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MUNICH (Reuters) - American world number 11 Dustin Johnson could take up European Tour membership in the future as he tees off this week at the BMW International Open.
Johnson, who won the BMW Championship on the PGA Tour last year, heads to Europe having finished tied 23rd behind runaway winner Rory McIlroy in the U.S. Open.
The 27-year-old Johnson played with Northern Ireland's McIlroy for the first two rounds at the Congressional and is now contemplating playing on both sides of the Atlantic.
"My first few years on (PGA) tour I didn't really travel and this year I want to play a little more international," Johnson told reporters on the eve of the Munich tournament. "I'm going to probably continue to play a few events every year overseas."
Asked if he would thus think of taking up European Tour membership, Johnson said: "I have to play three more events (in Europe) but yeah, it's a possibility. I have fans here, so it's nice to come and play for them."
Among his opponents this week in a tournament won in the past by compatriots Paul Azinger (twice) and John Daly, is Germany's world number three Martin Kaymer.
Kaymer clinched the 2010 U.S. PGA Championship after a playoff against Bubba Watson but Johnson lost his chance when he ran up a two-shot penalty for grounding his club in sand at the 72nd hole at Whistling Straits.
Kaymer is favourite to win his second BMW International Open, having won it in 2008.
Sergio Garcia is another notable entry. The Spaniard, showing signs of making a return to the form that took him close to the world number one spot less than two years ago, has come to Munich on the back of a tied seventh place in the U.S. Open.
(Editing by Justin Palmer)
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Johnson, who won the BMW Championship on the PGA Tour last year, heads to Europe having finished tied 23rd behind runaway winner Rory McIlroy in the U.S. Open.
The 27-year-old Johnson played with Northern Ireland's McIlroy for the first two rounds at the Congressional and is now contemplating playing on both sides of the Atlantic.
"My first few years on (PGA) tour I didn't really travel and this year I want to play a little more international," Johnson told reporters on the eve of the Munich tournament. "I'm going to probably continue to play a few events every year overseas."
Asked if he would thus think of taking up European Tour membership, Johnson said: "I have to play three more events (in Europe) but yeah, it's a possibility. I have fans here, so it's nice to come and play for them."
Among his opponents this week in a tournament won in the past by compatriots Paul Azinger (twice) and John Daly, is Germany's world number three Martin Kaymer.
Kaymer clinched the 2010 U.S. PGA Championship after a playoff against Bubba Watson but Johnson lost his chance when he ran up a two-shot penalty for grounding his club in sand at the 72nd hole at Whistling Straits.
Kaymer is favourite to win his second BMW International Open, having won it in 2008.
Sergio Garcia is another notable entry. The Spaniard, showing signs of making a return to the form that took him close to the world number one spot less than two years ago, has come to Munich on the back of a tied seventh place in the U.S. Open.
(Editing by Justin Palmer)
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