Joost Luiten 13/2 © Volvo China Open Richard Castka/Sportpixgolf.com
The European Tour makes its long-awaited return after lockdown and starts a run of two weeks in Austria, first up is the newly named Austrian Open which is being held at the very familiar Diamond Country Club.
The 7,053 yards, par 72 course was designed by English architect Jeremy Pern, the once Vice President of the British Institute of Golf Course Architects. Opened in 2002, the Diamond course features water hazards on seventeen of the 18 holes, including the 192-yard 11th and 159-yard 15th par 3s, where both tee shots are played to island greens. If you manage to negotiate all of that, then you only have the 457-yard par 4 18th to complete, with water on the left of the fairway and out-of-bounds on the right!
