Martin Wiegele | |
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Personal information | |
Born | Graz, Austria | 11 July 1978
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Sporting nationality | Austria |
Residence | Graz, Austria |
Spouse | Claudia Wiegele |
Career | |
Turned professional | 2003 |
Current tour(s) | Challenge Tour |
Former tour(s) | European Tour |
Professional wins | 5 |
Number of wins by tour | |
European Tour | 1 |
Challenge Tour | 4 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | DNP |
PGA Championship | DNP |
U.S. Open | DNP |
The Open Championship | T70: 2008 |
Martin Wiegele (born 11 July 1978) is an Austrian professional golfer.
Wiegele was born in Graz. He turned professional in 2003 when he joined the second tier Challenge Tour. He enjoyed some success during his first season finishing fourth on the end of season rankings to graduate to the top level European Tour for 2004. He almost won his first European Tour event he ever played, losing a playoff against Marcus Fraser in the 2003 BMW Russian Open. He could not keep his European Tour card and had to go back to the Challenge Tour. He struggled for form during the next few seasons due to massive swing changes, before picking up his first big victory at the 2007 Lexus Open. He went on to be medalist at the European Tour Qualifying School at the end of the season to regain his place at the top level.
Having finished 142nd on the Order of Merit in 2008, Wiegele returned to the Challenge Tour in 2009. He picked up his second tournament victory on the Challenge Tour in 2010 at the Kärnten Golf Open, before winning his first European Tour title at the Saint-Omer Open two weeks later which gave him a one-year exemption on the main tour. He gained his Tour card for the 2012 season by finishing 83rd in the 2011 Race to Dubai, a season in which he finished tied for third in the Barclays Scottish Open. [1]
He missed most of the 2012 season through a hip injury and poor form since has kept him outside the world top-thousand most of the time from 2013 to early 2017. In June 2017 he was a surprise winner of the KPMG Trophy, his best performance since 2011.
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
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1 | 20 Jun 2010 | Saint-Omer Open 1 | −7 (66-71-72-68=277) | 2 strokes | Robert Dinwiddie, Pelle Edberg, Jamie Elson, Matt Haines, Raphaël Jacquelin |
1Dual-ranking event with the Challenge Tour
European Tour playoff record (0–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 2003 | BMW Russian Open | Marcus Fraser | Lost to par on second extra hole |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 19 Aug 2007 | Lexus Open | −10 (68-71-73-66=278) | Playoff | George Murray |
2 | 6 Jun 2010 | Kärnten Golf Open | −13 (62-76-71-66=275) | 1 stroke | Floris de Vries, Daniel Denison, Matthew Zions |
3 | 20 Jun 2010 | Saint-Omer Open 1 | −7 (66-71-72-68=277) | 2 strokes | Robert Dinwiddie, Pelle Edberg, Jamie Elson, Matt Haines, Raphaël Jacquelin |
4 | 11 Jun 2017 | KPMG Trophy | −19 (68-69-66-66=269) | 1 stroke | Pedro Oriol |
1Dual-ranking event with the European Tour
Challenge Tour playoff record (1–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 2003 | BMW Russian Open | Marcus Fraser | Lost to par on second extra hole |
2 | 2007 | Lexus Open | George Murray | Won with par on first extra hole |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
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1 | 4 May 2008 | Gösser Open | −12 (71-67-66=204) | Playoff | Emanuele Lattanzi, Andrea Rota |
Tournament | 2008 |
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Masters Tournament | |
U.S. Open | |
The Open Championship | T70 |
PGA Championship |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
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