Golf Club Gut Lärchenhof
Golf Club Gut Lärchenhof: Jack Nicklaus. Retief Goosen won the 2005 German Masters here with 268 (−20).
Golf Club Gut Lärchenhof: Jack Nicklaus. Retief Goosen won the 2005 German Masters here with 268 (−20).
Golf Club Gut Lärchenhof: Jack Nicklaus. Retief Goosen won the 2005 German Masters here with 268 (−20).
Updated October 24, 2026
15 editions on the record, by event, newest first.
European Tour
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Retief Goosen | 268 (−20) | by 1 stroke |
| 2004 | Pádraig Harrington | 275 (−13) | by 3 strokes |
| 2003 | K. J. Choi | 262 (−26) | lowest winning score in this event · by 2 strokes |
| 2002 | Stephen Leaney | 266 (−22) | by 1 stroke |
| 2001 | Bernhard Langer | 266 (−22) | by 1 stroke |
| 2000 | Michael Campbell | 197 (−19) | by 1 stroke |
| 1999 | Sergio García | 277 (−11) | won in a playoff |
| 1998 | Colin Montgomerie | 266 (−22) | by 1 stroke |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Matt Wallace | 278 (−10) | by 1 stroke · DP World Tour |
| 2016 | Henrik Stenson | 271 (−17) | by 3 strokes · European Tour |
| 2014 | Fabrizio Zanotti | 269 (−19) | lowest winning score in this event · won in a playoff · European Tour |
| 2012 | Danny Willett | 277 (−11) | won in a playoff · European Tour |
European Tour
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | James Kingston | 275 (−13) | won in a playoff |
| 2008 | Robert Karlsson | 275 (−13) | by 2 strokes |
| 2007 | Søren Hansen | 271 (−17) | lowest winning score in this event · by 4 strokes |
The club's original owner was a non-profit community bank. When it was asked why it ran a loss-making golf course amid allegations of misused savings deposits, the golf operation was sold to a wealthy member in 2009, and the bank's former director was later indicted for tax evasion over a complimentary membership.
Bernhard Langer, who promoted the German Masters and the Mercedes-Benz Championship here through Langer Sport Marketing until 2009, won at Gut Lärchenhof four times.
The BMW International Open alternated between Munich and Gut Lärchenhof from 2012 to 2018. At the last Lärchenhof edition in 2018, Matt Wallace won at 278 (10 under), one stroke ahead of a group that included Martin Kaymer.
Source: Top 100 Golf Courses: Gut Lärchenhof · Wikipedia: BMW International Open
The club says Gut Lärchenhof is the first and still the only golf course Jack Nicklaus has designed in Germany.
Source: Golf Club Gut Lärchenhof: Guest · Top 100 Golf Courses: Gut Lärchenhof
A Nicklaus design element at Lärchenhof is that the par-3 holes face all four points of the compass, so each is played into a different wind: down, into or across.
Source: Golf Club Gut Lärchenhof: Guest
A golden bear sculpture stands in front of the clubhouse, which Top 100 Golf Courses notes as the mark of a genuine Nicklaus signature course.
In everyday play the fairways are wide and the greens not especially wild; for European Tour weeks the club grows brutal rough to toughen it.
The PGA Tour and DP World Tour weeks at this course since 2017.
| Year | Event | Winner | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | BMW International Open 21–24 June 2018 | Matt Wallace | DP World Tour |
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