry Houston	71	73	-	-	144
CUT	Ev	Gonzalo Fdez-castaño	70	74	-	-	144
CUT	Ev	Graeme Mcdowell	71	73	-	-	144
CUT	Ev	Ignacio Garrido	73	71	-	-	144
CUT	Ev	Jeev Milkha Singh	70	74	-	-	144
CUT	Ev	John Daly	72	72	-	-	144
CUT	Ev	Max Kramer	71	73	-	-	144
CUT	Ev	Miguel Angel Jiménez	69	75	-	-	144
CUT	Ev	Raphaël Jacquelin	73	71	-	-	144
CUT	Ev	Robert Rock	74	70	-	-	144
CUT	Ev	Sam Walker	73	71	-	-	144
CUT	Ev	Simon Wakefield	70	74	-	-	144
CUT	Ev	Steven Jeppesen	72	72	-	-	144
CUT	Ev	Stuart Manley	73	71	-	-	144
CUT	+1	Alvaro Quiros Garcia	76	69	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Alvaro Velasco	74	71	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Anthony Wall	73	72	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Felipe Aguilar	74	71	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Juan Abbate	71	74	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Luis Claverie	73	72	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Martin Wiegele	73	72	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Paul Broadhurst	75	70	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Paul Lawrie	74	71	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Peter Baker	75	70	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Sion E Bebb	72	73	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Thomas Aiken	67	78	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Thongchai Jaidee	76	69	-	-	145
CUT	+2	Marcel Haremza	74	72	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Christoph Gunther	75	71	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Chapchai Nirat	72	74	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Emanuele Canonica	71	75	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Gary Orr	72	74	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Lee S James	73	73	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Michael Campbell	72	74	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Michael Lorenzo-vera	73	73	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Ricardo Gonzalez	73	73	-	-	146
CUT	+3	Andrew Coltart	75	72	-	-	147
CUT	+3	David Drysdale	76	71	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Jean-françois Remesy	69	78	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Mads Vibe-hastrup	74	73	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Marcel Siem	75	72	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Matthew Millar	69	78	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Michael Jonzon	72	75	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Phillip Archer	76	71	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Phillip Price	74	73	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Rory Mcilroy	72	75	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Stephen Dodd	72	75	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Stephen Gallacher	74	73	-	-	147
CUT	+4	James Kingston	71	77	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Louis Oosthuizen	75	73	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Marc Warren	74	74	-	-	148
CUT	+5	Alejandro Cañizares	74	75	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Benoit Teilleria	72	77	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Edoardo Molinari	72	77	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Henrik Nystrom	73	76	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Sven Struver	76	73	-	-	149
CUT	+6	Marco Soffietti	75	75	-	-	150
CUT	+6	David Dixon	78	72	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Fabrizio Zanotti	73	77	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Fredrik Andersson Hed	73	77	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Magnus A Carlsson	73	77	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Sam Little	75	75	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Scott Drummond	73	77	-	-	150
CUT	+7	Gary Birch Jr	77	74	-	-	151
CUT	+7	Julio Zapata	74	77	-	-	151
CUT	+7	Richard Bland	76	75	-	-	151
CUT	+7	Simon Dyson	75	76	-	-	151
CUT	+8	David Carter	80	72	-	-	152
CUT	+8	Jose Manuel Lara	76	76	-	-	152
CUT	+8	Leif Westerberg	77	75	-	-	152
CUT	+8	Peter Whiteford	75	77	-	-	152
CUT	+9	Dennis Kupper	74	79	-	-	153
CUT	+9	James Kamte	75	78	-	-	153
CUT	+9	José-filipe Lima	77	76	-	-	153
CUT	+9	Sean Einhaus	80	73	-	-	153
CUT	+10	Marc Farry	76	78	-	-	154
CUT	+10	Miles Tunnicliff	81	73	-	-	154
CUT	+10	Niklas Lemke	74	80	-	-	154
CUT	+10	Zane Scotland	74	80	-	-	154
CUT	+11	Carlos Rodiles	78	77	-	-	155
CUT	+12	Richard Porter	77	79	-	-	156
CUT	+12	Rick Kulacz	83	73	-	-	156
CUT	+13	Pablo Martin	76	81	-	-	157
CUT	+14	Patrik Sjöland	80	78	-	-	158
WD	-	Per Ulrik Johansson	76	-	-	-	WD

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Jimenez favourite at BMW International

BY Bruce Young | European PGA Tour | 2008 BMW International Open | Preview | 18 Jun 2008