# DRIVE TO GLORY – the journey begins: 365 days to The 2020 Ryder Cup with Worldwide Partner BMW.

  •  
    Exactly one year from now, on 25th September
    2020, the opening match of The 2020 Ryder Cup will tee off at
    Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisconsin (USA).
  • BMW is a Worldwide Partner of golf’s greatest team contest
    between the USA and Europe, which takes place from the
    25th to 27th September 2020.
  • European captain Padraig Harrington launched the
    #DRIVETOGLORY campaign at the iconic Wentworth Club, headquarters
    of the European Tour, the managing partner of Ryder Cup Europe.
  • Qualifying for Team Europe began at the 2019 BMW PGA
    Championship on the European Tour, where it will also conclude in
    2020.
  • Qualifying for the United States Ryder Cup Team began at the
    2019 WGC-Mexico Championship in February and will conclude at the
    2020 BMW Championship.

 

Munich. The opening match of The 2020 Ryder Cup will tee off
in exactly 365 days at Whistling Straits (Kohler, Wisconsin, USA).
To mark both this occasion and a week-long celebration, which will
culminate in the official Year to Go Celebration at Whistling
Straits next week, Worldwide Partner BMW started the countdown to
the largest golf tournament in the world, under the campaign slogan
“#DRIVETOGLORY”.

For the first time, qualification for Team Europe began at the
prestigious BMW PGA Championship on the European Tour, where it will
also end in 2020. Further cementing BMW’s Worldwide Partner
position, qualification for the U.S. Ryder Cup Team will conclude at
the 2020 BMW Championship.


“The Ryder Cup is unlike any other golf tournament – the
prestige, emotions and interest around the world makes it unique. As a
global golf partner for three decades, and a long-term partner of
Ryder Cup Europe, BMW is proud to be now a Worldwide Partner for the
first time next year. This elevates the role of BMW as a significant
global golf partner,” said Stefan Ponikva, Head of Brand Experience
Customer BMW. “#DRIVETOGLORY gets to the heart of The Ryder Cup, and
what makes it so fascinating. We are looking forward to the
qualification journey on both sides of the Atlantic, and we are
anxious to watch both teams take shape.”

During the #DRIVETOGLORY journey, Worldwide Partner BMW will deliver
the Ryder Cup Trophy at noteworthy events connected to the rich
history of The Ryder Cup.

Qualifying for the European team started in style last weekend, when
the iconic Wentworth Club hosted the European Tour’s flagship event.
Victory at the BMW PGA Championship saw England’s Danny Willett (ENG)
take the top spot in captain Padraig Harrington’s (IRL) ranking list,
after the first week of the qualification campaign.

Next September, the qualifying period will close at the BMW PGA
Championship (10th to 13th September 2020). By
the end of that tournament, nine of the 12 players in the European
team will be confirmed before Captain Harrington selects his three
wild cards to complete Team Europe.

Qualifying for the U.S. Ryder Cup Team began at the WGC-Mexico
Championship in February and will culminate with the 2020 BMW
Championship at Olympia Fields Country Club near Chicago next August.
The U.S. Captain will make his picks on September 1 or 2, 2020.

Next week, both Captains will be at Whistling Straits for the
official Year to Go Celebration, which will feature a press
conference, media interviews, filming of a joint social media video
and a special appearance together on “Feherty Live – Countdown to the
Ryder Cup” with NBC golf analyst David Feherty.

There are just 365 sleeps until the next Ryder Cup for every player
on both sides of the Atlantic, including past participants Francesco
Molinari (ITA) and Tommy Fleetwood (ENG). Last year, in Paris, the
dream team known as “Moliwood” became the first European pair in the
history of the competition to win all four of their matches together.
It was the start of a “bromance”, which Worldwide Partner BMW has
cheekily acknowledged in a video clip.