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Andy Sullivan Wins Portugal Masters 2015

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Tee Times Portugal Golf – Andy Sullivan Wins Portugal Masters 2015 at Vilamoura, Algarve

English Andy Sullivan is the most categorical winner ever in Portugal Masters.

There has never been doubt as to the winner of the Portugal Masters at the Oceânico Victoria Golf Course in Vilamoura. Andy Sullivan started the last lap to lead with 5 strokes advantage over the Spaniard Eduardo de la Riva and never let the competition get too close, it was because his closest opponents were not very inspired or it was because he himself returned to the highest level, finishing with a round of 66 shots (-5), surpassed only by the 64 English Richard Bland and 65 by the German Bernhard Ritthammer and French Romain Wattel.

Eventually won with a final advantage of 9 shots (!) over the second-placed compatriot Chris Wood, establishing the biggest difference from a Portugal Masters champion over its closest rival and spraying the previous best mark in this chapter which were the three edge punching Alexander Levy in French edition 2014, in this case on the Belgian Nicolas Colsaerts and a reduced edition two turns.

Then he totaled 23-under-par, getting just two strokes of record in the aggregate of the 72 holes, which belongs to also English Steve Webster since the inaugural tournament in 2007, at a time when the field was par-72 and not par-71 as it is today.

Sullivan, 28, who thus won his third title of the year on the European Tour after winning twice in South Africa, became the fifth Englishman to win the Portugal Masters in nine editions, succeeding Steve Webster (2007), Lee Westwood (2009), Tom Lewis (2011) and David Lynn (2013). The British rulers were in fact putting three players in the top three – behind Sullivan and Wood, appears Anthony Wall, tied in third place with South African Trevor Fisher and Eduardo de la Riva.

“Absolutely amazing, especially for leading from first to last day,” he said. “And start the last lap to lead to such a great advantage is something we had never experienced. It is much harder than it looks, I’m sure. We can not slow down. I never felt relaxed, just as I hit the second shot on 18. Golf is a funny game. We never know what can happen. It was amazing to share this victory with my family and friends will never forget this week.” rejoiced the English, who had to accompany him his parents and about 20 friends from his home club, the Nuneaton Golf Club in Warwickshire .

The victory earned him a prize of 333,330 euros and will allow to enter the first 45 in the world ranking, he who before the Portugal Masters was 66 in the table. In the Race to Dubai rose from 26 th to 15 with a total of € 1.2 million of premiums collected in 2015.

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Tee Times Portugal Golf – Ricardo Gouveia was the Best Portuguese at Portugal Masters 2015

As for the two Portuguese who spent the cut, Ricardo Melo Gouveia ended in beauty, with a 68 that allowed him to move up eight places to 31, tied with South African Jaco Van Zyl, the Indian Jee Milkha Singh and French Benjamin Hebert all with a total of 5 under par, earning a prize of € 15,800.

And the national amateur champion Thomas Silva shut down with 75 to 20 seats, ending up tied at 68 with English Paul Dunne, both with an aggregate of 3 over par.

Source: golftatoo.com

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Portugal Masters – Leader Colsaerts So Close to First 59

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Tee Times Portugal Golf – Portugal Masters – Leader Colsaerts So Close to First 59 – Day 1

Nicolas Colsaerts is the current Leader at the end of day 1 and missed out on the first 59 on The European Tour by the merest of margins on the opening day of the Portugal Masters at the Oceânico Victoria Golf Club.

Victoria Golf Course, Oceânico’s jewel, was the most ambitious golf project in Portugal, and was aimed at being one of the best golf complexes in the whole of Europe.

The Victoria Clube de Golfe is the fifth at Vilamoura and the most exclusive one at the resort, making it ideal to became the Algarve’s and Portugal‘s major venue for top international tournaments. Palmer, whose design company has planned some 500 layouts worldwide, compiled the Victoria course project, and Southern Golf, Europe’s largest golf course builder, was awarded the construction contract.

Several man-made lakes provide hazards for the players and also serve as water reservoirs for irrigation.

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Tee Times Portugal Golf – Portugal Masters – Oceânico Victoria Golf Course

The Belgian slid an 18-foot foot birdie putt agonisingly just past the left-hand lip of the 18th to fall short of the elusive feat by a single stroke.

No player has broken 60 in the 42-year history of The European Tour, but Colsaerts looked set to change all that after he followed seven birdies with eagles at the 15th and 17th.

That left the 31 year old needing a birdie on the last and he responded by sending a typically booming drive straight down the middle of the fairway.

A short iron left him with a makeable putt and, as he walked towards the green, he was able to share a joke with playing partner Branden Grace, who shot 60 at Kingsbarns in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship two years ago.

Colsaerts’ putt looked on course to drop, but he instead had to be content with a 60 – the 19th time the score has been managed on The European Tour.

Even more significantly, he was able to head to the Victoria clubhouse with a three-shot lead over the rest of the field.

His closest rivals were Alexander Levy and Scott Jamieson, the Scot having set the target mark for the afternoon starters with his round of 63.

Frenchman Levy was first to haul in Jamieson, who operated with a new putter after missing the cut in his previous three tournaments, after 14 holes but he was unable to go on.

Instead it was Colsaerts who took charge as his recent return to form gathered extreme pace on the back nine.

The 2012 Ryder Cup winner has missed the cut in half of the 14 tournament he has played on The European Tour this season, but has found some touch in the past month.

He had made his past three cuts before heading to the Algarve and last time out finished in a tie for fourth at the ISPS Handa Wales Open.

A string of four birdies from the ninth moved him to seven under before he leapfrogged Levy and Jamieson into the lead with the first of his eagles as his power dwarfed the 315-yard par four 15th.

At the penultimate hole he was able to clear the water – which Jamieson had earlier found in the only blemish of his round – to open up his chance of a 59 up the last.

“When I made eagle on 15, I knew then that if I birdied the last three, that would have been 59,” Colsaerts said.

“So I parred 16 and then walking down the fairway on 17, I said to my caddie after I hit a good drive, ‘it’s 59 or nothing’.”

Re-living his final hole, he added: “I hit a good drive. It’s too bad it (the putt) just shaved the edge.

“I thought it was going to be slightly left to right at the end and it kind of went straight and basically just left it hanging. Too bad, I thought it was a pretty good effort, especially with these dark clouds.”

The weather at Victoria Golf Course forced play to be called off for the day shortly after Colsaerts left the 18th, and 16 groups was expected to resume at 8.15am on Friday morning. But the game was suspended due to thunderstorms and (at the time of this writing) the tee times are delayed until further notice.

Source: europeantour.com

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