The company will be an official partner to this year's event at The Celtic Manor Resort and the 2014 event at Gleneagles. In 2012 it will be a European Team Partner, at the Medinah Country Club in the US.

“BMW's Ryder Cup contract extension follows the recent announcements that they will continue their support of both the BMW PGA Championship and the BMW International Open until 2014 at the earliest,” George O’Grady, chief executive of The European Tour.

“The combined impact of these announcements gives The European Tour a huge amount of confidence moving forward.”