Tournament information | |
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Location | Atzenbrugg, Austria |
Established | 1990 |
Course(s) | Diamond Country Club |
Par | 72 |
Length | 7,458 yards (6,820 m) |
Tour(s) | European Tour Challenge Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | €1,000,000 |
Month played | April |
Final year | 2021 |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 261 Markus Brier (2004) |
To par | −23 as above |
Final champion | |
John Catlin | |
Location Map | |
Location in Austria |
The Austrian Open is a men's professional golf tournament on the European Tour. It was founded in 1990, and was a European Tour event for seven straight years up to 1996, being held under a variety of names due to regular changes of title sponsor. The tournament dropped down to the Challenge Tour schedule between 1997 and 2005, with a sharp reduction in prize money, before returning to the main tour for the 2006 season. In 2012, it was announced that the Austrian shopping community Lyoness and its affiliated Greenfinity foundation would be the title sponsors for three seasons. [1] [2]
The 2018 event was the first professional tournament to use a shot clock on every shot. The official European Tour time allowances were used: a 50-second allowance for a “first to play approach shot (including a par three tee shot), chip or putt” and a 40-second allowance for a “tee shot on a par four or par five, or second or third to play approach shot, chip or putt”. Players that failed to play within these time limits incurred a one-shot penalty, which was added to their score for that hole. Players had two “time-extensions” in each round, each giving them an extra 40 seconds. [3]
Since 2010 the tournament has been held at the Diamond Country Club in Atzenbrugg, Lower Austria, 35 km west of Vienna.
In 2020, the tournament was a dual-ranking event with the Challenge Tour, due to a revamp of the European Tour's schedule because of COVID-19 pandemic. [4]
Year | Tour(s) [lower-alpha 1] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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Austrian Golf Open | ||||||
2021 | EUR | John Catlin | 274 | −14 | Playoff | Maximilian Kieffer |
Austrian Open | ||||||
2020 | CHA, EUR | Marc Warren | 275 | −13 | 1 stroke | Marcel Schneider |
2019: No tournament | ||||||
Shot Clock Masters | ||||||
2018 | EUR | Mikko Korhonen | 272 | −16 | 6 strokes | Connor Syme |
Lyoness Open | ||||||
2017 | EUR | Dylan Frittelli | 276 | −12 | 1 stroke | David Horsey Mikko Korhonen Jbe' Kruger |
2016 | EUR | Wu Ashun | 275 | −13 | 1 stroke | Adrián Otaegui |
2015 | EUR | Chris Wood | 273 | −15 | 2 strokes | Rafa Cabrera-Bello |
2014 | EUR | Mikael Lundberg | 276 | −12 | Playoff | Bernd Wiesberger |
2013 | EUR | Joost Luiten | 271 | −17 | 2 strokes | Thomas Bjørn |
2012 | EUR | Bernd Wiesberger | 269 | −19 | 3 strokes | Thomas Levet Shane Lowry |
Austrian Golf Open | ||||||
2011 | EUR | Kenneth Ferrie | 276 | −12 | Playoff | Simon Wakefield |
2010 | EUR | José Manuel Lara | 271 | −17 | Playoff | David Lynn |
2009 | EUR | Rafa Cabrera-Bello | 264 | −20 | 1 stroke | Benn Barham |
Bank Austria GolfOpen | ||||||
2008 | EUR | Jeev Milkha Singh | 198 [lower-alpha 2] | −15 | 1 stroke | Simon Wakefield |
BA-CA Golf Open | ||||||
2007 | EUR | Richard Green | 268 | −16 | Playoff | Jean-François Remésy |
2006 | EUR | Markus Brier (3) | 266 | −18 | 3 strokes | Søren Hansen |
2005 | CHA | Michael Hoey | 265 | −19 | 1 stroke | Steven Jeppesen |
2004 | CHA | Markus Brier (2) | 261 | −23 | 8 strokes | Roope Kakko Lee Slattery |
2003 | CHA | Robert Coles | 275 | −13 | Playoff | Steven Bowditch |
Austrian Golf Open | ||||||
2002 | CHA | Markus Brier | 267 | −21 | 1 stroke | Gary Birch Jr. |
Austrian Open | ||||||
2001 | CHA | Chris Gane | 270 | −18 | 1 stroke | Andrew Marshall |
2000: No tournament | ||||||
Diners Club Austrian Open | ||||||
1999 | CHA | Juan Ciola | 263 | −17 | Playoff | Elliot Boult |
1998 | CHA | Kevin Carissimi | 269 | −11 | 2 strokes | Markus Brier Per Jacobson David R. Jones |
Matchmaker Austrian Open | ||||||
1997 | CHA | Erol Şimşek | 266 | −14 | 3 strokes | Kevin Carissimi David Lynn Steen Tinning |
Hohe Brücke Open | ||||||
1996 | EUR | Paul McGinley | 269 | −19 | 1 stroke | David Lynn Juan Carlos Piñero |
1995 | EUR | Alex Čejka | 267 | −21 | 4 strokes | Ignacio Garrido Rolf Muntz Ronan Rafferty |
1994 | EUR | Mark Davis (2) | 270 | −18 | 2 strokes | Philip Walton |
Hohe Brücke Austrian Open | ||||||
1993 | EUR | Ronan Rafferty | 274 | −14 | Playoff | Anders Sørensen |
Mitsubishi Austrian Open | ||||||
1992 | EUR | Peter Mitchell | 271 | −17 | 1 stroke | Peter Fowler David J. Russell Jamie Spence |
1991 | EUR | Mark Davis | 269 | −19 | 5 strokes | Michael McLean |
Austrian Open | ||||||
1990 | EUR | Bernhard Langer | 271 | −17 | Playoff | Lanny Wadkins |
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