Golf Central

Perhaps more famous for Oktoberfest, baked pretzels and well, German people, you may or may not know that Munich's got a lot of bleedin' good golf tracks, including Golfclub Munchen, venue for this week's stop on the European Tour. Let us enlighten you golf fans...

1. Gentlemen, start your engines
German car manufacturing giants BMW celebrated their 20th anniverasary by letting a host of the European Tour's finest drive some of thier greatest convertibles through the streets of Munich (when we say racing, we actually mean cruising). Among the drivers were Henrik Stenson, Miguel-Angel Jimenez, Bernhard Langer and Alex Cejka, whilst Rory Mcilroy acted as a navigator, sorting out the route planning. Bet you Jimenez and Stenson put their foot down a bit...
2. Let's hope for another play-off
The BMW International Open has been decided by play-off on four occasions since its inception in 1989, the most thrilling of which came in 1992, when five players battled it out; the only time that many players have been involved in a playoff at a PGA European Tour event. In the end it was Paul Azinger (this year's 2008 USA Ryder Cup captain, who ain't got a hope in hell with that Tiger bloke not playing) who held his nerves and won the title. Glen Day, Anders Forsbrand, Mark James and Bernhard Langer were forced to share second place.
3. Jimenez will fight on despite jetlag
Our hot pick for this week, Miguel-Angel Jimenez will be teeing it up this week in Munich despite being jetlagged after last week US Open at Torrey Pines. "I'm so jet-lagged that when the alarm went off this morning it was like being in my tomb," he told reporters on Wednesday. What we want to know is, why on earth did our Bet Detective pick him if he's knackered and, how does he know what sleeping in a tomb is like?
4. This is the place for an ace
The first player to recieve keys to a BMW for acing a hole was Jay Townsend, who recieved a BMW 325i Cabrio for his hole-in-one on the 12th in 1991. France's Raphaël Jacquelin followed Townsend's footsteps in 2001, where he won a BMW Z8 for sinking a hole-in-one on the 17th hole.
5. Munich: home to good food and great beer
If we're not on the golf course, you'll find us saying hello to our good friends at the Max Planck Society for scientific research, losing ourselves at the Muhich English gardens,having a ganders at the Munich Glockenspiel,going to watch FC Bayern Munich play football,scoffing away on local specialities such as Weißwürste, backed pretzels and leberkäs, or sipping on one Weizenbier in one of the region's 20 major beer gardens.Vi sees senere!