Bernd Wiesberger is a Austria

Austria

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n professional golf

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Wiesberger was born in Vienna

Vienna

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 and turned professional in 2006. He qualified for the European Tour for 2009 at qualifying school

Qualifying school

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. He was unable to win enough money during his rookie season to retain his card and dropped down to the second tier Challenge Tour

Challenge Tour

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 in 2010. On the Challenge Tour, he won twice, at the Allianz Golf Open de Lyon and at the Allianz Golf Open du Grand Toulouse. He ended the season in 5th place on the Challenge Tour Rankings to regain his card on the European Tour for 2011.

Amateur wins (7)

• 1997 Austrian Boys Championship
• 2004 Austrian Amateur Match Play Championship, Austrian Amateur Stroke Play Championship
• 2005 Austrian Amateur Stroke Play Championship, Austrian Youths Championship
• 2006 Austrian Amateur Stroke Play Championship, Austrian Youths Championship

Challenge Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runner-up
1	11 Jul 2010 2010 Challenge Tour The 2010 Challenge Tour is a series of professional golf tournaments collectively known as the Challenge Tour.The Challenge Tour is Europe's official developmental tour and is organised by the PGA European Tour...	Allianz Golf Open de Lyon	-17 (67–67–71–62=267)	2 strokes	Joel Sjöholm Joel Sjöholm Joel Sjöholm is an Swedish professional golfer. He was born in Chile, but was adopted by a Swedish family when three months old.-Career:...
2	10 Oct 2010	Allianz Golf Open du Grand Toulouse	-9 (70–70–67–68=275)	4 strokes	Charles-Édouard Russo Charles-Édouard Russo Charles-Édouard Russo is a French professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.-Career:Russo turned professional in 2003, and begun playing on the second-tier Challenge Tour in 2008, finishing 109th in the season-end rankings...

Team appearances

Amateur

• Eisenhower Trophy
  Eisenhower Trophy
  The Eisenhower Trophy is a biennial world amateur team golf championship for men organized by the International Golf Federation. It is named for Dwight D. Eisenhower, the President of the United States when the tournament was first played, who was a keen amateur golfer. Recent tournaments have...
  
  : 2004, 2006
• Jacques Léglise Trophy
  Jacques Léglise Trophy
  The Jacques Léglise Trophy is an annual boys' team golf competition between Great Britain & Ireland and the Continent of Europe. It was inaugurated in 1958 and is organised by the R&A. Great Britain & Ireland dominated in the early years to such an extent that it was discontinued in 1966. It was...
  
  : 2003

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