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On the tee: Austrian Open
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On the tee: Austrian Open

Scotland’s Chris Robb will strike the first tee shot of the Austrian Open, marking the European Tour and European Challenge Tour’s return to golf after the season was suspended four months ago due to the global coronavirus pandemic.

The first tee at Diamond Country Club

Robb will be joined in the first group at 07:00 by English pair Andrew Wilson and Matt Forde.

Miguel Angel Jiménez will make his 705th European Tour start in the company of Belgium’s Thomas Detry and Sami Välimäki, who won the Oman Open just a week before the suspension of the 2020 season.

Anton Karlsson, winner of the RAM Cape Town Open in February and currently second on the Road to Mallorca Rankings, tees off at 12:50 with 2013 Austrian Open winner Joost Luiten and three-time Challenge Tour winner Kim Koivu.

Hoping to build on his fourth-placed finish at the Dimension Data Pro-Am is Santiagio Tarrio Ben of Spain, who tees off at 14:55 with Niklas Norgaard Møller of Denmark and Sweden’s Fredrik Nilehn.

Rising Spanish star Adri Arnaus, winner of the Challenge Tour Grand Final in 2018, is joined by compatriot Eduardo De La Riva and 2017 Kazakhstan Open winner Tapio Pulkannen at 12:40.

For the full list of tee times, click here.

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