Austrian Open (golf)

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Austrian Open
Tournament information
Location Atzenbrugg, Austria
Established1990
Course(s) Diamond Country Club
Par72
Length7,458 yards (6,820 m)
Tour(s) European Tour
Challenge Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund 1,000,000
Month playedApril
Final year2021
Tournament record score
Aggregate261 Markus Brier (2004)
To par−23 as above
Final champion
Flag of the United States.svg John Catlin
Location Map
Austria relief location map.jpg
Icona golf.svg
Diamond CC
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]

Contents

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]

Winners

2008 Jeev Milkha Singh from India won (in the yellow shirt) Fontana Vienna Euro PGA 2008 (7).JPG
2008 Jeev Milkha Singh from India won (in the yellow shirt)
The Australian Richard Green won in 2007 Richard Green3.png
The Australian Richard Green won in 2007
Colin Montgomerie at the Austrian Open 2006 Colin Montgomerie (Austrian Open).png
Colin Montgomerie at the Austrian Open 2006
The Austrian Markus Brier, three-time winner of the Austrian Open Brier3.png
The Austrian Markus Brier, three-time winner of the Austrian Open
YearTour(s) [lower-alpha 1] WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Austrian Golf Open
2021 EUR Flag of the United States.svg John Catlin 274−14Playoff Flag of Germany.svg Maximilian Kieffer
Austrian Open
2020 CHA, EUR Flag of Scotland.svg Marc Warren 275−131 stroke Flag of Germany.svg Marcel Schneider
2019: No tournament
Shot Clock Masters
2018 EUR Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Korhonen 272−166 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Connor Syme
Lyoness Open
2017 EUR Flag of South Africa.svg Dylan Frittelli 276−121 stroke Flag of England.svg David Horsey
Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Korhonen
Flag of South Africa.svg Jbe' Kruger
2016 EUR Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wu Ashun 275−131 stroke Flag of Spain.svg Adrián Otaegui
2015 EUR Flag of England.svg Chris Wood 273−152 strokes Flag of Spain.svg Rafa Cabrera-Bello
2014 EUR Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Lundberg 276−12Playoff Flag of Austria.svg Bernd Wiesberger
2013 EUR Flag of the Netherlands.svg Joost Luiten 271−172 strokes Flag of Denmark.svg Thomas Bjørn
2012 EUR Flag of Austria.svg Bernd Wiesberger 269−193 strokes Flag of France.svg Thomas Levet
Flag of Ireland.svg Shane Lowry
Austrian Golf Open
2011 EUR Flag of England.svg Kenneth Ferrie 276−12Playoff Flag of England.svg Simon Wakefield
2010 EUR Flag of Spain.svg José Manuel Lara 271−17Playoff Flag of England.svg David Lynn
2009 EUR Flag of Spain.svg Rafa Cabrera-Bello 264−201 stroke Flag of England.svg Benn Barham
Bank Austria GolfOpen
2008 EUR Flag of India.svg Jeev Milkha Singh 198 [lower-alpha 2] −151 stroke Flag of England.svg Simon Wakefield
BA-CA Golf Open
2007 EUR Flag of Australia (converted).svg Richard Green 268−16Playoff Flag of France.svg Jean-François Remésy
2006 EUR Flag of Austria.svg Markus Brier (3)266−183 strokes Flag of Denmark.svg Søren Hansen
2005 CHA Ulster Banner.svg Michael Hoey 265−191 stroke Flag of Sweden.svg Steven Jeppesen
2004 CHA Flag of Austria.svg Markus Brier (2)261−238 strokes Flag of Finland.svg Roope Kakko
Flag of England.svg Lee Slattery
2003 CHA Flag of England.svg Robert Coles 275−13Playoff Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steven Bowditch
Austrian Golf Open
2002 CHA Flag of Austria.svg Markus Brier 267−211 stroke Flag of Germany.svg Gary Birch Jr.
Austrian Open
2001 CHA Flag of England.svg Chris Gane 270−181 stroke Flag of England.svg Andrew Marshall
2000: No tournament
Diners Club Austrian Open
1999 CHA Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Juan Ciola 263−17Playoff Flag of New Zealand.svg Elliot Boult
1998 CHA Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Carissimi 269−112 strokes Flag of Austria.svg Markus Brier
Flag of Sweden.svg Per Jacobson
Flag of England.svg David R. Jones
Matchmaker Austrian Open
1997 CHA Flag of Germany.svg Erol Şimşek 266−143 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Carissimi
Flag of England.svg David Lynn
Flag of Denmark.svg Steen Tinning
Hohe Brücke Open
1996 EUR Flag of Ireland.svg Paul McGinley 269−191 stroke Flag of England.svg David Lynn
Flag of Spain.svg Juan Carlos Piñero
1995 EUR Flag of Germany.svg Alex Čejka 267−214 strokes Flag of Spain.svg Ignacio Garrido
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rolf Muntz
Ulster Banner.svg Ronan Rafferty
1994 EUR Flag of England.svg Mark Davis (2)270−182 strokes Flag of Ireland.svg Philip Walton
Hohe Brücke Austrian Open
1993 EUR Ulster Banner.svg Ronan Rafferty 274−14Playoff Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Sørensen
Mitsubishi Austrian Open
1992 EUR Flag of England.svg Peter Mitchell 271−171 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Fowler
Flag of England.svg David J. Russell
Flag of England.svg Jamie Spence
1991 EUR Flag of England.svg Mark Davis 269−195 strokes Flag of England.svg Michael McLean
Austrian Open
1990 EUR Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer 271−17Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Lanny Wadkins

Notes

  1. CHA − Challenge Tour; EUR − European Tour.
  2. Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

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