Round 2, Andrew "Beef" Johnston leads at Austrian Alpine Open...Live scoreboard

  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.

Warren Little photo

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

more to follow...

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

  PGA Tour : Charles Schwab Challenge  Leaderboard Tee Times

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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PGA Tour : Charles Scwhab Challenge.. Thursday TEE TIMES/ Live scoreboard, 4 Canadians

 PGA Tour : Charles Schwab Challenge  Leaderboard Tee Times

The second week in Texas is at the home of Ben Hogan, the re-vamped Colonial Club in Fort Worth in it's 80th year. Rory and Scheffler and other big names are off until next week's signature event at Jack's place, the Memorial at Muirfield Village.

The Hogan statue at Colonial.

However Justin Thomas, Hideki Matsuyama, Rickie Fowler, Russell Henley are here and in form Swede Ludvig Aberg will lead a strong contingent from the DP World Tour. 

The course has been revamped by Gil Hanse in 2022/23 to return it to it's roots in particular the 1941 US Open,  elevated greens were lowered, and resod with Bentgrass, bunkers removed, some replaced. The 2025 event's cut was even par, which is a realistic score, the course will provide a much sterner test than last week's -30 at Craig Ranch. 

Canadians

8.22  1st  Sudarshan Yellamaraju

8.22 10th  Mac Hughes

9.17 1st  Adam Svensson

2.30 1st  AJ Ewart

WEATHER : The course was soaked by heavy rain Tuesday night and benign conditions are forecast for the week suggesting lower than usual scoring this week.

Click on my links above for all 132 tee times, and live scoring on Thursday.

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DP World Tour is in scenic Austria this week...EDIT >>>> Thursday TEE TIMES/ Live scoreboard

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.

Von Dellingshausen defends

German, Nicolai von Dellingshausen secured his maiden DP World Tour title 12 months ago after a putting masterclass on Sunday propelled him to a two-stroke victory. 

"I can't describe it, honestly. I'm a little bit lost for words right now," said the man who had recently returned from the HotelPlanner Tour. "I'm trying really hard not to cry. It's been such a tough journey the last two-and-a-half years with losing the card. It's all got me to this stage right here and now I'm here!"

Straka headlines on home soil

Ryder Cup hero Sepp Straka will tee it up on home soil for the first time since 2018, leading a host of Austrian stars looking to delight the home fans. 

Since that appearance at the Shot Clock Masters, Straka has gone on to become the first Austrian to win on the PGA TOUR, taking his tally of wins on that circuit to four and twice win the Ryder Cup but he is searching for a maiden DP World Tour title.

 “I’m very excited to return to Austria to play in my national open again,” said Straka. “It has been a number of years since I last had the chance to play in front of home crowds, and a lot has happened in that time. It’ll be a great opportunity to celebrate that success in front of family, friends and fans, and I’m really looking forward to it.” 

Straka was the second Austrian to play in the Ryder Cup after Bernd Wiesberger and the 40-year-old is also in the field after claiming his ninth DP World Tour win last month. 

A new venue

This week we head to a third first-time host in five events as Golfclub Kitzbühel-Schwarzsee-Reith becomes the 465th venue to stage a DP World Tour event. 

The mountain layout - one of four golf courses in Kitzbühel - spends much of the year covered in snow but is picture perfect in the spring and will provide a unique test this week.

 Viktoria Veider-Walser, Managing Director of Kitzbühel Tourism, said: "With no less than four golf courses on site, Kitzbühel is one of the leading golf regions in the Alpine region. Golf is a strategic strength of our summer positioning, and we have launched a clear quality offensive with targeted investments – for example in the golf and bike sectors.

Race for Swing glory

This week is the third event of the European Swing and at the top of the Rankings everyone is chasing down a trio of South African stars. 

Winner in Spain Yurav Premlall leads the way after also securing a top 30 in Belgium, while Soudal Open winner Richard Sterne comes next. 

Shaun Norris - who was solo second in Catalunya - is then next followed by Jorge Campillo and Marcus Kinhult. 

The winner of the Swing will gain entry into every event of Phase Two of the season - the Back 9 - and a US$200,000 bonus. The highest-ranked player on the Swing not already exempt will also win a place in the field at the Genesis Scottish Open, the second Rolex Series event of the season. 

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Clarke shoots 60, wins CJ Cup...Final RESULTS, including Canadians

  PGA Tour : CJ Cup Byron Nelson  Leaderboard  Results

Wyndham Clark got so hot he outshot the other shooters to take this year's CJ Cup with these ridiculous scores, 66 63 65 60 -30 but the key to holding off Si Woo Kim was his finish

Image source,Getty Images

Image caption,

Wyndham Clark's last win on the PGA Tour was the 2024 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am

He shot 28 on his final nine, including 5 birdies and an eagle 3 in his last 8 holes, they just could not match him. ($1,854,000)

Si Woo Kim 2nd 64 60 68 65 -27

Scott Scheffler 3rd 66 63 65 65 -25

Canadians  

T20 AJ Ewart 66 67 70 66  -15

T22 Ben Silverman 68 66 67 -12

T47 Taylor Pendrith 67 67 71 68 -11

T54 Adam Svensson 68 68 71 67  -10

66   Mac Hughes 65 69 72 71 -7

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Veteran South African Richard Sterne wins Soudal Open..Final results

       DP World Tour : Soudal Open  Leaderboard 

With leader Zandar Lombard's bogey, double bogey, bogey late collapse, veteran South African Richard Sterne closed with birdie,eagle par to top the field 64 68 68 66 -18 for a 2 shot win over six players T2 at -16.

Richard Sterne of South Africa poses for a photograph with the trophy after winning the Soudal Open at Rinkven International GC on Sunday. Picture: Warren Little/Getty Image

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Richard Sterne hit one of the shots of his life to snatch his first DP World Tour win in 13 years at the 2026 Soudal Open.

After fellow South African Zander Lombard had led comfortably for most of the day, Sterne timed his move to perfection with a stunning eagle - and almost an albatross - at the 17th.

That took him to -18 and challenged the rest of the leading pack to respond over the closing holes - and it proved too much to ask as Sterne won his first title since the 2013 Joburg Open, following a catalogue of injuries since.

He said of that spectacular approach: "I thought I was still behind, I thought Zander was still on 19 (under) - I wasn't really looking at leaderboards, to be honest.

"It was a long way for me, I had a five wood in the bag, I don't have a three wood, it was 276 (yards) and I needed to hit a little draw on there to get the distance. It just came out as good as I could, it ended up great - three, four feet away - and yeah, it was one of the best shots I've hit.

"It's been a tough ride. A lot of injuries, a lot of hard things that I've gone through but to get back in the winner's circle is... quite unexpected today, to be honest. I thought I was one behind playing the last but then got on to the 18th green and had a quick look at the board and was quite surprised."

Lombard dropped a shot at the 13th, cutting his lead to two as Marcus Kinhult and Marcus Armitage set the clubhouse target at -16. 

It was all change soon afterwards, though, as Sterne's booming second shot into the 17th was perfectly on line for an albatross - and while it came up four feet short of that rare achievement, the resulting birdie took him two clear as Lombard made a double-bogey at the 14th.

Sterne went close to a birdie at the last as well, tapping in for par to lower the target to a mark that ultimately proved unbeatable.

The 44-year-old has a titanium disc in his back, among a host of other surgeries which have wiped out several years of his career, and he said: "They were hard times, I didn't think I was going to get through a lot of them.

"Three wrist ops, a disc replacement, hip surgery, I've been through it all so I'm pretty happy. It's been very tough, the last couple of years, but there's been some signs of good things.

"One of the main goals was to win with my children actually seeing it - the oldest is 13 soon, it's been pretty much that long so it's nice to eventually let them see me win. And then I suppose just to prove to myself that I can still compete at this age, after all I've been through."

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