The Challenge Tour is pleased to announce Diners Club Austria as the new title sponsors of the Austrian Open.
Diners Club Austria takes over the title sponsorship from Matchmaker Sportcommunication, title sponsors of the 1997 event which was won by Turkish-born German Erol Simsek. It was the first of his three victories on the 1997 Challenge Tour.
The Diners Club Austrian Open will once again be held at the Golf Club Milstatter See on June 11-14.
Michael Reichel, General Manager, Matchmaker Sportcommunication, said: "With Diners Club Austria the Matchmaker organisation has found the right partner to build the tournament for the future. Matchmaker Sportscommunication is proud to present Diners Club Austria as the new partner of the Diners Club Austrian Open for 1998 to further the growth of this event."
Alain de Soultrait, Director of the Challenge Tour, said: "We are delighted to welcome Diners Club Austria into our family of sponsors and thank Matchmaker for introducing Diners Club Austria to the Challenge Tour. We are now an established Tour but remain young and will continue to progress and look to the future. With the support from sponsors such as Diners Club Austria it is ready to take up the challenge and be more than ever the Tour with the stars of the next century."
