Bernd Wiesberger

Bernd Wiesberger
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name Bernd Klaus Wiesberger
Born (1985-10-08) 8 October 1985
Vienna, Austria
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb; 13.5 st)
Nationality  Austria
Residence Oberwart, Austria
Career
Turned professional 2006
Current tour(s) European Tour
Former tour(s) Challenge Tour
Professional wins 7
Number of wins by tour
European Tour 3
Asian Tour 2
Challenge Tour 2
Other 1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T22: 2015
U.S. Open CUT: 2014, 2015
The Open Championship T64: 2013
PGA Championship T15: 2014

Bernd Wiesberger (born 8 October 1985) is an Austrian professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. He ended 22nd in the 2012 season standings with two wins, and 28th in 2013 with six top 10s.

In July 2015, when he won the Alstom Open de France, Wiesberger became the most successful Austrian golfer on the European Tour with three tour victories.

Amateur career

Wiesberger was born in Vienna. He won several amateur tournaments, including three Austrian Amateur Stroke Play Championships from 2004 to 2006, the Austrian Amateur Match Play Championship in 2004 and the Austrian Youths Championship in 2004 and 2005. He represented his country at the 2004 and 2006 Eisenhower Trophy. He turned professional in 2006.

Professional career

Wiesberger played on the Challenge Tour in 2007 and 2008. He earned his European Tour card for the 2009 season through qualifying school. He was unable to win enough money during his rookie season to retain his card and returned to the Challenge Tour. Wiesberger won two events, the Allianz Golf Open de Lyon[1] and the Allianz Golf Open du Grand Toulouse, en route to a 5th place finish on the Order of Merit, good enough for a European Tour card for 2011.

Wiesberger recorded four top-10 finishes in his return to the European Tour in 2011 including two runner up finishes. He finished 64th on the Order of Merit. Wiesberger claimed his maiden title on the European Tour in 2012 at the Ballantine's Championship, twice setting the course record and winning the championship by the margin of five strokes.[2] The win moved him into the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking. In July 2012, Wiesberger won his second title of the year and of his European Tour career at the Lyoness Open, held in his home country of Austria. He started the final round four strokes back of Thorbjørn Olesen, but a round of 65 seven under par, including birdies at three of the last four holes secured a three stroke victory. He became only the second Austrian to win his home Open, after Markus Brier in 2006. After the victory he said: "It's the best day of my life so far. It seems like it went my way, especially the last two holes. I had such a great country and such great fans backing me. I'm very proud to be following in such big footsteps [as Brier]. I'm sure I'm not going to be the last home winner."[3]

On 5 May 2013, Wiesberger won his sixth professional tournament and the second of his career in Asia, beating reigning Open Champion Ernie Els by a shot at the CIMB Niaga Indonesian Masters for his first win of the season.[4]

In 2014, Wiesberger became the first Austrian to play in the U.S. Open. He earned entry through his world ranking (60th, the last available position for guaranteed entry) the Monday prior to the event. At the 2014 PGA Championship, Wiesberger was one off the lead of Rory McIlroy after 54 holes at Valhalla Golf Club and was paired with McIlroy in the final round of the championship. However, Wiesberger shot a three-over par round on the final day and finished in a tie for 15th.

In May 2015, Wiesberger lost in a three-man sudden-death playoff at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open. He started the final round two strokes behind Søren Kjeldsen and despite shooting a 74, entered the playoff with Kjeldsen and Eddie Pepperell. Kjeldsen won on the first extra hole with a birdie. Wiesberger has lost all three sudden-death playoffs in his European Tour career. On 5 July Wiesberger would win his third event on the European Tour when he took the Alstom Open de France. Wiesberger took victory by three strokes over Englishmen James Morrison, Wiesberger had also started the round four strokes back of South African Jaco Van Zyl but stormed back with final round 66. With this being his third win on tour, he became the most successful Austrian golfer in the history of the European Tour, moving ahead of Markus Brier, who had two wins.

Amateur wins (7)

Professional wins (7)

European Tour wins (3)

No. DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1 29 Apr 2012 Ballantine's Championship1 72-65-65-68=270 –18 5 strokes Scotland Richie Ramsay
2 28 Jul 2012 Lyoness Open 71-66-67-65=269 –19 3 strokes France Thomas Levet, Republic of Ireland Shane Lowry
3 5 Jul 2015 Alstom Open de France 68-72-66-65=271 –13 3 strokes England James Morrison

1 Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour

European Tour playoff record (0–3)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2011 Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles Denmark Thomas Bjørn, South Africa George Coetzee,
England Mark Foster, Spain Pablo Larrazábal		 Bjorn won with birdie on fifth extra hole
Foster eliminated with par on fourth hole
Larrázabal eliminated with par on second hole
Wiesberger eliminated with par on first hole
2 2014 Lyoness Open Sweden Mikael Lundberg Lost to birdie on first extra hole
3 2015 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Denmark Søren Kjeldsen, England Eddie Pepperell Kjeldsen won with birdie on first extra hole

Asian Tour wins (2)

No. DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1 29 Apr 2012 Ballantine's Championship1 72-65-65-68=270 –18 5 strokes Scotland Richie Ramsay
2 5 May 2013 CIMB Niaga Indonesian Masters 67-72-67-67=273 –15 1 stroke South Africa Ernie Els

1 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour

Challenge Tour wins (2)

No. DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1 11 Jul 2010 Allianz Golf Open de Lyon 67-67-71-62=267 –17 2 strokes Sweden Joel Sjöholm
2 10 Oct 2010 Allianz Golf Open du Grand Toulouse 70-70-67-68=275 –9 4 strokes France Charles-Édouard Russo

Other wins (1)

Results in major championships

Tournament 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Masters Tournament DNP DNP DNP T22 T34
U.S. Open DNP DNP CUT CUT
The Open Championship DNP T64 CUT T68
PGA Championship CUT CUT T15 CUT

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Yellow background for top-10

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2
U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 5

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Wiesberger wins with a wondrous 62". PGA European Tour. 11 July 2010. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
  2. ↑ "Bernd Toasts Maiden Victory". PGA European Tour. 29 April 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "Wiesberger wins his home Open". PGA European Tour. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  4. ↑ "Wiesberger wins CIMB Niaga Indonesian Masters". PGA European Tour. 5 May 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2013.

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