| Bernd Wiesberger | |
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Bernd Klaus Wiesberger |
| Nickname | Burnt Cheeseburger[1] |
| Born | (1985-10-08)8 October 1985 (age 39) Vienna, Austria |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb; 13.5 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  Austria |
| Residence | Oberwart, Austria |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 2006 |
| Current tour(s) | European Tour |
| Former tour(s) | Challenge Tour LIV Golf |
| Professional wins | 12 |
| Highestranking | 21 (24 November 2019)[2] (as of 24 November 2024) |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| European Tour | 8 |
| Asian Tour | 2 |
| Challenge Tour | 2 |
| Other | 1 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | T22: 2015 |
| PGA Championship | T15: 2014 |
| U.S. Open | T16: 2017 |
| The Open Championship | T32: 2019 |
Bernd Klaus Wiesberger ([bɛʁntˈviːsˌbɛʁɡɐ]; born 8 October 1985) is an Austrian professionalgolfer who plays on theEuropean Tour and formerly on theLIV Golf League. He finished the2019 European Tour season in third place on the Race to Dubai standings, his best finish to date.
In July 2015, when he won theAlstom 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 an eight-time winner on the European Tour. He also played in the2021 Ryder Cup.
Wiesberger was born inVienna. 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 2006Eisenhower Trophy. He turned professional in 2006.
Wiesberger played on theChallenge Tour in 2007 and 2008. He earned hisEuropean Tour card for the 2009 season throughqualifying 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, theAllianz Golf Open de Lyon[3] and theAllianz 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 theBallantine's Championship, twice setting the course record and winning the championship by the margin of five strokes.[4] The win moved him into the top 100 of theOfficial World Golf Ranking. In July 2012, Wiesberger won his second title of the year and of his European Tour career at theLyoness Open, held in his home country of Austria. He started the final round four strokes back ofThorbjørn 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, afterMarkus 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."[5]
On 5 May 2013, Wiesberger won his sixth professional tournament and the second of his career in Asia, beating reigningOpen ChampionErnie Els by a shot at theCIMB Niaga Indonesian Masters for his first win of the season.[6]
In 2014, he lost a playoff at his home event, theAustrian Open. However, he earned enough world ranking points to place 60th in the world and become the first Austrian to play in theU.S. Open. Wiesberger had the last guaranteed position for entry and it was the event immediately after the Austrian Open. At the2014 PGA Championship, Wiesberger was one off the lead ofRory McIlroy after 54 holes atValhalla 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 theDubai Duty Free Irish Open. He started the final round two strokes behindSøren Kjeldsen and despite shooting a 74, entered the playoff with Kjeldsen andEddie 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 theAlstom Open de France. Wiesberger took victory by three strokes over EnglishmenJames Morrison, Wiesberger had also started the round four strokes back of South AfricanJaco 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 ofMarkus Brier, who had two wins;Martin Wiegele was the only other Austrian with a win.
Wiesberger claimed his fourth European Tour victory at the 2017Shenzhen International. He won with a birdie at the first extra hole, in a sudden-death playoff, to defeatTommy 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.[7]
On 26 May 2019, Weisberger won his fifth European Tour title at theMade in Denmark at Himmerland Golf & Spa Resort. He won by shooting a final-round 66.[8] On 14 July 2019, he won theAberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open atRenaissance Club inNorth Berwick,Scotland. He won in a playoff overBenjamin Hébert.[9] On 13 October 2019, he won theItalian Open for his third victory of the European Tour season. This pushed him to first place in the season longRace to Dubai.[10]
In May 2021, Wiesberger successfully defended his title at theMade in HimmerLand event. He shot a final-round 64 to win by five shots[11] and advanced back to the top 50 in theOfficial World Golf Ranking. Four weeks later he followed that with a tied-for-fifth-place finish at theBMW International Open, to increase his chances of a selection to the 2021 European Ryder Cup team.[12] In August, Wiesberger looked set to claim his ninth European Tour victory at theOmega European Masters. He had a one shot lead going down the final hole, however a double-bogey saw him drop into second place; one shot behindRasmus Højgaard.[13]
In September 2021, Wiesberger played on the European team in the2021 Ryder Cup atWhistling Straits inKohler, Wisconsin, becoming the first Austrian Ryder Cup player ever. The U.S. team won 19–9 and Wiesberger went 0–3–0 including a loss in his Sunday singles match againstBrooks Koepka.
In 2022, Wiesberger signed withLIV Golf League. Prior to the start of 2024, he returned to theDP World Tour.
| Legend |
|---|
| Rolex Series (2) |
| Other European Tour (6) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29 Apr2012 | Ballantine's Championship1 | 72-65-65-68=270 | −18 | 5 strokes |  Richie Ramsay |
| 2 | 28 Jul 2012 | Lyoness Open | 71-66-67-65=269 | −19 | 3 strokes |  Thomas Levet, Shane Lowry |
| 3 | 5 Jul2015 | Alstom Open de France | 68-72-66-65=271 | −13 | 3 strokes |  James Morrison |
| 4 | 23 Apr2017 | Shenzhen International | 67-65-69-71=272 | −16 | Playoff | Tommy Fleetwood |
| 5 | 26 May2019 | Made in Denmark | 68-69-67-66=270 | −14 | 1 stroke | Robert MacIntyre |
| 6 | 14 Jul 2019 | Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open | 67-61-65-69=262 | −22 | Playoff | Benjamin Hébert |
| 7 | 13 Oct 2019 | Italian Open | 66-70-67-65=268 | −16 | 1 stroke | Matt Fitzpatrick |
| 8 | 30 May2021 | Made in HimmerLand (2) | 66-65-68-64=263 | −21 | 5 strokes |  Guido Migliozzi |
1Co-sanctioned by theAsian Tour and theKorean Tour
European Tour playoff record (2–3)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2011 | Johnnie 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 |
| 2 | 2014 | Lyoness Open |  Mikael Lundberg | Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
| 3 | 2015 | Dubai Duty Free Irish Open | Søren Kjeldsen,Eddie Pepperell | Kjeldsen won with birdie on first extra hole |
| 4 | 2017 | Shenzhen International | Tommy Fleetwood | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
| 5 | 2019 | Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open | Benjamin Hébert | Won with par on third extra hole |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29 Apr2012 | Ballantine's Championship1 | 72-65-65-68=270 | −18 | 5 strokes | Richie Ramsay |
| 2 | 5 May2013 | CIMB Niaga Indonesian Masters | 67-72-67-67=273 | −15 | 1 stroke | Ernie Els |
1Co-sanctioned by theEuropean Tour and theKorean Tour
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 Jul2010 | Allianz Golf Open de Lyon | 67-67-71-62=267 | −17 | 2 strokes | Joel Sjöholm |
| 2 | 10 Oct 2010 | Allianz Golf Open du Grand Toulouse | 70-70-67-68=275 | −9 | 4 strokes | Charles-Édouard Russo |
Results not in chronological order in 2020.
| Tournament | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | T22 | T34 | T43 | T24 | |||
| U.S. Open | CUT | CUT | CUT | T16 | |||
| The Open Championship | T64 | CUT | T68 | CUT | T74 | ||
| PGA Championship | CUT | CUT | T15 | CUT | CUT | CUT |
| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | 58 | T40 | ||
| PGA Championship | T43 | CUT | T30 | |
| U.S. Open | 76 | T43 | CUT | |
| The Open Championship | T32 | NT | T59 | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = No tournament due toCOVID-19 pandemic
| Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 |
| U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 17 |
| Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Players Championship | CUT | T12 | C | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
C = Cancelled after the first round due to theCOVID-19 pandemic
Results not in chronological order before 2015.
| Tournament | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | T31 | T14 | T45 | T30 | T37 | T59 | ||||
| Match Play | R64 | T34 | T51 | T17 | T29 | NT1 | T42 | |||
| Invitational | T55 | T25 | T41 | 74 | ||||||
| Champions | T28 | T17 | T35 | T9 | T49 | NT1 | NT1 |
1Cancelled due toCOVID-19 pandemic
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied
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