Bernd Wiesberger demonstrated incredible patience and resilience to claim a ninth DP World Tour title at the 2026 Volvo China Open recently, five years on from his last professional win.
The Austrian pro, who represented Team Europe at Whistling Straits in the 2021 Ryder Cup, dominated the Volvo China Open field with his expert short game, ranking 1st for Strokes Gained: Around The Green, and also ranked 2nd for Strokes Gained: Tee To Green in China.
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Bernd Wiesberger: Volvo China Open Champ’s 5 Practice Tips
1. PRACTISE EFFICIENTLY
I won’t generally hit balls for longer than half an hour. At some point you get an overload and then it’s actually detrimental to your progress, so I try to break it up into different segments (a plan that helps you avoid one of the seven things never to do at the driving range).
It’s fine if you work on technical things, but then I want to bring some kind of challenge into it or break it up completely and go and do some short game to reset my brain.
If the sessions get too long, you’ll lose focus and then you’re also losing the ability to improve.
So try and add some structure to your practice. My game certainly improved when I approached it with little tasks and a lot of variation, with the bottom line of trying to improve what I wanted to achieve on the course.
2. MEDAL PLAY
Take a moment between shots to detach yourself from the competition before re-focusing again
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It’s a game and the freer you are in your approach, the more relaxed you’ll be.
Obviously, there’s always that aspect of being focused on what you want to do, but you can’t be focused for four-and-a-half hours, so you need to detach a little bit in between shots.
Again, I think practice can help you to break it up into segments. You want to start working a bit more towards how it would actually work better in competition play and bring that into your practice.
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