- Austrian Open (golf)
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For the tennis tournament, see Austrian Open (tennis).
Austrian Open Tournament information Location Atzenbrugg, Austria Established 1990 Course(s) Diamond Country Club Par 72 Length 7,386 yards (6,754 m) Tour(s) European Tour Format Stroke play Prize fund €1,000,000 Month played September Tournament record score Aggregate 261 Markus Brier (2004) To par -23 (as above) Current champion Kenneth Ferrie The Austrian Golf Open, is a men's professional golf tournament on the European Tour. It was founded as the Austrian Open 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. It 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.
The 2011 prize fund was €1,000,000.
The tournament is held at the Diamond Country Club in Atzenbrugg, Lower Austria, 35km west of Vienna.
Winners
European Tour
Year Winner Score Austrian Golf Open 2011 Kenneth Ferrie 276 (-12)PO 2010 José Manuel Lara 271 (-17)PO 2009 Rafael Cabrera-Bello 264 (-20) Bank Austria GolfOpen presented by Telekom Austria 2008* Jeev Milkha Singh 198 (-15) BA-CA Golf Open presented by Telekom Austria 2007 Richard Green 268 (-16)PO 2006 Markus Brier 266 (-18) Hohe Brücke Open 1996 Paul McGinley 269 1995 Alex Čejka 267 1994 Mark Davis 270 Hohe Brücke Austrian Open 1993 Ronan Rafferty 274 PO Mitsubishi Austrian Open 1992 Peter Mitchell 271 Mitsubishi Austrian Open sponsored by Denzel 1991 Mark Davis 269 Austrian Open 1990 Bernhard Langer 271 PO * - 2008 tournament reduced to three rounds due to rain.
Challenge Tour
Year Winner Score BA-CA Golf Open presented by Telekom Austria 2005 Michael Hoey 265 (-19) 2004 Markus Brier 261 (-23) 2003 Robert Coles 275 (-13)PO Austrian Golf Open 2002 Markus Brier 267 Austrian Open 2001 Chris Gane 270 2000 No tournament Diners Club Austrian Open 1999 Juan Ciola 263 PO 1998 Kevin Carissimi 269 Matchmaker Austrian Open 1997 Erol Simsek 266 External links
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