Here’s the prize money breakdown for each golfer at the 2026 Austrian Alpine Open

Kota Kaneko claims his maiden victory in just his 12th start on the DP World Tour #AustrianAlpineOpen pic.twitter.com/kzXAWIVJnu

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The 23-year-old, who topped last season’s Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit to earn his DP World Tour for this season, carded a three-under-par final round of 67 to finish on 18 under par at Golfclub Kitzbühel-Schwarzsee-Reith, two ahead of Ricardo Gouveia and Davis Bryant in a share of second.

Kaneko arrived in Austria off the back of a runner-up finish at last week’s Soudal Open, and he was delighted to go one better this time around and claim the ninth win by a player from Japan on the DP World Tour.

Gouveia made his move at the second to sit alongside Kaneko at 15 under, but he was soon on his own when his Japanese playing partner dropped a shot at the next.

Kaneko hit back with a birdie at the fifth to return to the summit, before home favourite Max Steinlechner joined them in a three-way tie.

Steinlechner enjoyed two birdie bursts to catapult himself into contention, with a hat-trick of gains from the second before another treble of birdies from the ninth.

He was not the only Austrian to surge up the leaderboard as nine-time DP World Tour winner Bernd Wiesberger followed a birdie at the third with three more gains from the sixth to reach 15 under.

Joost Luiten finished his front nine with his third birdie of the day to increase the leadership group to five, only for Gouveia to drain a 15-foot birdie putt to take the outright lead at the same hole.

Gouveia improved to 17 under with a birdie at the tenth, but Kaneko was one behind after following suit. However, the Portuguese leader got in trouble at the next and could not save par, slipping back alongside Kaneko at 16 under.

Kaneko put his foot on the pedal with a birdie at the 12th before a stunning tee-shot at the par-three 13th. Wiesberger holed a putt from downtown to join Gouveia at 16 under, but the pair were soon two behind.

The Japanese held his nerve from three feet to card his third birdie in four holes and become the first player to reach 18 under.

Bryant closed the gap to one, following an eagle and four birdies by the 16th, while Kaneko got out of position at the 15th and had a long putt to save par, which he lipped out after the lengthy weather delay.

That meant Kaneko and Bryant were tied at the top at 17 under, but only for one more hole. Despite finding the rough at the par-three 16th, Kaneko holed his chip shot to regain his one-shot advantage at 18 under. Bryant bogeyed the last to gift the Japanese a two-shot lead, something he did not throw away.

Kaneko parred his way home, despite a scary finish when he hit the stands behind the green and his ball stopped in the thick rough by the water hazard, to claim his maiden DP World Tour title.

Bryant and Gouveia finished at 16 under, with Wiesberger, Italian Gregorio De Leo and Spaniard Rafa Cabrera Bello a shot further back. Steinlechner and Luiten were at 14 under alongside Daniel Hillier and Manuel Elvira.

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Ryder Cup hero Sepp Straka teed it up on home soil for the first time since 2018, leading a strong contingent of Austrian players hoping to impress the local fans. Since his last appearance in Austria at the Shot Clock Masters, Straka had become the first Austrian to win on the PGA TOUR, taking his tally on that circuit to four victories and earning two Ryder Cup triumphs. However, he was still searching for a maiden DP World Tour title.

Straka, only the second Austrian to play in the Ryder Cup after Bernd Wiesberger, was joined in the field by the nine-time DP World Tour winner, who arrived fresh from victory the previous month. Rising star Maximilian Steinlechner was also among the home favourites, alongside Matthias Schwab and Lukas Nemecz.

G4D star Kipp Popert was part of the field as he looked to transfer his success in disability golf to the DP World Tour. He competed alongside six other 2026 DP World Tour winners, including two-time season winner Casey Jarvis, who arrived ranked fourth on the Race to Dubai Rankings Delivered by DP World.

The tournament marked the third first-time host venue in five events, with Golfclub Kitzbühel-Schwarzsee-Reith becoming the 465th course to stage a DP World Tour event. The mountain layout, one of four golf courses in Kitzbühel, is covered in snow for much of the year but provided a picturesque setting and a distinctive challenge throughout the week.

As the third event of the European Swing, the tournament played an important role in the battle for Swing honours. Players were chasing valuable points in the Rankings, with the eventual Swing winner earning entry into every event of Phase Two of the season — the Back 9 — along with a US$200,000 bonus. The highest-ranked player on the Swing not already exempt also secured a place in the field for the Genesis Scottish Open, the second Rolex Series event of the season.

Japan’s Kota Kaneko secured his maiden DP World Tour title with a two-shot victory in Kitzbühel.

Here’s the prize money breakdown for each golfer at the 2026 Austrian Alpine Open presented by Kitzbühel Tirol

1st – Kota Kaneko – €401,554.45

2nd – Davis Bryant – €204,320.35

T2nd – Ricardo Gouveia – €204,320.35

T4th – Rafa Cabrera Bello – €100,309.88

T4th – Gregorio De Leo – €100,309.88

T4th – Bernd Wiesberger – €100,309.88

T7th – Manuel Elvira – €57,516.77

T7th – Daniel Hillier – €57,516.77

T7th – Joost Luiten – €57,516.77

T7th – Maximilian Steinlechner – €57,516.77

11th – Joel Girrbach – €43,462.36

12th – Eugenio Chacarra – €36,565.08

T12th – Joe Dean – €36,565.08

T12th – Grant Forrest – €36,565.08

T12th – Sepp Straka – €36,565.08

T12th – Yanhan Zhou – €36,565.08

17th – Filippo Celli – €27,767.62

T17th – Ugo Coussaud – €27,767.62

T17th – Ewen Ferguson – €27,767.62

T17th – Calum Hill – €27,767.62

T17th – Andrew Johnston – €27,767.62

T17th – Nathan Kimsey – €27,767.62

T17th – Alexander Levy – €27,767.62

T17th – JC Ritchie – €27,767.62

T17th – Marcel Schneider – €27,767.62

26th – Marcus Armitage – €21,022.56

T26th – Ivan Cantero – €21,022.56

T26th – Alfredo Garcia-Heredia – €21,022.56

T26th – Rikuya Hoshino – €21,022.56

T26th – Yuto Katsuragawa – €21,022.56

T26th – Félix Mory – €21,022.56

T26th – Jacob Skov Olesen – €21,022.56

T26th – Antoine Rozner – €21,022.56

T26th – Tom Vaillant – €21,022.56

35th – Martin Couvra – €16,345.63

T35th – MJ Daffue – €16,345.63

T35th – Oihan Guillamoundeguy – €16,345.63

T35th – James Morrison – €16,345.63

T35th – David Ravetto – €16,345.63

40th – Hennie du Plessis – €13,463.88

T40th – Matthew Jordan – €13,463.88

T40th – Francesco Laporta – €13,463.88

T40th – Kevin Na – €13,463.88

T40th – Yurav Premlall – €13,463.88

T40th – Brandon Robinson Thompson – €13,463.88

T40th – Darius van Driel – €13,463.88

47th – Cameron Adam – €10,156.97

T47th – Tobias Jonsson – €10,156.97

T47th – Oliver Lindell – €10,156.97

T47th – Renato Paratore – €10,156.97

T47th – Richard Sterne – €10,156.97

T47th – Brandon Stone – €10,156.97

T47th – Hugo Townsend – €10,156.97

54th – Romain Langasque – €8,149.19

T54th – Marc Warren – €8,149.19

56th – Albin Bergstrom – €7,794.88

57th – Wenyi Ding – €7,440.57

T57th – Ross Fisher – €7,440.57

59th – Lucas Bjerregaard – €6,731.94

T59th – Andreas Halvorsen – €6,731.94

T59th – Ryggs Johnston – €6,731.94

T59th – Anthony Quayle – €6,731.94

63rd – Sean Crocker – €5,905.21

T63rd – Simon Forsström – €5,905.21

T63rd – Edoardo Molinari – €5,905.21

66th – Sebastian Garcia – €5,432.80

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