Austrian Open (golf)

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox golf tournament 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.

History

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.

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. After returning again in 2021, the tournament was not played between 2022 and 2024. In November 2024, alongside the 2025 European Tour schedule announcement, it was confirmed that the Austrian Open would return in May 2025, being played at Gut Altentann Golf Club in Salzburg.

Winners

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2008 Jeev Milkha Singh from India won (in the yellow shirt)

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The Australian Richard Green won in 2007

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Colin Montgomerie at the Austrian Open 2006

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The Austrian Markus Brier, three-time winner of the Austrian Open

Year	Tour(s)Template:Efn	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
Austrian Alpine Open
2025	EUR	Template:Flagicon Nicolai von Dellingshausen	261	−19	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Kristoffer Reitan Template:Flagicon Marcel Schneider
2022–2024: No tournament
Austrian Golf Open
2021	EUR	Template:Flagicon John Catlin	274	−14	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Maximilian Kieffer
Austrian Open
2020	CHA, EUR	Template:Flagicon Marc Warren	275	−13	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Marcel Schneider
2019: No tournament
Shot Clock Masters
2018	EUR	Template:Flagicon Mikko Korhonen	272	−16	6 strokes	Template:Flagicon Connor Syme
Lyoness Open
2017	EUR	Template:Flagicon Dylan Frittelli	276	−12	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon David Horsey Template:Flagicon Mikko Korhonen Template:Flagicon Jbe' Kruger
2016	EUR	Template:Flagicon Wu Ashun	275	−13	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Adrián Otaegui
2015	EUR	Template:Flagicon Chris Wood	273	−15	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Rafa Cabrera-Bello
2014	EUR	Template:Flagicon Mikael Lundberg	276	−12	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Bernd Wiesberger
2013	EUR	Template:Flagicon Joost Luiten	271	−17	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Thomas Bjørn
2012	EUR	Template:Flagicon Bernd Wiesberger	269	−19	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Thomas Levet Template:Flagicon Shane Lowry
Austrian Golf Open
2011	EUR	Template:Flagicon Kenneth Ferrie	276	−12	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Simon Wakefield
2010	EUR	Template:Flagicon José Manuel Lara	271	−17	Playoff	Template:Flagicon David Lynn
2009	EUR	Template:Flagicon Rafa Cabrera-Bello	264	−20	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Benn Barham
Bank Austria GolfOpen
2008	EUR	Template:Flagicon Jeev Milkha Singh	198Template:Efn	−15	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Simon Wakefield
BA-CA Golf Open
2007	EUR	Template:Flagicon Richard Green	268	−16	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Jean-François Remésy
2006	EUR	Template:Flagicon Markus Brier (3)	266	−18	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Søren Hansen
2005	CHA	Template:Flagicon Michael Hoey	265	−19	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Steven Jeppesen
2004	CHA	Template:Flagicon Markus Brier (2)	261	−23	8 strokes	Template:Flagicon Roope Kakko Template:Flagicon Lee Slattery
2003	CHA	Template:Flagicon Robert Coles	275	−13	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Steven Bowditch
Austrian Golf Open
2002	CHA	Template:Flagicon Markus Brier	267	−21	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Gary Birch Jr.
Austrian Open
2001	CHA	Template:Flagicon Chris Gane	270	−18	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Andrew Marshall
2000: No tournament
Diners Club Austrian Open
1999	CHA	Template:Flagicon Juan Ciola	263	−17	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Elliot Boult
1998	CHA	Template:Flagicon Kevin Carissimi	269	−11	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Markus Brier Template:Flagicon Per Jacobson Template:Flagicon David R. Jones
Matchmaker Austrian Open
1997	CHA	Template:Flagicon Erol Şimşek	266	−14	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Kevin Carissimi Template:Flagicon David Lynn Template:Flagicon Steen Tinning
Hohe Brücke Open
1996	EUR	Template:Flagicon Paul McGinley	269	−19	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon David Lynn Template:Flagicon Juan Carlos Piñero
1995	EUR	Template:Flagicon Alex Čejka	267	−21	4 strokes	Template:Flagicon Ignacio Garrido Template:Flagicon Rolf Muntz Template:Flagicon Ronan Rafferty
1994	EUR	Template:Flagicon Mark Davis (2)	270	−18	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Philip Walton
Hohe Brücke Austrian Open
1993	EUR	Template:Flagicon Ronan Rafferty	274	−14	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Anders Sørensen
Mitsubishi Austrian Open
1992	EUR	Template:Flagicon Peter Mitchell	271	−17	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Peter Fowler Template:Flagicon David J. Russell Template:Flagicon Jamie Spence
1991	EUR	Template:Flagicon Mark Davis	269	−19	5 strokes	Template:Flagicon Michael McLean
Austrian Open
1990	EUR	Template:Flagicon Bernhard Langer	271	−17	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Lanny Wadkins

See also

• Open golf tournament

External links

• Coverage on the European Tour's official site