Michael Hollick Stuns Hennie Du Plessis With 72nd-Hole Eagle To Win BMW International Open

HOLLICK WINS BMW INTERNATIONAL OPEN

He's done it! It was never anywhere else! Hollick rolls his eagle putt home and wins by one! The 39-year-old rookie has just won his first DP World Tour title. Sensational.

But spare a thought for Hennie Du Plessis. That's a brutal way to lose.

HOLLICK MADE TO WAIT

Carlos Ortiz is not making life easy for Hollick on the 18th. He's gone into the stands, asked for a referee, chipped down the green and now he's weighing up a birdie putt. It doesn't land, but the LIV golfer is now out of the way and finishes T4th on 12-under.

SO CLOSE TO AN ALBATROSS

Away from the title-chasers, Germany's Thomas Rosenmueller was inches away from sending the home fans into raptures not long ago thanks to this stunning approach into the 18th. A kick-in eagle isn't too bad, mind.

SHOT OF THE TOURNAMENT

That is sublime! Hollick had 240 yards from the left rough, but the angle was against him and there was water right. With a decent lie, he decided to have a go. Great decision.

Hollick elegantly draws one into the front portion of the green and it hurries up to the back half, leaving him a 20 footer for eagle and the title. Two putts and it's extra holes.

DU PLESSIS SETS CLUBHOUSE TARGET

It wasn't the most convincing putt from Du Plessis, with his ball just hanging out to the right. Nevertheless, he's shot 66 on Sunday and has set the target at 17-under.

I fancy we might have extra holes coming up...

SO SO CLOSE

Wow. That was almost the tournament over for Michael Hollick. He's not the longest hitter on tour, and he takes an extremely aggressive line off the 18th tee with driver.

His ball lands yards over the water down the left and ends in the rough, but the lie looks pretty good so he should have a chance to go for the green. He needs to hope Du Plessis doesn't can one from 30 feet up ahead.

HEART OF THE GREEN

Du Plessis recalibrates and finds the putting surface where he will try and two putt to set the target at 17-under.

HOLLICK WITHIN ONE

Not too long ago, Hollick was three back. Now he's within one and is arguably now the favorite! He drops the birdie putt from inside six feet at the 17th and he will be feeling like $1 million as he approaches the 18th.

SHOCKER

Du Plessis had 262 to the hole. 230 to the front edge. But he cracks his ball off the bottom rung of his iron, it smashes into the front of the bunker and loops up into the fairway some 50 yards away.

That's a shocker. And it's a shot which might well have lost this tournament...

ON THE BEACH

Du Plessis sends his tee shot at the par-5 18th into the fairway bunker with an apex of almost 130 feet. Rocket. He can still reach the green from there, but it just makes it a touch more awkward than he'd have liked.

PRESSURE BACK ON

The average proximity with tee shots at the par-3 17th is just under 49 feet today. I reckon Michael Hollick might be about 4.9 feet away.

That is a world-class approach. If Hollick can birdie this, he might flip the script and he'd fancy forcing extra holes at least.

Then again, Du Plessis could eagle this and all but close the door.

A VERY GOOD FOUR

Du Plessis just finds enough of the right edge with his bogey putt and he'll walk to 18 two ahead. Can Hollick respond at the hole Du Plessis just made a real mess of?

BOGEYS EVERYWHERE

Du Plessis looks like he'll make bogey at the 17th after chunking his very awkward chip over the sand but into the rough next to the green. His next chip is very good, though, so a bogey looks likely.

A hole behind, Hollick has just shoved his own par attempt wide and he's now back to 15-under. Wiesberger is at 14-under in third while Ortiz is now at 13-under in fourth.

ANOTHER AWKWARD ONE

Hollick gives his chip at the 16th a decent run from the rough, but it scuttles on by and he'll have the best part of six feet remaining for par.

Still, it could be worse...

NOT OVER YET

Oh dear. Hennie Du Plessis has just hit a shocker at the par-3 17th. It may even have been chunked. Either way, it certainly wasn't the contact he wanted.

On the 220-yard hole, Du Plessis' ball has landed short and right of the green just before a bunker. It's technically sat on grass, but his feet might both be in the bunker. Either that, or it'll be one foot in the sand and one foot on the grass.

It's awkward, very awkward. Is that the chink of light the chasers needed?

WHEELS COMING OFF

It's not as controlled as Hollick would like at the moment. The South African pulled his tee shot into the rough and now he's tugged his approach as well. Hollick will try to get up and down from the rough at 16, but it's really not a great spot.

Meanwhile, Carlos Ortiz is closing in on third after setting up a short birdie try at the 16th.

HOLLICK SAVES PAR

The chaser's first putt was aggressive on the 15th, leaving himself three feet for par. It was a nervy one, but Hollick looked assured as he poured it in.

UNTIMELY PUSH

Wiesberger can't take advantage of his good fortune at the 15th, pushing his very short putt well wide. It didn't even touch the hole. Just before, Carlos Ortiz rolled one in to reach 12-under. He's solo fourth.

FIREWORKS ON 18

There have been some amazing moments on the par-5 18th already today. Ashun Wu and Joaquin Niemann both rolled in monster putts for eagle, Kiradech Aphibarnrat almost chipped in, and now Freddy Schott has whipped a stunning shot from the right rough into the heart of the green, setting up his own eagle chance. What a great final hole...

SQUEEZING THE AIR OUT

Du Plessis is in full flow here at the par-4 16th. Off the back of three consecutive birdies, he might well have a fourth upcoming. A beautiful wedge from 90 yards lands softly and spins back a yard, leaving him 12-15 feet or so uphill.

CHASERS GIVING IT EVERYTHING

Hollick just tugs his approach from 135 yards into the par-4 15th and he'll have a lengthy birdie try to close the gap once more.

One hole ahead, Du Plessis has crunched an iron into the heart of the fairway.

Don't forget about Wiesberger, mind! The Austrian clips a wedge onto the rough protecting the front pin position, but his ball kicks off the longer stuff and dribbles down to six feet. That's a great chance.

DU PLESSIS EXTENDS

What a time to join! Du Plessis plays perfect golf down the par-4 15th and leaves himself a left-to-right slider for birdie.

It's never anywhere else but the centre of the hole, and the leader now has a two-stroke cushion. He gives it a fist pump as it drops. That could be huge.

Moments earlier, Hollick produced a textbook chip to save par. Had he not made it, the tournament might well have been all but over.

WELCOME

Hello and welcome to Golf Monthly's coverage of the BMW International Open at Golfclub Munchen Eichenried. We're into the closing stages in Germany and it's very tight at the top.

Hennie Du Plessis leads by one at this stage, but Michael Hollick is playing very well, too. Neither has won before on the DP World Tour, but someone's 0 is about to go!

We'll bring you all of the key updates as they happen. Thanks for tuning in!