Austrian golfing giant Bernd Wiesberger record a career equalling lowest round in signing for a 63 on the opening day of the weather-affected Porsche European Open in Germany.

Wiesberger’s eight under par score handed him a two-shot lead over Italy’s Renato Paratore, on a day when three hours and 25 minutes of play was lost to fog early in the morning at Golf Resort Bad Griesbach.

That meant that the entire second wave would have to return to complete their first rounds on Friday but Wiesberger will have no such issue as he goes in search of a first win of the season.

The effort matched Wiesberger’s lowest European Tour effort of a 63 during last year’s Maybank Malaysian Open at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and CC.

Austrian Bernd Wiesberger posts a career equal low round on day one of the Porsche European Open. (Photo – European Tour)

Austria’s Bernd Wiesberger rolls in another birdie putt on route to a career record equal low rounds of 63 in the Porsche European Open.

The effort comes after Wiesberger posted a 64 to commence the event a year ago.

Wiesberger has not missed a cut in a regular European Tour event so far this season but only had two top ten’s in his first 18 starts before an impressive showing in finishing second to Joost Luiten at the KLM Open last time out.

The three-time winner started on the back nine and turned in 31 with birdies on the 11th, 12th, 13th, 15th and 17th before a double-bogey on the first stalled his progress.

Back-to-back gains on the second and third were followed by a bogey on the fourth and a further gain on the sixth before the 30 year old put an approach from 280 yards to 15 feet for an eagle on the eighth and birdied the ninth from ten feet.

“I started 64 last year so I desperately wanted to hole that putt at the last today so there weren’t too many memories of last year’s round,” he said. “I’m thinking more of what happened today, keep pushing and playing the game I played today. What happened a year ago, it was a weird week and I know I’m not going to repeat that tomorrow.

“Obviously I played alright, had a couple of shots that cost me believe it or not. I hit it out of bounds on the first hole after I made a good turn, struggled a little bit.

“But I hit a lot of good shots, a lot of good putts and I’m happy with how I played today. It was a lot of red on the card, I don’t think I’ve had that kind of round before.”

Paratore turned in 34 after three birdies and a double-bogey but came to life on the back nine, making an eagle on the tenth and birdies on the 13th, 14th and 15th.

“Today was a really good day,” he said. “I started really nicely, two under after four holes. Then I made one double-bogey but after that I played really well, especially with the putter.

“On this course you have a lot of opportunities, but you have to play straight from the tee because it can be a tricky course.”

Lucas Bjerregaard, Daniel Im and Steve Webster had all held the lead before Wiesberger’s late charge catapulted him to the summit, and they finished the day at five under.