Bernd Wiesberger lands his maiden European Tour victory at Ballantine’s Championship: Wraup-up Part-1
“Wiesberger doubles advantage in Korea”.
“Wonderful Wiesberger races clear”.
“Wiesberger still in control”.
European Tour official website kept churning out news for three consecutive days regarding Bernd Wiesberger’s meteoric rise to stardom at last week’s Ballantine’s Championship until the phenomenal Austrian finally clinched his maiden title on the European
Tour on Sunday, April 29.
The 26-year-old kept toiling throughout the weekend to emerge triumphant on Sunday, landing the title by a whooping five strokes lead.
The young contender, who has been toiling in his professional career for quite some years, needed a strong finish on the tour this season in order to retain his playing status on the tour.
Little did he know that he will bag the title in Korea with such a mammoth lead.
Wiesberger said, “I just tried to enjoy it and I had the three best rounds of my life. I tried not to make bogeys and I did that pretty well, it was awesome”.
Wiesberger started the event with an opening round of even-par, 72 on a windy day at the scenic Blackstone Golf Club and his first round was the only one when he fell short of the leading the event.
He led the event on the proceeding three days.
A jubilant Wiesberger was ecstatic over his phenomenal rise on the European Tour event, bagging a mammoth €367,500.
He added, “I fly home tonight, I’m pretty sure I’ll have a shot of Ballantine’s in the Emirates lounge. I'm going to bring back a couple of bottles of Ballantine's so they will be opened, I'm sure”.
Heading into the final round with a five strokes lead over Austrian Marcus Fraser, Wiesberger was hoping to extend his already strong lead and was successfully able to do so with a solid four-under, 68.
Starting his day from the front nine, Wiesberger was only threatened once by the aspiring Fraser when the Australian pulled in a 30-feet birdie putt.
Wiesberger pulled in his first birdie of the day at par-five, 5th, reclaiming his five-stroke lead in the event.
He remained level-par for the rest of the front nine, primarily for his defensive strategy which did pay at the end of the day.
To be continued...
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