Pending the return to competition which could perhaps take place on the European Tour towards the end of July in Great Britain (British Masters), several emblematic figures of the European Tour have been chosen to compete via a state-of-the-art golf simulator. The German Martin Kaymer, the Dutchman Joost Luiten, the Frenchman Mike Lorenzo-Vera, the Englishman Lee Westwood and the Austrian Bernd Wiesberger will use TrackMan technology from their home .
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- The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) May 5, 2020The five pros will play between Monday and Wednesday five times over 18 holes and on a different course initialized by TrackMan . The European Tour will broadcast these confrontations every Saturday. The first will be on May 9, on the legendary Old Course in Saint Andrews (Scotland). A week later, it will be the turn of the Royal Portrush (Northern Ireland), the last meeting of the British Open where the Irishman Shane Lowry won in July 2019, to compete against the European quintet. On May 23, head to Bavaria (Germany) for the Golf München Eichenried, host every other year of the BMW International Open. On May 30, we will go to Andalusia (Spain) on the legendary Real Club Valderrama, which had notably received the 1997 Ryder Cup. Finally, this high-tech tournament will end on June 6 at the headquarters of the European Tour, in Wentworth ( England), where one of the biggest tournaments of the season is played every year: the BMW PGA Championship.
The winner will receive $ 10,000 each time for the benefit of a charity of their choice. The images of this remote duel will be broadcast on the European Tour social networks but also via https://bmw.trackmaninvitational.com!