Heroes of Ryder Cup are Back in Portugal Masters

Tee Times Portugal Golf - Portugal Masters at Oceãnico Victoria golf Course

Tee Times Portugal Golf – Portugal Masters at Oceãnico Victoria Golf Course

Tee Times Portugal Golf – Martin Kaymer and Thomas Bjorn Heroes of Ryder Cup are Back in Portugal Masters Competition

The ancient world 1st and recent Italy Open Vice-Champion and the President of the Championships Committee will be at the European Tour in the main Portuguese Golf Tournament with 2 Million Euros in prizes in Vilamoura.

Martin Kaymer intends to avenge at the Portugal Masters the bitterness that came out of the Italian Open two weeks ago, where he nearly won his 12th title on the European Tour.

The former world No. 1, 30 years old, missed it in Milan in the play-off with Swede Rikard Karlberg.

The Portugal Masters is one of his favorite tournaments of the year and will offer a chance of remission, when the German head a strong list of entries that will compete at the Oceânico Victoria Golf Course from 15 to 18 October, with the ever desirable Pro 14 -Am.

Tee Times Portugal Golf - Portugal Masters 2015 in Vilamoura

Tee Times Portugal Golf – Portugal Masters 2015 in Vilamoura

It will be his sixth visit to Vilamoura and although he never won the trophy two million tournament prize money, got an excellent 7th place (tied) in rookie year in 2007, when its first round of 61 strokes set a new record for the field. The player who has residences in Mettmann (Germany) and Scottsdale (Arizona, USA) believes that the relaxed atmosphere of the Algarve tends to loosen the best.

“It is a very good tournament – said – and I think it should be even more recognized than it is. The golf course is brilliant and when the working day ends is very nice to visit the marina at night. It has everything we want in a tournament.”

“In the Oceânico Victoria can achieve low numbers and is a really fun course to play, especially the last hole. The 15 is a Par-4 good for the drive, the 16 is a Par-3 treacherous, the 17 is a Par-5 exciting where you can easily make both a birdie and a bogey and the latter is necessary to be brave to trying to make a birdie. It is a very exciting end, both for the players and for the fans” he added.

Martin Kaymer will have Thomas Bjorn as company in the Oceânico Victoria Golf Course, a player he knows well because it was his pairs partner in fourballs in the last Ryder Cup.

As Kaymer, Bjorn chose not to compete in the Portugal Masters after the resounding victory of Europe in Gleneagles, Scotland, but the Dane is pleased to return to a tournament that has always played between 2007 and 2013.

“Last year was the first time I missed the Portugal Masters. That alone shows how like the tournament. It is one in which many of the players want to be every year because it is a friendly and relaxed week, because it’s great to have the hotel on the field, because this time of year the weather is usually very good and because the field usually offers many birdie opportunities’, elucidated the also president of the Championships Committee of the European Tour.

“My record in the competition is not as good as I’d like, but in 2013 I did a second round of 63 strokes, so I know I can achieve low numbers in this field. Last year I missed because I needed to take some time off after the Ryder Cup, but I can not wait to go back this year “, said the winner of 15 titles on the European Tour, which is also the winner of the last Open de Portugal in 2010.

Source: pgaportugal.pt

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Portugal Masters 2015 in Vilamoura

Tee Times Portugal Golf - Portugal Masters 2015 in Vilamoura

Tee Times Portugal Golf – Portugal Masters 2015 in Vilamoura

Tee Times Portugal Golf – Portugal Masters 2015 in Vilamoura – 15th to 18th October 2015

Once again, next 15th to 18th October in Vilamoura and for the 7th consecutive year, golf stars from around the world travel to the Algarve to play in the Portugal Masters, which will offer an appetising prize money.

The Portugal Masters golf tournament event recognizes the quality of the golf facilities and tourism infrastructures that now exists in Portugal and specially in the Algarve region, enabling the country to welcome the elite of golf professionals and world-wide coverage by the international press with an expected 40.000 spectators attending the event.

Also by the high standards of quality of its facilities and infrastructures for golf tourism, the Masters committee selected the Oceânico Victoria golf course to host the tournament, which is considered one the leading golf events in Europe.

With its presence on the PGA’s European Circuit, the Portugal Masters enhances Algarve and Portugal‘s position as one of the finest golf destinations in the world.

Venue: Oceânico Victoria golf courseVilamouraPortugal
Prize Money: € 2.000.000

Past Winners:

2014 – Alexander Levy
2013 – David Lynn
2012 – Shane Lowry
2011 – Tom Lewis
2010 – Richard Green
2009 – Lee Westwood
2008 – Alvaro Quiros
2007 – Steve Webster

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Algarve Masters Pro-Am Ready to Start

Tee Times Algarve Golf - Algarve Masters Pro-Am 2015 at Palmares - Lagos

Tee Times Algarve Golf – Algarve Masters Pro-Am 2015 at Palmares – Lagos

Tee Times Algarve Golf – Algarve Masters Pro-Am Ready to Start on 13th September 2015

The “Algarve Masters Pro-Am 2015,” a golf tournament in a Stableford Net format, kicks off on 13 September at the Onyria Palmares golf course in Lagos. This tournament sponsored by the Algarve Tourist Board (RTA) and organized the PGA of Portugal, will bring together 80 players, among them the journalist Júlio Magalhães, the presenter Jorge Gabriel and former goal-keeper of Sporting Clube and National football team: Ricardo Pereira.

The team with the highest ranking in this competition will be able to play in the “Pro-Am” of the Portugal Masters, one of the most important events on the European Tour, which will take place on 8th October at the Oceânico Victoria Course in Vilamoura.

The tournament will start on “shot-gun” at 09:00 and will be organized with rating teams of four each, formed by a PGA professional and three amateurs guests. They are registered 20 teams from across the country and also two Spanish teams. Already confirmed for the tournament are James Cross, national defending champion, Ricardo Melo Gouveia, current No. 1 of the European Challenge Tour circuit, and well-known public figures of the Portuguese.

The three teams that go up to the podium receive trophies Vista Alegre/Atlantis, while participants who win the ball closer to the General Amateur flag, the “drive” longer (category men) and “drive” longer (women category) will be awarded dishes of famous pottery of Porches. “The mild climate that allows prolong the golf season for several months, along with the stunning scenery in which the fields are inserted, have brought to the Algarve increasingly practitioners of the sport year after year. In addition, the quality of the golf courses in the region is recognized worldwide. Fruit of this recognition were the awards – seven national and five environmental certifications – the Algarve received in 2014, making it the main Portugal golf destination, “notes Desiderio Silva, president of the Algarve Tourism Board.

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