Bernd Wiesberger


Bernd Wiesberger is an Austrian professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. He finished the 2019 season in third place on the Race to Dubai standings, his career best finish to date.
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. He has since extended his record and is a seven-time winner on the European Tour.

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 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. 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 . I'm sure I'm not going to be the last home winner."
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.
In 2014, he lost a playoff at his home event, the Austrian Open. However, he earned enough world ranking points to place 60th in the world and become the first Austrian to play in the U.S. Open. Wiesberger had the last guaranteed position for entry and it was the event immediately after the Austrian Open. 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; Martin Wiegele was the only other Austrian with a win.
Wiesberger claimed his fourth European Tour victory at the 2017 Shenzhen International. He won with a birdie at the first extra hole, in a sudden-death playoff, to defeat Tommy Fleetwood. Fleetwood had earlier shot a final round of 63 to come from eight strokes back and set the clubhouse lead. Wiesberger had to scramble for pars on the back nine and then almost holed his approach shot on the 72nd hole for the victory. In the playoff, Wiesberger found trouble from the tee, but hit his approach to within five feet for birdie to claim victory. His fourth victory came in his 200th event on the European Tour.
On 26 May 2019, Weisberger won his fifth European Tour title at the Made in Denmark at Himmerland Golf & Spa Resort. He won by shooting a final-round 66. On 14 July 2019, he won the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open at Renaissance Club in North Berwick, Scotland. He won in a playoff over Benjamin Hébert. On 13 October 2019, he won the Italian Open for his third victory of the European Tour season. This pushed him to first place in the season long Race to Dubai.

Amateur wins (7)

European Tour wins (7)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner-up
129 Apr 2012Ballantine's Championship172-65-65-68=270−185 strokes Richie Ramsay
228 Jul 2012Lyoness Open71-66-67-65=269−193 strokes Thomas Levet, Shane Lowry
35 Jul 2015Alstom Open de France68-72-66-65=271−133 strokes James Morrison
423 Apr 2017Shenzhen International67-65-69-71=272−16Playoff Tommy Fleetwood
526 May 2019Made in Denmark68-69-67-66=270−141 stroke Robert MacIntyre
614 Jul 2019Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open67-61-65-69=262−22Playoff Benjamin Hébert
713 Oct 2019Italian Open66-70-67-65=268−161 stroke Matthew Fitzpatrick

1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the Korean Tour
European Tour playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
12011Johnnie Walker Championship
at Gleneagles		 Thomas Bjørn, George Coetzee,
Mark Foster, Pablo Larrazábal		Bjørn won with birdie on fifth extra hole
Foster eliminated by par on fourth hole
Larrazábal eliminated by par on second hole
Wiesberger eliminated by par on first hole
22014Lyoness Open Mikael LundbergLost to birdie on first extra hole
32015Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Søren Kjeldsen, Eddie PepperellKjeldsen won with birdie on first extra hole
42017Shenzhen International Tommy FleetwoodWon with birdie on first extra hole
52019Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open Benjamin HébertWon with par on third extra hole

Asian Tour wins (2)

1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour and the Korean Tour

Challenge Tour wins (2)

Other wins (1)

Results not in chronological order in 2020.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Summary

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.

Results in World Golf Championships

Results not in chronological order prior to 2015.
Tournament201220132014201520162017201820192020
ChampionshipT31T14T45T30T37
Match PlayR64T34T51T17T29NT1
InvitationalT55T25T41
ChampionsT28T17T35T9T49

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur
Professional