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05 - 08 Jun 2008
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India's Jeev Milkha Singh thanked the golfing Gods after emulating European Ryder Cup Captain Nick Faldo’s final round of 18 consecutive pars at the 1987 Open Championship to win the Bank Austria GolfOpen presented by Telekom Austria.
Jeev Milkha Singh added a sensational 63 to his opening 64 to pull away from the field and threaten total domination at the Bank Austria GolfOpen presented by Telekom Austria.
It may have started 24 hours late, but when it got underway the Bank Austria GolfOpen presented by Telekom Austria exploded into life with Austria’s Martin Wiegele thundering into a share of the first round lead.
Richard Green’s long-standing link with his fellow Australian Greg Norman will resurface this week when he defends his title in the Bank Austria GolfOpen, presented by Telekom Austria, and attempts to follow in the footsteps of The Great White Shark in the process.
Markus Brier and Darren Clarke, who will play together in the first and second rounds of the Bank Austria GolfOpen presented by Telekom Austria, will have the odds stacked in their favour for entirely different reasons.
After the postponement of round one of the Bank Austria GolfOpen presented by Telekom Austria, The European Tour Tournament Director for this week's event, Miguel Vidaor, made a brief statement.
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Edwin Weindorfer, Managing Partner
