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Bernd Wiesberger

Bernd Wiesberger
— Golfer —
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Personal information
Full name Bernd Klaus Wiesberger
Born (1985-10-08) 8 October 1985 (age 31)
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, 2016
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.

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.

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 [as Brier]. I'm sure I'm not going to be the last home winner."


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