Portuguese National Club Championship – Solverde Casinos

Portuguese National Club Championship – Solverde Casinos - Morgado Golf Course

Morgado Golf Course

Portuguese National Club Championship

The Portuguese National Club Championship of clubs took place from the 4th to the 6th of September with 19 men’s teams and 6 lady’s teams, enrolled, in a competition played in 54 holes Stroke Play, for three days (18 holes per day).

The 3 best results of each team were determined daily, which together determined the best final results.

The last day was obviously a day of great emotions and competitiveness at the Morgado Golf Course, in Portimão, with Oporto GC recovering and consolidating its first position, becoming the national champion club of 2020. In ladies, it was the Quinta do Lago team that debuted as a winner. The Visconde Pereira Machado (men) and Nini Guedes Queiroz (women) cups are thus awarded.

Portuguese National Club Championship – Solverde Casinos - Morgado Golf Course

Morgado Golf Course

The Oporto GC team wins again, after 2016, this time with the team composed by the players Vasco Manuel Carreira Alves, Afonso Girão, João Girão and Pedro Maria Sousa Machado who totaled 645 strokes (-12), one stroke advantage over the 2nd place, the Miramar team that ended with an aggregate of 646 strokes. The team from Quinta do Perú closed the podium with 674 strokes.

In the ladies competition Quinta do Lago ends up winning with an aggregate of 418 strokes (-20) and thus wins the Nini Guedes de Queiroz Cup. Miramar with 429 (-9) and Orizonte with 438 (Par) completed the podium.

The remaining results were as follows:

Men´s – 4th Vilamoura – 5th – Paredes – 6th Quinta do Lago – 7th Ilha Terceira (azores) 8th Estoril – 9th Juvegolf – 10th-Orizonte – 11th Morgado – 12th Vale de Janelas – 13th Belas – 14th Penina – 15th Amendoeira – 16th – Quinta do Fojo -17º Alto Portimão – 18th Viseu – 19th Amarante.

Ladies – 4º Quinta do Perú – 5º Oporto -6º Estoril.

The next tournament organized by the Portuguese Golf Federation and PGA Portugal will be the National Individual Absolute Championship – Audi, where amateurs and professionals will compete on an equal footing, both in men´s and in ladies, for their respective absolute titles.

Portuguese Open in a golf course designed by Seve Ballesteros

Portuguese Open 2020. Royal Obidos Golf Course

Royal Obidos Golf Course

Portuguese Open in a golf course designed by Seve BallesterosRoyal Óbidos

We are proud to announce the 58th edition of the Portugal Open 2020 tournament at the Royal Óbidos Golf Course, Seve Balesteros design. situated near the historic town of Óbidos.

The Portugal Open Tournament was founded in 1953 and when the European Tour was born in 1972, it was immediately one of the founding events of the main European golf circuit.

Portuguese Open 2020. Royal Obidos Golf Course

Royal Obidos Golf Course

The Portuguese Open 2020 at Royal Óbidos will take place from September 17 to 20, with Pro-Am on Wednesday, September 16. 144 players will be up for grabs for the € 200,000.00 prize money in a 72 hole (four round) tournament with the Cut after 36 holes where the top 60 players (+ draws) qualify.

Some of the biggest stars in the world today played at the Portuguese Open, such as Martin Kaymer, Matt Wallace, Henrik Stenson, Padraig Harrington, Ricardo Melo Gouveia and Pedro Figueiredo (currently on the European Tour). We’ll release more news soon.

Rory McIlroy Wins Again on the European Tour

Tee Times Portugal Golf - Rory McIlroy Wins Again on the European Tour - Race to Dubai World Tour Championship

Tee Times Portugal Golf – Rory McIlroy Wins Again on the European Tour – Race to Dubai World Tour Championship

Tee Times Portugal Golf – Rory McIlroy Wins Again on the European Tour – Race to Dubai World Tour Championship

Rory McIlroy is crowned for the third time on the European Tour, this time as Champion of the Race to Dubai’s DP World Tour Championship.

A fourth round of 66 shots, allowed Rory McIlroy crowned for the third time in the last four years as number one by winning the European Tour Race to Dubai. In addition, McIlroy managed to win for the second year the DP World Tour Championship, the European Tour finale.

McIlroy beat Danny Willett His rival maximum in the Order of Merit and Andy Sullivan in regard to the tournament. Eight birdies throughout the day, four of them between 11 and 15, were endorsed by McIlroy in the final round that closed the 2015 season in Europe.

McIlroy -21 won in Dubai and one stroke ahead of Andy “Spaceman” Sullivan, and six on the South African Branden Grace. Behind a group of six players with -13, Molinari, Schwartzel, Willett, Grillo and the two would-be rookie of the year, Matt Fitzpatrick English and Korean Byeong Hun An.

Of the four Spaniards in the field, three finished tied with -7 in the twenty second place. Rafa Cabrera-Bello who delivered the second best card of the day (66), Pablo Larrazabal and Alejandro Canizares. Miguel Angel Jimenez finished forty-eighth -1.

Long-time Official Starter to The European Tour and The Open, Ivor Robson is retiring after 41 years in the role this week. The last word, fittingly came from Ivor himself. “It has been a wonderful career,” he said. “It’s been a great honour to have been allowed to be the Official Starter for The European Tour. Thank you.”

Source: opengolf.es, europeantour.com

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