| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Salzburg, Austria |
| Established | 1990 |
| Course | 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 | 261Markus Brier (2004) 261Nicolai von Dellingshausen (2025) |
| To par | −23Markus Brier (2004) |
| Current champion | |
 Nicolai von Dellingshausen | |
| Location map | |
  Gut Altentann GC Location inAustria | |
TheAustrian Open is a men's professionalgolf tournament on theEuropean 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 theChallenge 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 communityLyoness and its affiliated Greenfinity foundation would be the title sponsors for three seasons.[1][2]
The 2018 event was the first professional tournament to use ashot 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 theDiamond Country Club inAtzenbrugg,Lower Austria, 35 km west ofVienna.
In2020, the tournament was a dual-ranking event with theChallenge Tour, due to a revamp of the European Tour's schedule because ofCOVID-19 pandemic.[4] After returning again in 2021,[5] the tournament was not played between 2022 and 2024. In November 2024, alongside the2025 European Tour schedule announcement, it was confirmed that the Austrian Open would return in May 2025, being played at Gut Altentann Golf Club inSalzburg.[6][7][8]
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