Porsche European Open 2022: Home Soil Advantage for German Golfers to Secure US Open Tickets

2023-05-30 15:22:30

The first DP World Tour event on German soil this year is coming up. Major tickets will be awarded at the Porsche European Open. Golf.de broadcasts the home event live in the stream. The tour preview:

Green Eagle Golf Courses, Hamburg, June 1st to 4th

Another gate will open in front of the gates of Hamburg – namely the one for the US Open in Los Angeles in mid-June. As in the previous year, the Porsche European Open in Winsen (Luhe) the final event of the US Open Qualifying Series on the DP World Tour, at the end of which two players can look forward to tickets for the third men’s major of the year at the Los Angeles Country Club (June 15 to 18). . currently have Romain Langasque (France) and Simon Forsstrom (Sweden) holds these two places. The Pole Adrian Meronk leads the series, but is already qualified for the US Open. Anyone who wins this week can therefore have legitimate hopes of a major start in two weeks.

In any case, there are enough German contenders for the two tickets: A total of 19 Germans are in the field of the Porsche European Open. One of these players would love to end the long dry spell of titles for German players on home soil. The last time a German won at home triumphed Bernhard Langer at the Deutsche Bank Open 1995 in Gut Kaden. And it’s not as if Golf Germany wasn’t allowed to celebrate victories on the big stage recently. In the past nine months, won with Marcel Siem, Yannik Paul, Maximilian Kieffer and Nick Bachem four Germans on the DP World Tour. They all start this week and are willing to end the German title slump at home.

“I’m really looking forward to the event, the fans and the atmosphere,” says Bachem, winner of the Jonsson Workwear Open in South Africa, who is making his tournament debut. “The Porsche Nord Course is a big challenge, but I think we German golfers have shown lately that we are always a force to be reckoned with. The spectators can look forward to four great days.” A German success this week would be special in many ways. On the one hand, the European Open is entering its 40th edition. On the other hand, title sponsor Porsche is celebrating its 75th birthday. All fans, players and those responsible can look forward to a special anniversary edition at the Green Eagle facility, which will be crowned by the unique Ferris wheel for the second year in a row.

Those who cannot be there can follow the Porsche European Open in the free live stream on Golf.de: On Thursday (June 1) and Friday (June 2) from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., the final rounds at the weekend (3/4 June) from 1pm to 5:30pm.

Ladies European Tour: Helsingborg Open

Allerum Golf Club, Sweden, June 2-4

Tournament number one after the sensational success in Belgium: The LET travels to Scandinavia, more precisely to Helsingborg in Sweden, where Patricia Isabel Schmidt wants to build on her rookie success at the Belgian Ladies Open. And where better to do this than in the country where the 27-year-old won a LET Access Series tournament last year. Schmidt’s development since her success at the Big Green Egg Swedish Matchplay Championship in August 2022 is amazing. Born in Göppingen, she rose to league one via the overall standings and was able to win a title there in just her eighth start as a rookie.

Into the week of Helsingborg Open Schmidt goes eighth overall. The tournament in Sweden returns after an eight-year hiatus and attracts a total of seven Germans to the Allerum Golf Club. The event, worth 300,000 euros, is something of an appetizer for the big highlight of the week after, when the Ullna Golf Club hosts the $2 million Scandinavian Mixed. In addition to Schmidt, the following German players will take part in the Helsingborg Open: Chiara Noja, Laura Fünfstück, Helen Tamy Kreuzer, Leticia Ras-Anderica, Sarina Schmidt and Karolin Lampert.

PGA Tour: The Memorial Tournament

Muirfield Village Golf Club, Ohio, 1. bis 4. Juni

A legend invites you. The Memorial Tournament is one of the highlights of the PGA Tour calendar every year. With a name like Jack Nicklaus as a patron, this is no wonder. Also the Muirfield Village Golf Club in Ohio, of course, makes a lot. Tiger Woods once said of the memorial: “This tournament is very special for him [Jck Nicklaus, Anm. d. Red.] and for us as players. Because of what he did for the golf course, of course, but even more because of what he meant to us as players.” Woods, a five-time winner of the memorial, will not be taking part in his good friend’s event but will be in the top five the world ranking: Scottie Scheffler, Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy, Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele. With Rahm (2020) and Cantlay (2019 & 2021), two of them have already triumphed here. Last year won Billy Horschel at the historic site named after Scotland’s Muirfield – site of Nicklaus’ first Open win.

The memorial is one of the “elevated” events on the PGA Tour and is therefore endowed with 20 million US dollars. That of Nicklaus and Desmond Muirhead designed course is one of the more demanding tests on the PGA Tour calendar. The rough is tight, the greens are lightning fast. Horschel won last year with a total of 13 under par but was four shots clear of second Aaron Wise. Enjoy this invitational event for the first time Stephen Jaeger. The man from Munich travels to Ohio with five cuts in a row and of course hopes to be able to continue this strong series at the 20 million event.

LPGA Tour: Mizuho Americas Open

Liberty National Golf Club, NJ, June 1-4

Up until last year, she herself was still participating in LPGA events as a player. This week is found Michelle Wie West in a new role – namely as a hostess. The 2014 US Women’s Open winner announced her retirement in 2022 and remains committed to women’s golf with all her experience and influence. Wie West was one of the most influential women golfers of the past decade, becoming the first woman to ever qualify for a USGA men’s event and winning a total of five times on the LPGA Tour. This week she is patron of the Mizuho Americas Open in New Jersey.

Like West’s first coup: For the first time in history, the LPGA Tour is making a stop at Liberty National Golf Club, site of the 2017 Presidents Cup. With $2.75 million in prize money, their event is also bigger than most other regular tournaments on the calendar. In addition, the new event offers youth golf a large stage. Parallel to the Mizuho Americas Open, an AJGA (American Junior Golf Association) tournament is being held at Liberty National. On the two final days, a young talent even plays alongside two LPGA stars.

And Wie West’s great influence can also be felt among the participating players. Major winners like Jin Young Ko, Lilia Vu, Lydia Ko und Brooke Henderson lead the field and should give the premiere the necessary celebrity flair. Esther Henseleit is the only German there.