Bernd Wiesberger will not tee off at the Olympic golf tournament at Le Golf National near Paris. The Burgenland native qualified for the Summer Games based on his world ranking, but he will not be taking part. Instead, the 38-year-old wants to qualify for the final tournaments of the DP World Tour and get a PGA Tour card there. Therefore, starts at tour tournaments would have priority over the Olympics.
“At the beginning of the season, I was not qualified for the Olympics and therefore did not have the event on my schedule. In the current situation, I have to set priorities for my sporting future and I am therefore very sorry that I will not be able to represent Austria in Paris,” said Wiesberger, who finished eleventh at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, in a press release.
In the men’s category, only Sepp Straka has a red-white-red Olympic ticket. In the women’s category, Emma Spitz is on course for Paris, while Sarah Schober is currently in 60th place in the Olympic rankings, which is the last Olympic starting place. Wiesberger’s next starts are this week in Amsterdam, then in Ravenna and Munich. The Burgenlander is also hoping to qualify for the British Open in Scotland in July.
