Tournament: Austrian Alpine Open presented by SalzburgerLand
Race to Dubai: Tournament 21 of 44
Venue: Golf Club Gut Altentann, Salzburg, Austria
Prize Fund: $2,750,000
Hashtag: #AustrianAlpineOpen #DPWT
Round One Report
Marcel Schneider carded a seven under par 63 to take the first round lead at the Austrian Alpine Open presented by SalzburgerLand.
Starting from the tenth, the German needed just 30 strokes on his front nine at Golf Club Gut Altentann as he carded five birdies to move to the top of the leaderboard. He then holed out for eagle from the fairway on the second hole to move to seven under par on the par 70 Jack Nicklaus-designed layout.
The 35-year-old cancelled out a bogey on the sixth with a closing birdie on the par five ninth hole to return to seven under, two strokes ahead of compatriot Nicolai von Dellingshausen and Belgium’s Nicolas Colsaerts, who carded five under par rounds of 65.
Four golfers share fourth on four under par, with Aaron Cockerill of Canada and New Zealander Dan Hillier carding their rounds of 66 in the morning. They were joined on that number in the afternoon by the former Ryder Cup pair of Spain’s Rafa Cabrera Bello and Italy’s Edoardo Molinari.
Last week’s Soudal Open champion Kristoffer Reitan is one of 13 golfers in a share of eighth on three under.
Player Quotes
Marcel Schneider: “I started quite well. I was in control on the greens, off the greens, long shots off the tee. Overall I’m actually super happy. Coming into the week I didn’t feel too great to be honest, but I managed well, hit good shots and I hope to ride that wave.
“After the practice round I thought the back nine, that I played first, was tougher. But I just hit solid shots, gave myself a lot of opportunities. I wasn’t in trouble once, and that’s the key for shooting low.
“(On two) Off the tee I was a touch left, but it ended up in the fairway, but it was a perfect yardage for my 60 degree wedge. I thought I can’t go long, it has a nice dip from right to left, and luckily enough it finished in the hole.”
Nicolas Colsaerts: “I got off to a good start, birdied the first two. Then made two good par saves that kept the good momentum going. I hit a lot of great shots, because it’s al ittle bit of a guessing game, with a bit of altitude, it’s not very warm, it’s wet. For whatever reason there are some rounds where you don’t second guess yourself because you are just guessing so much you close your eyes and hit shots. I’m pretty happy with the way I played.
“I’m never surprised. I know that I can still play the game. I’m driven and fully engaged and the lifestyle of the competitiveness from the last 30 years always comes back to the surface whenever I’m playing well and hit good shots. You keep looking forward to things. It’s nice to play like this, nice to roll a few in, which I haven’t recently been doing on a regular basis. But tee to green I was solid.”
Nicolai von Dellingshausen: “It was solid overall, I have to say. Good golf, good shots and a couple of putts that dropped here and there which kept the momentum going. It’s one of those days; I had a hard bunker shot on one and it dropped. You would make bogey on another day, today it was a birdie. That added up and I was really pleased with how I was handling the round.”
Scores after Round One:
63 M SCHNEIDER (GER),
65 N COLSAERTS (BEL), N VON DELLINGSHAUSEN (GER),
66 R CABRERA BELLO (ESP), E MOLINARI (ITA), A COCKERILL (CAN), D HILLIER (NZL),
67 K REITAN (NOR), J SCHAPER (RSA), D MICHELUZZI (AUS), S JAMIESON (SCO), M ARMITAGE (ENG), G GREEN (MAS), D BRYANT (USA), B STONE (RSA), Y KATSURAGAWA (JPN), H LI (CHN), V AHLAWAT (IND), R JOHNSTON (USA), M KIEFFER (GER),
68 M SCHWAB (AUT), J BRUN (FRA), T MERRITT (USA), M JORDAN (ENG), M COUVRA (FRA), E CHACARRA (ESP), J DANTORP (SWE), C HILL (SCO), C WOOD (ENG), B HEBERT (FRA), A LEVY (FRA), G FORREST (SCO), D GALE (AUS), R STERNE (RSA), F LACROIX (FRA), C SYME (SCO), J CAMPILLO (ESP), C PURCELL (IRL), M LINDBERG (SWE),
69 Z LOMBARD (RSA), J KRUYSWIJK (RSA), A SULLIVAN (ENG), C TARREN (ENG), T CLEMENTS (ENG), I CANTERO (ESP), Z JIN (CHN), P LARRAZ?BAL (ESP), M SIEM (GER), L NEMECZ (AUT), R MANSELL (ENG), F ZANOTTI (PAR), K NAKAJIMA (JPN), J OLESEN (DEN), O LINDELL (FIN), D WHITNELL (ENG), B WU (USA), M KINHULT (SWE), B SCHMIDT (ENG),
70 F SCHOTT (GER), J DE BRUYN (GER), M BALDWIN (ENG), M ELVIRA (ESP), R VAN VELZEN (RSA), N REGNER (AUT), A KLEEN (SWE), N KIMSEY (ENG),
71 T BALTL (AUT), D LIST (AUS), J CATLIN (USA), J WINTHER (DEN), J GUERRIER (FRA), J DEAN (ENG), S FORSSTR?M (SWE), W NIENABER (RSA), L BJERREGAARD (DEN), R GOUVEIA (POR), J LAGERGREN (SWE), N LEMKE (SWE), E SMYLIE (AUS), R LANGASQUE (FRA), D GERMISHUYS (RSA), W DING (CHN), C SORDET (FRA), M STEINLECHNER (AUT), A PAVAN (ITA), T VAILLANT (FRA), D BRADBURY (ENG), A HALVORSEN (NOR), Y PAUL (GER),
72 J KO (FRA), B WIESBERGER (AUT), R WILLIAMS (RSA), R FISHER (ENG), A GARCIA-HEREDIA (ESP), A FITZPATRICK (ENG), A FRANCES (DEN), A SADDIER (FRA), W BESSELING (NED), C SHAUN (USA), J GIRRBACH (SUI), D ERICKSON (USA), R NEERGAARD-PETERSEN (DEN), B AMAT (FRA), H BROWN (DEN), D VAN DRIEL (NED), A DEL REY (ESP), F LAPORTA (ITA), N ELVIRA (ESP), C JARVIS (RSA), J HARDING (RSA),
73 J LUITEN (NED), C SHINKWIN (ENG), T TETAK (SVK), D NAIDOO (RSA), D BROWN (ENG), S SHARMA (IND), A AYORA (ESP), M SOUTHGATE (ENG), D RAVETTO (FRA), T AIKEN (RSA), S S?DERBERG (SWE), J SCRIVENER (AUS),
74 P PINEAU (FRA), A BONETA (ESP), C BLEIER (AM) (AUT), L DONALD (ENG), B ROBINSON THOMPSON (ENG), T PULKKANEN (FIN), D FRITTELLI (RSA), F LANG (AM) (AUT), J BEKIRIAN (ARM), L BOANDL (AM) (AUT), A HIDALGO (ESP), J SMITH (ENG), B FOLLETT-SMITH (ZIM), K KOBORI (NZL), J GUMBERG (USA), A OTAEGUI (UAE), A WILSON (ENG), J MOSCATEL (ESP),
75 U COUSSAUD (FRA), F SCHWEIGHOFER (AUT), F FISCHER (AM) (AUT), M TRAINER (FRA), M WARREN (SCO),
76 B NEUMAYER (AUT), B ?KESSON (SWE), T CHRISTENSEN (GER), G DE LEO (ITA),
77 L MASAVEU (ESP), O STRYDOM (RSA), J LOTSCHAK (AM) (AUT),
80 D ENNSMANN (AM) (AUT),
86 L DENK (AUT),
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OUT D FICHARDT (RSA), A KNAPPE (GER),
