AN event with around 100,000 participants, from over 50 countries competing worldwide, the BMW Golf Cup is recognised as the largest tournament series for amateur golfers.
Countries all over the world, including Australia, hold local tournaments organised by BMW Dealerships, where players can qualify for the BMW Golf Cup National Final.
And those lucky, or good, enough to have won their way to the National Finals for Australia & New Zealand, in both men’s and women’s divisions, are now well into preparations for the tournament which tees off from October 12-15.
A total of 40 male competitors will play at the highly acclaimed and spectacular Jack’s Point course, 40 women to play at Millbrook Resort’s Coronet 18, with the winners in the respective divisions to then qualify and move on to the BMW Golf Cup World Final,
Competitors at the National Final will be staying at Millbrook Resort in Queenstown, New Zealand, with a tournament briefing, welcome function and practice round on day one, before the National Final tournament round and Awards Dinner the following day.
Category winners then progress to represent Australia or New Zealand at the BMW Golf Cup World Final, to again be played in South Africa early next year.
The BMW Golf Cup World Final for the 2025/2026 season took place back in March 2026, at the Fancourt Golf Resort in George, South Africa, where Team Mexico claimed the overall team title.
Since 1982 more than 800 qualifying tournaments per year have been played all over the world to determine the world finalists, with BMW selecting a unique venue for the BMW Golf Cup World Final.
There are a number of eligibility criteria for participation in the BMW Golf Cup tournament series, the first being that all participants must be current BMW owners.
Sandra Wang, Scott Sibson and John Palombo won their way through to the World Final last year, with all three describing the event as a ‘once in a lifetime’ experience.
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