Austrian Open (golf)

Golf tournament

Golf tournament

Austrian Alpine OpenTournament information

Location| Salzburg, Austria
Established| 1990
Course(s)| Gut Altentann Golf Club
Par| 70
Length| 6,941 yards (6,347 m)
Tour(s)| European Tour
Challenge Tour
Format| Stroke play
Prize fund| US$2,750,000
Month played| May/June
Tournament record score
Aggregate| 261 Markus Brier (2004)
261 Nicolai von Dellingshausen (2025)
To par| −23 Markus Brier (2004)
Current champion
Nicolai von Dellingshausen
Location map

Gut Altentann GC

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]

## History

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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] After returning again in 2021,[5] 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.[6][7][8]

## 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

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Austrian Alpine Open
2025 | EUR |  Nicolai von Dellingshausen | 261 | −19 | 2 strokes |  Kristoffer Reitan
Marcel Schneider
2022–2024: No tournament
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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* Open golf tournament

## 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". European Tour. 5 June 2018.
4. ^ "European Tour and Challenge Tour to resume in Austria". European Tour. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
5. ^ "Catlin claims third win after play-off drama in Austria". European Tour. 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
6. ^ "DP World Tour announces its 2025 global tournament schedule". European Tour. 12 November 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
7. ^ Parsons, Ben (12 November 2024). "DP World Tour reveals new-look 2025 schedule". Bunkered. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
8. ^ "Austrian Alpine Open presented by SalzburgerLand: Five things to know". European Tour. 27 May 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.

## External links

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* Coverage on the European Tour's official site

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