CERCLE DIPLOMATIQUE - issue 01/2017
CD is a bi-lingual, independent and impartial magazine and is the medium of communication between foreign representatives of international and UN-organisations based in Vienna and the Austrian political classes, business, culture and tourism. CD features up-to-date information about and for the diplomatic corps, international organisations, society, politics, business, tourism, fashion and culture. Furthermore CD introduces the new ambassadors in Austria and informs about designations, awards and top-events. Interviews with leading personalities, country reports from all over the world and the presentation of Austria as a host country complement the wide range oft he magazine.
CD is a bi-lingual, independent and impartial magazine and is the medium of communication between foreign representatives of international and UN-organisations based in Vienna and the Austrian political classes, business, culture and tourism. CD features up-to-date information about and for the diplomatic corps, international organisations, society, politics, business, tourism, fashion and culture. Furthermore CD introduces the new ambassadors in Austria and informs about designations, awards and top-events. Interviews with leading personalities, country reports from all over the world and the presentation of Austria as a host country complement the wide range oft he magazine.
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SAVOIR VIVRE LYONESS OPEN 2<strong>01</strong>7<br />
Lyoness Open<br />
2<strong>01</strong>7<br />
Zahlen & Fakten<br />
Facts & figures<br />
Wasserreiche Spielbahnen<br />
im DCC (re.).<br />
Der Sieger 2<strong>01</strong>5, Chris Wood (unten).<br />
Watery pitches at the DCC (r.).<br />
The winner of 2<strong>01</strong>5, Chris Wood<br />
(below).<br />
TREFFEN SIE EINE GUTE ENTSCHEIDUNG-<br />
SCHLOSS FUSCHL RESORT & SPA!<br />
Montag, 5.6.2<strong>01</strong>7 und<br />
Dienstag, 6.6.2<strong>01</strong>7: Offizielle<br />
Trainingstage<br />
Mittwoch, 7.6.2<strong>01</strong>7: Europ.<br />
Tour Pro-Am & Dinner<br />
Donnerstag, 8.6.2<strong>01</strong>7:<br />
1. Turniertag<br />
Freitag, 9.6.2<strong>01</strong>7:<br />
2. Turniertag, CUT<br />
Samstag, 10.6.2<strong>01</strong>7:<br />
3. Turniertag<br />
Sonntag, 11.6.2<strong>01</strong>7: Finaltag<br />
und Siegerehrung<br />
Teilnehmer:<br />
156 Pros & Amateure<br />
Modus: 4 Runden Zählspiel,<br />
Cut nach 2 Tagen für die Top<br />
65 Spieler & schlaggleiche<br />
Preisgeld: 1 Million Euro<br />
Siegerscheck: 166.666 Euro<br />
Eintritt:<br />
Montag bis Freitag: frei<br />
Samstag & Sonntag: je 20<br />
Euro, Weekend-Pass für<br />
Samstag & Sonntag: 30 Euro<br />
Monday, 5.6.2<strong>01</strong>7 and<br />
Tuesday, 6.6.2<strong>01</strong>7: Official<br />
Training Days<br />
Wednesday, 7.6.2<strong>01</strong>7:<br />
European Tour Pro-Am &<br />
Dinner<br />
Thursday, 8.6.2<strong>01</strong>7: 1st<br />
Tournament Day<br />
Friday, 9.6.2<strong>01</strong>7: 2nd<br />
Tournament Day, CUT<br />
Saturday, 10.6.2<strong>01</strong>7: 3rd<br />
Tournament Day<br />
Sunday, 11.6.2<strong>01</strong>7: Final Day<br />
and Award Ceremony<br />
Participants:<br />
156 Pros & amateurs<br />
Mode:<br />
4 Round Stroke Play, Cut after<br />
2 Days for the 65 leading<br />
players & ties<br />
Winner’s cheque: 166,666<br />
Euro<br />
Cash prize: 1 Million Euro<br />
Winner’s cheque: 166,666<br />
Euro<br />
Entrance:<br />
Monday to Friday: free of<br />
charge<br />
Saturday & Sunday: 20 Euro<br />
each, Weekend-Pass for<br />
Saturday & Sunday: 30 Euro<br />
card for the American web.Com-Tour, is excited<br />
about an invitation from the event organiser Golf<br />
Open Event GmbH. Straka has, like Schwab, accelerated<br />
his golfing career at an elite university in the<br />
USA and has gone pro in 2<strong>01</strong>6.<br />
Lyoness Open – the top event in Austria<br />
When Christian Guzy, the owner of the Diamond<br />
Country Club, quickly decided in 2<strong>01</strong>0 to not let the<br />
European Tour Event in Austria die off, a weight was<br />
probably lifted from the hearts of golf lovers across<br />
Austria. As the Fontana GC had lost interest in the<br />
European Tour, the event’s rescue seemed nearly impossible.<br />
Although Guzy had expressed interest, he wanted<br />
to give the course some time for development. Guzy<br />
had just taken over the facility and managed to turn<br />
a flooded landscape into a golf course again in 2<strong>01</strong>0.<br />
Nevertheless, it was a risky step for him, one which<br />
he does not regret. From the emergency solution in<br />
2<strong>01</strong>0, a stylish European Tour Event was born that<br />
enjoys high recognition from players and officials<br />
alike.<br />
Like the course itself, so did the Lyoness Open develop<br />
more and more from year to year, which can be<br />
deduced from the audience numbers, but especially<br />
from the satisfaction of the sponsors and partners.<br />
Ali Al-Khaffaf, CEO of the organising company Golf<br />
Open Event GmbH, ”Each year, we try to learn from<br />
the year before and listen closely to the opinions and<br />
criticisms in order to accommodate the needs of the<br />
audience and the VIP guests even more.“ For 2<strong>01</strong>7,<br />
the organiser is working hard on new ideas for the<br />
audience, VIP guests and cooperation partners related<br />
to the area next to the 18th hole. ”We are constantly<br />
thinking about innovations to make the tournament<br />
even more tasty to enterprises“, Al-Khaffaf<br />
says. Concerning the playing field, the organiser presents<br />
himself carefully optimistic. ”Due to the highly<br />
remunerated events, things are starting to happen in<br />
regard to that topic. So we hope to present an at least<br />
as well manned field as we did in 2<strong>01</strong>6. In any case,<br />
we are happy that we managed to keep the date in<br />
June. It’s going to be rather difficult for several other<br />
tournaments on the European Tour in 2<strong>01</strong>7 to present<br />
such a strong field to the audience.“<br />
Diamond CC – more than just a golf club<br />
It may very well be described as a small miracle<br />
that the European Tour is going to continue happening<br />
in Austria, and even more so that it will be held<br />
at the Diamond Country Club. As mentioned previously,<br />
the entire facility was close to being shut down.<br />
Floods, as well as high groundwater levels, too frequently<br />
tampered with the course, giving the facility’s<br />
founder one headache after another. The situation<br />
finally relaxed when Christian Guzy acquired the facility<br />
in 2009. The reason was massive investments in<br />
the course’s each and every corner. And not just in<br />
terms of appearances – Miguel Angel Jimenez was<br />
able to contribute as well – but especially in terms of<br />
the water-induced problems. Ponds were trenched,<br />
kilometre-long drainage pipes built and certain fairways<br />
adjusted in such a way that the sensitive zones<br />
were removed from the game.<br />
All of this will certainly be enjoyed by the stars of<br />
the upcoming European Tour, but perhaps even<br />
more so by the members and the Diamond Country<br />
Club’s green fee guests. After years of metamorphosis,<br />
they will be able to experience an elite resort at an<br />
international standard with two wonderful courses.<br />
And the fact that two club houses are available as<br />
well is guaranteed to make every golfer’s heart beat<br />
faster.<br />
Club manager Christian Hieke, however, notes<br />
even more factors that make this an extraordinary<br />
asset, ”The development of the facility with the hotel<br />
close to the course, the fantastic training centre and<br />
the overall accomplished infrastructure is slowly starting<br />
to gain international traction. We received<br />
countless of bookings from ambitious golfers for<br />
2<strong>01</strong>7 who appreciate our offer.“<br />
An additional and – at least tentatively – last step<br />
will be the development of the project in this autumn.<br />
The planned ”Diamond Performance Center“,<br />
a golf training center stocked with the most modern<br />
equipment and also enclosed spa area, will top off the<br />
range for members as well as for guests – and will<br />
therefore be able to offer the possibility to brush up<br />
one´s swing under professional guidance.<br />
PHOTOS: FRONT9<br />
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für Erlebnisse in der Natur.<br />
MAKE A GOOD DECISION –<br />
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