Six courses were named as possible venues for the 2018 Ryder Cup if Germany wins the right to host the match.

The courses are: A-Rosa, Bad Saarow; Golfanlage, Winsen, Hamburg; Munchen-Valley, Munich; Gut Kaden, Hamburg; Schloss Beberbeck, Hofgeismar, Kassel and Wittelsbacher Ausgleichsfond, Neuburg.

"They are the courses who will be involved in presentations on July 14/15," Erwin Langer of the German Ryder Cup 2018 committee, and brother of twice Masters champion Bernhard, told a news conference during the BMW International Open.

France, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Sweden are also bidding to stage the biennial match between Europe and the United States.