Published July 17, 2008 on July 13, 2020

Warren Wins Austrian Open

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Marc Warren ended a six-year wait for his fourth European Tour title, winning the Austrian Open as the European Tour and European Challenge Tour seasons restarted after a four-month break due to the global coronavirus pandemic.

 

The Scot, who last tasted victory at the 2014 Made In Denmark, started the final day at Diamond Country Club in a share of the lead with Germany’s Nicolai von Dellingshausen, but it was an enthralling battle with Spanish youngster Sebastian Garcia Rodriguez which he had to overcome to win again on the European Tour.

 

Warren said, “2014 was the last time I’ve won. It was nice to have such a long break with the family. The last few weeks I’ve been able to get some good work done and get ready to play golf.

 

“I was and wasn’t (watching the leaderboard). In my head, the tournament doesn’t start until the back nine. A lot can happen on the front nine here, there’s a lot of water about. It was tough, the wind was swirling. Sebastian got off to a great start, made three at the first. He started ten under, but I thought he started 11. I had him one shot better than he was. When we got to the last five or six, seeing how tight it was, I was just trying to commit as much as possible to the shots.

 

“Around the turn, I hit a couple of great shots on nine and ten, made two birdies. Hit a really good iron shot on 11, but the wind didn’t move it and I made bogey. I felt like that set me back a little bit, but I holed a good birdie putt on 15 and then a good putt on 17 that was really steep downhill from about 15 feet. I was trying to make sure I didn’t run it past, I tried to get the pace right and fortunately, it went right in the middle.

 

“It’s massive. Going from a few hours ago I didn’t have full status, now to be in a winner’s category and plan the year a little bit is good. I just need to keep doing what I’m doing, trying to hit one shape all the time and when I do play try and do that and try not to mess about too much.”

 

Garcia Rodriguez eagled the first to move to within one shot, and the pair shared the lead coming down the home straight until Warren made his sixth birdie of the day on the 17^th.

 

Germany’s Marcel Schneider made a run for the title with a three-under par round of 69, holding the clubhouse lead on 12 under par while Warren stood on the 18^th tee.

 

After Garcia Rodriguez, who trailed by one after the 17^th, hit his tee shot into the water, Warren needed just a par to secure his first title since 2014, which he duly converted from five feet.

 

Wil Besseling carded the joint-low round of the day, a six-under-par 66, to take solo third. While Garcia Rodriguez was joined by Scottish pair Craig Howie and Connor Syme, alongside Holland’s Darius van Driel on ten under par.

 

The season continues in Austria next week with the dual-ranked Euram Bank Open at GC Adamstal, followed by the Betfred British Masters at Close House, the first of the new six-event UK Swing.

 

Final scores

275 M WARREN (SCO) 66 69 70 70,
276 M SCHNEIDER (GER) 69 69 69 69,
277 W BESSELING (NED) 68 69 74 66,
278 D VAN DRIEL (NED) 71 65 70 72, C SYME (SCO) 67 70 69 72, S GARCIA RODRIGUEZ (ESP) 70 67 69 72, C HOWIE (SCO) 66 69 74 69,
280 A JOHN (GER) 69 70 70 71, M JIM?NEZ (ESP) 68 65 77 70, O LENGDEN (SWE) 69 68 73 70, C MIVIS (BEL) 68 70 72 70, P ERIKSSON (SWE) 67 73 70 70, J CATLIN (USA) 71 69 71 69, T DETRY (BEL) 68 71 73 68,
281 N VON DELLINGSHAUSEN (GER) 68 67 70 76, J STALTER (FRA) 68 69 70 74, R PARATORE (ITA) 68 67 75 71,
282 J LUITEN (NED) 65 70 72 75, A SADDIER (FRA) 70 72 68 72, M FORD (ENG) 71 68 74 69, B RITTHAMMER (GER) 74 65 74 69, F MORY (FRA) 70 68 77 67,
283 C PIGEM (ESP) 70 69 74 70, M SIEM (GER) 73 68 72 70,
284 S VINCENT (ZIM) 71 66 72 75, O LINDELL (FIN) 69 71 70 74, L GAGLI (ITA) 72 69 72 71, J WRISDALE (ENG) 70 69 75 70, D HUIZING (NED) 70 71 73 70, J THOMSON (ENG) 68 70 78 68,
285 D LAWSON (AUS) 73 67 74 71, M BALDWIN (ENG) 71 72 71 71, R KAKKO (FIN) 73 70 71 71,
286 R KARLBERG (SWE) 72 68 72 74, H LONG (GER) 73 70 71 72, E DE LA RIVA (ESP) 68 71 76 71, N M?LLER (DEN) 69 72 77 68, L NEMECZ (AUT) 70 71 77 68,
287 C ROSS (SCO) 70 70 74 73, P ORIOL (ESP) 71 70 76 70, C HANNA (USA) 72 69 76 70, A ZEMMER (ITA) 73 68 78 68, M SIMONSEN (DEN) 69 71 81 66,
288 N H?JGAARD (DEN) 67 73 71 77, M LAMPERT (GER) 71 72 70 75, M HABELER (AUT) 73 70 71 74, P EDBERG (SWE) 71 71 73 73, J FAHRBRING (SWE) 72 71 72 73, J SJ?HOLM (SWE) 71 68 77 72, O LIESER (CZE) 72 68 76 72, T CLEMENTS (ENG) 75 67 74 72, D BOOTE (WAL) 73 70 73 72, G BOURDY (FRA) 70 71 76 71, A ROZNER (FRA) 74 69 76 69,
289 H STUREHED (SWE) 70 70 75 74, A KARLSSON (SWE) 69 72 75 73, S TARRIO (ESP) 71 70 77 71, G MOYNIHAN (IRL) 69 74 76 70, M KIEFFER (GER) 70 70 80 69, F LAPORTA (ITA) 73 70 77 69,
290 D BORDA (ESP) 74 69 72 75,
291 R DE SOUSA (SUI) 73 69 73 76, A KNAPPE (GER) 71 69 78 73, A ARNAUS (ESP) 70 71 77 73, P LANGFORS (SWE) 72 69 77 73, R ROUSSEL (FRA) 70 72 78 71,
293 J GIRRBACH (SUI) 70 72 76 75, J LANDO CASANOVA (FRA) 69 73 78 73, M SCHMITT (GER) 72 70 79 72, E DI NITTO (ITA) 71 72 78 72,
295 S HENRY (SCO) 69 73 74 79,
297 R VAN WEST (NED) 71 71 78 77, L SCALISE (ITA) 67 75 80 75,
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144 G STAL (FRA) 70 74, S GREGORY (ENG) 70 74, S HEISELE (GER) 70 74, R PETERSSON (SWE) 72 72, S TILEY (ENG) 72 72, C BERARDO (FRA) 72 72, B VIRTO (ESP) 72 72, S FERNANDEZ (ESP) 74 70, B RUSCH (SUI) 74 70, D PERRIER (FRA) 76 68, C BLOMSTRAND (SWE) 77 67,
145 T BALTL (AUT) 68 77, F MACCARIO (ITA) 72 73, P ANGLES (ESP) 74 71, H ARKENAU (GER) 74 71, L ASTL (AUT) 74 71, M BRIER (AUT) 75 70, D GAVINS (ENG) 75 70,
146 J DANTORP (SWE) 68 78, R SCIOT-SIEGRIST (FRA) 69 77, N COLSAERTS (BEL) 71 75, B MOORE (ENG) 71 75, S MATUS (CZE) 72 74, M FENASSE (FRA) 73 73, D FOOS (GER) 74 72, S MANLEY (WAL) 75 71, R DAWSON (IRL) 76 70, A ARIZABALETA (COL) 78 68,
147 G KRISTJANSSON (ISL) 70 77, S V?LIM?KI (FIN) 72 75, U COUSSAUD (FRA) 72 75, M STEINLECHNER (AM) (AUT) 73 74, R MANSELL (ENG) 74 73, L KUBIN (AM) (AUT) 74 73, N KRISTENSEN (DEN) 74 73, A WILSON (ENG) 74 73, R GOUVEIA (POR) 75 72, A MERONK (POL) 76 71, N KEARNEY (IRL) 78 69, T PULKKANEN (FIN) 79 68,
148 M LUNDBERG (SWE) 70 78, N REGNER (AM) (AUT) 70 78, C ROBB (SCO) 73 75, V RIU (FRA) 74 74, R EVANS (ENG) 76 72, L LIPOLD (AUT) 76 72, G FOLK (AUT) 77 71,
149 E FERGUSON (SCO) 75 74,
150 M HAASTRUP (DEN) 73 77, L VAN MEIJEL (NED) 73 77, R MCGOWAN (ENG) 75 75, J KASKE (FIN) 77 73, A PLANT (ENG) 77 73,
151 M WIEGELE (AUT) 73 78, A AHOKAS (FIN) 73 78, R ENOCH (WAL) 81 70,
152 F LACROIX (FRA) 71 81, J QUESNE (FRA) 72 80, M OVESEN (DEN) 75 77, B STOW (ENG) 75 77, I CANTERO GUTIERREZ (ESP) 76 76, J K?LBING (GER) 76 76, E CUARTERO BLANCO (ESP) 77 75, N MCCARTHY (ENG) 79 73, H MAGNUS (ISL) 81 71,
153 F BERGAMASCHI (ITA) 75 78,
155 J SANDBORG (SWE) 81 74,
157 K KOIVU (FIN) 80 77,
160 F NILEHN (SWE) 85 75,
164 S WITTMANN (AUT) 87 77,
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OUT H PORTEOUS (RSA) 81 RT,