Japan's Kato Kaneko wins Austrian Alpine Open ....Final results.

 DP World Tour : Austrian Alpine Open  Leaderboard  Results

The sun is still shining in Austria at Kitzbuhel,  however the DP World Tour officials have been advised by the local weather bureau that there is electricity nearby in the mountains, and as such have suspended play at 1230pm local 

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Kato Kaneko claimed his maiden DP World Tour title in composed style following a two-shot victory at the 2026 Austrian Alpine Open presented by Kitzbühel Tirol.

The 23-year-old star, who has a unique swing, topped last season's Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit to earn exemption on the DP World Tour and he has not looked back since.

He has made ten cuts from 12 starts and arrived at Golfclub Kitzbühel-Schwarzsee-Reith on the back of a tied for second at last week's Soudal Open.

Kaneko was a picture of consistency with three successive 65s leading into the final round and showed nerves of steel to bounce back from a late hiccup and a 71-minute weather delay to prevail at -18, with Ricardo Gouveia and Davis Bryant finishing in a share of second.

"I just can't believe it, I didn't think I would win and I'm still very surprised," Kaneko said. "I knew I hit it hard, but it went in so I was lucky.

"I knew I hit the board but I knew it didn't go in the water, so I was just happy it didn't find the water.

"I'd like to thank all the fans this week, they've been a big support to help me win this tournament."

Despite finding the rough at the par-three 16th, Kaneko holed his chip shot to regain his one-shot advantage at -18.

Bryant bogeyed the last to gift the Japanese a two-shot lead, something he did not throw away.

Kaneko parred his way home, despite a scary finish when he hit the stands behind the green and his ball stopped in the thick rough by the water hazard, to claim his maiden DP World Tour title.

Bryant and Gouveia finished  at -16  with home favourite Wiesberger, Italian Gregorio De Leo and Spaniard Rafa Cabrera Bello a shot further back at -15

Steinlechner and Luiten were at -14  alongside Daniel Hillier, Manuel Elvira and Joel Girrbach.

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Legend, Laura Baugh's son Eric Cole 63, leads...Hughes T8 ..54 hole results at the Colonial GC.

   PGA Tour : Charles Schwab Challenge  Leaderboard Tee Times

Eric Cole shot a season best 63 to lead the Charles Schwab Challenge on a 90*f, blistering hot Texas day in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, that has firmed up Colonial GC after all the rain earlier in the week had softened it.

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In his 120th PGA Tour event, during which he has lead after 54 holes 6 times since 2021 when he debuted, he continues to vie for his first win..

You could forgive the 37 year old type 1 diabetic, whose life is complicated by his daily battle to control his blood sugar, from finishing a the runner up.

His famous mother Laura Baugh, played from 1973 to 2001 and had 71 to 10 finishes, 10 times the runner up, but never the winner.

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During that time, the stunningly beautiful woman who won the US Women's Amateur as a 16 year old in 1971, who's looks earned her the 1972 Golf Digest title " Most Beautiful Golfer" and  garnered her contracts off the course with major sponsors like Ford and Colgate Palmolive, was married 4 times, twice to the handsome South African golfer Bobby Cole who sired her 7 children including Eric.

Her career is legendary, her beauty and battle with the bottle made world headlines as she ended up in the Betty Ford Clinic in 1996 to finally get control, writing a book "Out of the Rough" about it in 1999.

She went on to broadcasting with the Golf Channel and eventually in 2016 landed in Ponte Verdra as a golf instructor at Sawgrass CC.

She turns 71 today, as her son tries to do the one thing she never did. 

Canadians

T8 Mac Hughes 66 67 69 -8 in his best outing of the year so far, a good result on Sunday will do wonders for his rankings, currently #135 FedEx , #152 owgr.

He has won twice 2016 RSM Classic and 2022 Sanderson Farms.

T19 AJ Ewart 70 63 71 -6

Sudarshan Yellamaraju and Adam Svensson MC..

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Japan's Kota Kaneko leads in Austria..54 hole results

   DP World Tour : Austrian Alpine Open Tee Times Leaderboard  

Kota Kaneko showed he had nerves of steel to birdie the last and earn the outright lead during an intriguing Moving Day at the 2026 Austrian Alpine Open presented by Kitzbühel Tirol.

The Japanese has been a picture of consistency at Golfclub Kitzbühel-Schwarzsee-Reith this week and kept his cool with a calm ten-foot putt at the 18th to card his third successive round of 65.

His scorecard showed six birdies and one dropped shot for the third straight day as he leads the way at -15 under, one clear of Portugal's Ricardo Gouveia -14, who posted a bogey-free 63.

Kaneko hopes to go one better than his runner-up finish at last week's Soudal Open as he targets his maiden DP World Tour title.

"I’ve been putting really well and also my tee shots have been great. I’ve given myself a lot of chances and I took advantage of those," Kameko said.

"The golf course is in Turkey and also Belgium really suits me. I like it here in Austria too and I feel confident off the tee at the moment.

 "I think I will be nervous tomorrow but if I play my game I think I can do well and have a good result."

Gouveia made his move thanks to an explosive start, rolling birdies at each of the opening four holes.

That put him alongside overnight leader Andrew Johnston, but they were knocked off top spot when Gregorio De Leo eagled the tenth to climb to -12.

The Italian dropped a shot at the 12th as Johnston regained his place at the summit with an opening birdie.

Gouveia also reached -12 by finishing his front nine with a birdie and while Johnston bogeyed the fourth, his playing partner Kaneko birdied the third and fourth for a three-way tie.

Gouveia carded seven birdies in the lowest round of the day, with China's Zhou one shot further adrift at -13 under.

"I can't say much, it was really solid from the get go," Gouveia said.

"Started off with four birdies, surprised by the putt on three, but that just kept me going. I was playing solid, a lot of wedge shots, holed some nice putts and just a phenomenal day."

Joost Luiten is in solo fourth at -12 under, while Johnston was four shots off the leader at -11 alongside home favourite Bernd Wiesberger, Calum Hill, Richard Sterne, Joe Dean and Davis Bryant.

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""Ace" Ewart, Mac Hughes in contention at the Colonial GC... 36 hole results

  PGA Tour : Charles Schwab Challenge  Leaderboard Tee Times

Two Canadians in contention at this Charles Schwab Challenge is a nice way to begin this report.

AJ Ewart earned his PGA Tour card in 2025

AJ Ewart "aced" the 16th hole on his way to T9 70 63 -7, while Mac Hughes backed up his opening 66 with -3 67 T11 -7 as they head into the weekend just 3 shots off the lead.

Ewart from Coquitlam BC won the 2025  PGA Tour Q School to gain his playing status

Meanwhile another of the very successful arrivals from the top 10 on the DP World Tour Englishman, Jordan Smith with no familiarity on the Colonial GC has been in top form posting 65 65 -10 for a one shot lead.

However as we've seen so far, Colonial without the Texas wind is playing easier and the leaderboard remains packed.

At -9 Matsuyama, Gerard, Thorbjornsen and Harman, then at -8 five more, before you get to the Canadians at -7

CUT FELL -2

Sudarshan Yellamaraju 71 68 -1 MC

Adam Svensson 70 70 E  MC

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Andrew "Beef" Johnston leads at Austrian Alpine Open...36 hole results

  DP World Tour : Austrian Alpine Open Tee Times Leaderboard  

Fan favourite from England, Andrew Johnston nicknamed "Beef" by his peers for his stocky countenance, has posted a season best -8 62 for a -10 total to lead in the clubhouse as the late wave tees off in the impossibly beautiful Austrian Alps. 

Eight birdies out in 32 back in 30 on a clean card will be hard to beat today.

INJURY : A ligament and tendon tear in his thumb has sidelined him from competitive golf for over a year after a complex operation in Australia in 2024.

While he was off he was open about his mental health battles and his decision to get help. He has therefore focused on balancing his personal life. To help others he began a podcast Beef's Golf Club

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Andrew Johnston fired his lowest DP World Tour round in almost seven years to climb into the halfway lead at the Austrian Alpine Open presented by Kitzbühel Tirol.

Andrew Johnston is bidding to land his second DP World Tour title, a decade after his first

After an injury-impacted few years, the Englishman is making his tenth start of the campaign on a medical exemption, after being limited to just 17 appearances across the last three seasons.

Boosted by a run of four consecutive made cuts, including a top-15 finish in Belgium last week, Johnston carded a bogey-free second-round 62 – his lowest score since the Scottish Open in 2019 – to reach -11 through the opening two days at Golfclub Kitzbühel-Schwarzsee-Reith.

Calum Hill overtook Johnston with a brilliant front nine of 29, but the Scot was unable to maintain his electric start as bogeys at two of his final three holes on the tougher back nine saw him drop into a three-strong group tied for second at -10 alongside Rafa Cabrera Bello and Kota Kaneko.

Since a 73 on the opening day at the Estrella Damm Catalunya Championship in Spain earlier this month, the fan favourite, affectionately known as Beef, has now shot under par in his subsequent nine rounds.

"Just hit a lot of good shots," he said. "The putter got a bit hot, which I've been trying to do now for six months.  You know, when putts start dropping, it's a good day."

Crediting yoga as a catalyst behind his recent resurgence, the Australian-based 37-year-old added: "With the injury I looked at stuff that I could personally sort of be better at and I started going back into the gym and I felt really compressed.

"There's a nice little coffee shop in Perth next door and there's a yoga place next door and I was like, 'do you know what? I'm just going to wander in and have a look in, ask a few questions' and I found this yoga teacher and she has been brilliant."

Hill, a two-time runner-up already this season, became a father for the first time to son, Joshua, last month and he will hope to bring silverware back from Austria after putting himself firmly in the mix to contend for a third DP World Tour title.

Spaniard Cabrera Bello, who is a former champion of Austria's national open having won in 2009, backed up his opening 64 with a 66 as he aims to continue his love affair with the country.

Kaneko won twice on the Japan Golf Tour in 2025 as he topped their order of merit to earn exempt status on the DP World Tour for the 2026 season.

After making his Major Championship debut at the US PGA Championship earlier this month, the 23-year-old finished tied second last week at the Soudal Open.

Zhou of China, the DP World Tour's youngest member this season, is in a six-way share of fifth place after a level-par 70, with last year's runner-up Marcel Schneider, Brandon Robinson Thompson, Tobias Jonsson and French pair Alexander Levy and Tom Vaillant at -8

Austrian duo Sepp Straka and Maximilian Steinlechner are both at -7 four back of the lead, ensuring the possibility of a home winner is a distinct possibility.

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Six in a log jam at Charles Schwab Challenge.. Hughes leads Canadians..18 hole results

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Early on Thursday at the Colonial Club in Fort Worth at this years 80th version of what is now the Charles Schwab Challenge, Canada's Mac Hughes was T1, a welcome position for this fine Canadian golfer who has been struggling with his form for two years now.

Just one late bogey when he caught a fairway bunker at the 7th, as he played the course backwards, was accompanied by 5 birdies in his -4 66 which finally settled at T19 just 2 shots off the log jam lead at -6

Ben Hogan's Colonial GC is a tough test when it is dry and firm, but as I mentioned yesterday after a lot of rain earlier in the week and very little wind it is is not like that so far.

As a result their was nothing to separate the 132 in attendance, excluding favoured Texans Scheffler and Spieth who are off, six are at -6, another 11 are at -5, the second most crowded in the history of the event. 

Kim, McCarty, Hodges, Putnam, Spaun and Gerard share the lead, with Alex Smalley who was 2nd at the PGA Championship leading that - 5 pack a shot behind.

WEATHER: Round 1 was was delayed for 2 hours at 4.15pm local time with lightning in the Dallas/ Fort Worth area.

The rest of the week looks to be hot 33*c (93*f) and humid with gentle breezes, for now the bad weather is not expected until Monday.

**** With not much of the usual wind in the forecast to separate the field , it looks like the winner will not be decided until late Sunday at the earliest.

Other Canadians

Adam Svensson T83 E 70

AJ Ewart T83 E 70

Sudarshan Yellamaraju T103 +1 71

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Chinese teenage sensation leads in the Austrian Alps.... 18 hole results.

  DP World Tour : Austrian Alpine Open Tee Times Leaderboard

The European Swing continues this week as the DP World Tour heads to a new venue for the Austrian Alpine Open presented by Kitzbühel Tirol at the Kitzbuhel GC.

French veteran Alex Levy is the early clubhouse leader at -5 65. He lost his card in 2025, but on his return has made five of seven cuts so far. He had a no bogey 6 birdie front nine 30 !!

National Flags Flying 

There are 30 different National flags flying at Kitzbuhel this morning !!

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Teenage star Yanhan Zhou carded a brilliant 62 to hold a one-shot lead after the first round at the Austrian Alpine Open presented by Kitzbühel Tirol.

Zhou of China, who only turned 18 last month, is the youngest DP World Tour member this season but he belied his inexperience to top the leaderboard at -8, one shot ahead of Portuguese Ricardo Gouveia.

Rafa Cabrera Bello, who won Austria’s national open to claim his first DP World Tour title in 2009, is in a six-way share of third place at -7 alongside Marcel Schneider, Tobias Jonsson, Davis Bryant, Lucas Bjerregaard and Brandon Robinson Thompson.

On a day of clear and sunny skies, the morning wave enjoyed the best of the conditions before the breeze picked up for the afternoon starters at Golfclub Kitzbühel-Schwarzsee-Reith - the DP World Tour’s 465th and newest venue.

Zhou has 11 wins on the China Tour, with seven of those coming last season as he romped to the Order of Merit title as a 17-year-old, and he has already shown his potential on the global stage with a tie for third on home soil at the Volvo China Open.

While he is yet to shine so far during the European Swing in Spain and Belgium, he appears to be finding his feet in impressive fashion in his rookie campaign.

"I'm just here for normal things," he said. "I'm the youngest player on the DP World Tour so I just want to play good golf.

"There are no goals for me, I just want to keep improving myself in the golf skills and the mindset."

“I hit it really good today, very solid,” he said. “I only made one bogey, which is very nice and I made so many putts, I think I'm just a little bit lucky today.

“On my last hole, the ninth, I just hit a perfect three-wood shot and another perfect shot on the green. I holed a 30-foot putt up the hill and that was just my day.”

Gouveia, who has four top top tens this season, is 16 years Zhou's senior and also bidding for a first DP World Tour win this week.

Spaniard Cabrera Bello is among the former champions in the field this week, having claimed his first DP World Tour title in Austria in 2009, and he mixed eight birdies with two bogeys.

Marcel Schneider of Germany, a two-time runner-up at this event, was bogey-free in his 64, a feat matched by both 2025 HotelPlanner Tour graduate Tobias Jonsson of Sweden and England's Brandon Robinson Thompson, with his highlight an eagle at the tenth - his opening hole of the day.

Denmark's Lucas Bjerregaard, a two-time DP World Tour winner, made an eagle along with six birdies in an eventful round that also included a double bogey at the par three 15th, while his playing partner Davis Bryant birdied his final three holes to also sit at -6

It was a landmark day for Scotland's Marc Warren, who made his 500th start on the DP World Tour and was presented with a silver salver by tournament director Ben Groutage to mark the occasion.

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