GC Erzherzog Johann
Maria Lankowitz, Graz, Austria
11^th– 13^th May 2023

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Maria Lankowitz, May 11^th 2023– The players competing at the 2023 Gösser Open who teed off in the morning wave for the first round had to face tough conditions with a constant heavy rain fall and cold temperatures. Play began at 7:30 am from both the 1^st and 10^th hole.

At 11:58am play was suspended due to some greens being flooded. At the 2:00pm update, Tournament Director Alessandro Pia decided due to the continuous heavy rain fall and the weather forecast to suspend play for the remainder of the day.

The 1^st round of the 31^st Gösser Open will resume tomorrow, May 12^th at 8:30 am and the 1^st round afternoon wave tee times will begin at 9am. Round 2 is expected to begin at approximately 3:00pm tomorrow afternoon.

Only the 1^st group out that teed off at 7:30 am from the 1^st hole which included Agustin Bardas from Italy, Austrian Simon Austin (am) and France’s Romain Guillon were able to conclude their 1^st round.

In the current Round 1 Leaderboard, Italy’s Gianmaria Rean Trinchero leads with a 4 under-par after 9 holes. Only 1 back tied for 2^nd place at 3 under-par Paul Murphy, Augustin Hole, Riccardo Bregoli, Matthieu Caron and Timon Baltl who all 5 players are midway through their back nine.

The players filling up the field this week represent a wide array of golfing generations with the youngest player just 13 years old and the oldest 59 years old.

The 144 players are competing for an overall prize fund of €40.000 and 45,000 Order of Merit points. The winner will earn €5,800 and 6,525 Order of Merit points.

Tournament Promoter

The 4^th event of the 2023 season, is promoted by Murhof Gruppe. The sponsors and partners of Murhof Gruppe are Gösser Beer, Region Graz, Lipizzaner Heimat- Steiermark, Austrian Golf Federation, the city of Maria Lankowitz Wallfahrtsort Freizeitparadies and Steiermärkische Sparkasse. Their media partners are: Gepa Pictures, Antenne Steiermark andKleine Zeitung.

The Murhof Gruppe owns various golf courses throughout Austria including this week’s venue.

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