Austrian Open
Tournament information
LocationAtzenbrugg, Austria
Established1990
Course(s)Diamond Country Club
Par72
Length7,458 yards (6,820 m)
Tour(s)European Tour
Challenge Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund€1,000,000
Month playedApril
Final year2021
Tournament record score
Aggregate261 Markus Brier (2004)
To par−23 as above
Final champion
United States John Catlin
Location Map
Diamond CC is located in Austria
Diamond CC
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]

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)
The Australian Richard Green won in 2007
Colin Montgomerie at the Austrian Open 2006
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
2021EURUnited States John Catlin274−14PlayoffGermany Maximilian Kieffer
Austrian Open
2020CHA, EURScotland Marc Warren275−131 strokeGermany Marcel Schneider
2019: No tournament
Shot Clock Masters
2018EURFinland Mikko Korhonen272−166 strokesScotland Connor Syme
Lyoness Open
2017EURSouth Africa Dylan Frittelli276−121 strokeEngland David Horsey
Finland Mikko Korhonen
South Africa Jbe' Kruger
2016EURChina Wu Ashun275−131 strokeSpain Adrián Otaegui
2015EUREngland Chris Wood273−152 strokesSpain Rafa Cabrera-Bello
2014EURSweden Mikael Lundberg276−12PlayoffAustria Bernd Wiesberger
2013EURNetherlands Joost Luiten271−172 strokesDenmark Thomas Bjørn
2012EURAustria Bernd Wiesberger269−193 strokesFrance Thomas Levet
Republic of Ireland Shane Lowry
Austrian Golf Open
2011EUREngland Kenneth Ferrie276−12PlayoffEngland Simon Wakefield
2010EURSpain José Manuel Lara271−17PlayoffEngland David Lynn
2009EURSpain Rafa Cabrera-Bello264−201 strokeEngland Benn Barham
Bank Austria GolfOpen
2008EURIndia Jeev Milkha Singh198[lower-alpha 2]−151 strokeEngland Simon Wakefield
BA-CA Golf Open
2007EURAustralia Richard Green268−16PlayoffFrance Jean-François Remésy
2006EURAustria Markus Brier (3)266−183 strokesDenmark Søren Hansen
2005CHANorthern Ireland Michael Hoey265−191 strokeSweden Steven Jeppesen
2004CHAAustria Markus Brier (2)261−238 strokesFinland Roope Kakko
England Lee Slattery
2003CHAEngland Robert Coles275−13PlayoffAustralia Steven Bowditch
Austrian Golf Open
2002CHAAustria Markus Brier267−211 strokeGermany Gary Birch Jr.
Austrian Open
2001CHAEngland Chris Gane270−181 strokeEngland Andrew Marshall
2000: No tournament
Diners Club Austrian Open
1999CHASwitzerland Juan Ciola263−17PlayoffNew Zealand Elliot Boult
1998CHAUnited States Kevin Carissimi269−112 strokesAustria Markus Brier
Sweden Per Jacobson
England David R. Jones
Matchmaker Austrian Open
1997CHAGermany Erol Şimşek266−143 strokesUnited States Kevin Carissimi
England David Lynn
Denmark Steen Tinning
Hohe Brücke Open
1996EURRepublic of Ireland Paul McGinley269−191 strokeEngland David Lynn
Spain Juan Carlos Piñero
1995EURGermany Alex Čejka267−214 strokesSpain Ignacio Garrido
Netherlands Rolf Muntz
Northern Ireland Ronan Rafferty
1994EUREngland Mark Davis (2)270−182 strokesRepublic of Ireland Philip Walton
Hohe Brücke Austrian Open
1993EURNorthern Ireland Ronan Rafferty274−14PlayoffDenmark Anders Sørensen
Mitsubishi Austrian Open
1992EUREngland Peter Mitchell271−171 strokeAustralia Peter Fowler
England David J. Russell
England Jamie Spence
1991EUREngland Mark Davis269−195 strokesEngland Michael McLean
Austrian Open
1990EURWest Germany Bernhard Langer271−17PlayoffUnited States Lanny Wadkins

Notes

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

References

  1. ↑ "Lyoness Open: Sponsors". Lyoness Open. 8 June 2013. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Lyoness Open Sponsor Agreement" (PDF). Lyoness Open. 8 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "Five things to know - Shot Clock Masters". PGA European Tour. 5 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "European Tour and Challenge Tour to resume in Austria". European Tour. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.

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