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]

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 fund1,000,000
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 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

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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
Year Tour(s)[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
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[b] −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

See also

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Notes

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

References

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  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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