- Aussie Daniel Gale won a new BMW M5 Touring after scoring a hole-in-one.
- NZ's own Kazuma Kobori also made an ace on the 17th.
- The BMW Australian PGA Championship opened the 2025/26 DP World Tour season with BMW continuing as title partner.
Daniel Gale didn’t just call his shot at the BMW Australian PGA Championship - he practically summoned it
The 29-year-old Australian fired a hole-in-one on Royal Queensland’s 154-metre 11th, the only spot on the course offering a brand-new BMW M5 Touring as a prize. Gale’s eight-iron effectively fulfilled a prophecy he’d made a day earlier.
Gale’s magic draw brings home a BMW
Speaking after the round, Gale admitted he’d told his pro-am group, “this baby’s mine” when eyeing up the prize car.
After watching the ball drift on a gentle draw, ride the breeze, land just right and roll in at “perfect speed,” he was left laughing at the surreal accuracy of his prediction.
The three-time Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia winner currently sits tied for 18th alongside familiar names including Adam Scott.
It’s a worthy reward, too. The latest M5 Touring (launched in New Zealand and Australia this year), packs serious pace and everyday practicality in the classic M-hot-wagon mould.
With room for a week’s worth of golf gear and the kind of straight-line shove that makes long fairways feel short, it’s hard to imagine a more fitting hole-in-one trophy.
Two aces, one prize
Gale wasn’t the only player dialled in. New Zealander Kazuma Kobori also recorded an ace, his coming on the 17th. There was no car waiting on that tee box, but Kobori’s precision shot did help him move into the lead heading into the weekend - a handy consolation.
BMW doubles down on its Aussie showcase
This year marks BMW’s second stint as title partner of the event, which now sits alongside the brand’s major global tournaments in London, Munich, the United States and Korea.
A strong field has assembled once again, including BMW Australia ambassadors Min Woo Lee (champion in 2023) and Elvis Smylie (winner in 2024).
With the DP World Tour’s 2025/26 season now officially underway (launched by two aces, one new M5 owner and a leaderboard already shifting), Royal Queensland has kicked things off with style. The only question is whether anyone else will dare to call their shot as boldly as Gale did.
