DP World Tour : BMW International Open Leaderboard Results
Michael Hollick eagled the last to snatch his maiden DP World Tour title and deny fellow South African Hennie Du Plessis at the 2026 BMW International Open.
The 39-year-old rookie shared the overnight lead heading into Sunday's final round and was briefly three shots behind his compatriot with two holes to play at Golfclub München Eichenried.
However, Du Plessis, who narrowly missed out on his first win at this level on three consecutive starts in Africa earlier this season, bogeyed the 17th and could only make par at the last to leave the door ajar for Hollick.
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.
He finished at -18 after an eagle, six birdies and three bogeys in his closing 67, with Du Plessis' final-round 66 only good enough for second place as his wait for success continues.
Du Plessis opened up some distance ahead of his compatriot with brilliant approaches into the 14th and 15th to complete a treble of birdies.
He was at -18, but Du Plessis was now three clear after Hollick made an untimely bogey at the 16th.
It was not plain sailing though as the leader had been in trouble at the par-three 17th and dropped a shot to slip back to -17.
Hollick produced a superb tee-shot at the penultimate hole and rolled in from six feet to halve the deficit, with Du Plessis looking nervous ahead.
After finding the fairway bunker with his tee-shot, Du Plessis two-putted for par and set a -17 target as Hollick teed off at the last.
He narrowly missed the water hazard with his tight line, but Hollick attacked the final pin to leave 20 feet for victory, which prompted wild celebrations as his ball found the cup.
Wiesberger was three shots further back in third at -14, Oihan Guillamondegui and Carlos Ortiz were in a T4 at -12 under and local favourite Thomas Rosenmuller also eagled the last to jump into solo sixth at -11.
Ashun Wu and Joaquin Niemann both carded 70 to finish in a T7 at -10, with Marco Penge, Joe Dean, Kiradech Aphibarnrat and Victor Perez one shot further back at -9.
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