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Sunday, 1/Nov/2009
Lee Westwood - (England) Portugal Masters Victoria - Algarve - Portugal - 15th to 18th October, 2009 The win at the Portugal Masters in the Algarve gave Lee Westwood a total of 23 wins on the European Tour. He finished only one stroke less than his nearest rival Francisco Molinari from Italy. Padraig Harrington from Ireland lay only one stroke further behind. Westwood moved to 27th place in the World Rankings and 19th in the Race to Dubai.
Lee Westwood - (England) Portugal Masters Victoria - Algarve - Portugal - 15th to 18th October, 2009 The win at the Portugal Masters in the Algarve gave Lee Westwood a total of 23 wins on the European Tour. He finished only one stroke less than his nearest rival Francisco Molinari from Italy. Padraig Harrington from Ireland lay only one stroke further behind. Westwood moved to 27th place in the World Rankings and 19th in the Race to Dubai.
Saturday, 1/Aug/2009
The annual Sir Henry Cotton Trophy took place with a good international field of players at its permanent venue, the Penina Championship course that rightly bears the famous maestro
The annual Sir Henry Cotton Trophy took place with a good international field of players at its permanent venue, the Penina Championship course that rightly bears the famous maestro
s name. This time the 18-hole medal-play tournament was won by Lagos GC member Jose Armando Rodrigues with a 2-under-par net score of 71 after a count-back with Peter Mills (Penina GC) and Antonio Gloria (Carvoeiro GC) who were awarded the 2nd and 3rd prizes respectively.
Saturday, 1/Aug/2009
On 20th & 21st of June the Solverde company that owns several casinos throughout Portugal staged the third of its 7th annual series of 36-hole tournaments at the Quinta da Ria golf resort near Tavira. After the first round over the Quinta da Ria course, the players and guests were treated to a dinner and live show at the nearby Monte Gordo Casino, before the Sunday round at the more testing Quinta de Cima. Several players had previously qualified from each of the five tournaments held on northern courses, from Chaves in the far north of the country down to the Algarve in the south.
On 20th & 21st of June the Solverde company that owns several casinos throughout Portugal staged the third of its 7th annual series of 36-hole tournaments at the Quinta da Ria golf resort near Tavira. After the first round over the Quinta da Ria course, the players and guests were treated to a dinner and live show at the nearby Monte Gordo Casino, before the Sunday round at the more testing Quinta de Cima. Several players had previously qualified from each of the five tournaments held on northern courses, from Chaves in the far north of the country down to the Algarve in the south.
Saturday, 1/Aug/2009
Several more players earned their places at Quinta da Ria for the season-ending final which will be on 19th-20th September at the Oporto Golf Club in Espinho. There are separate divisions for ladies, men (12 handicap and under, and 12.1 to 24), as well as a gross division. A special prize was given to Domingos Melo Cardoso who had an ace at the 11th hole at Quinta de Cima, and course owner Jose Lisboa provided a few bottles of celebratory champagne for those at the Sunday prize-giving party.
Several more players earned their places at Quinta da Ria for the season-ending final which will be on 19th-20th September at the Oporto Golf Club in Espinho. There are separate divisions for ladies, men (12 handicap and under, and 12.1 to 24), as well as a gross division. A special prize was given to Domingos Melo Cardoso who had an ace at the 11th hole at Quinta de Cima, and course owner Jose Lisboa provided a few bottles of celebratory champagne for those at the Sunday prize-giving party.
Saturday, 1/Aug/2009
The Victoria Course was once again the venue for one of the qualifying tournaments for
The Victoria Course was once again the venue for one of the qualifying tournaments for
The Duke of Edinburgh Cup, a prestigious event aimed at raising funds for charities for young people. Close to 90 golfers took part in the competition, with 9-handicapper Paul Kennedy returning a card of 40 Stableford points to take the top prize, followed by Matthew Partridge, David Simpson and Abby Glennie, all on 36 points.
Saturday, 1/Aug/2009
One of Vila Sol
One of Vila Sol
s main tournaments of the year is theSir Bobby Robson Celebrity Golf Classicand on 4th July, a large number of famous footballers of years gone by were seen playing on the championship course near Vilamoura joining as part of teams composed with amateur golfers from the general public. This was the 6th Classic event and as usual funds are raised to help the Refugio Aboim Ascensao, a childrens home run by Dr. Luis Villas-Boas in Faro. In spite of his poor health, Sir Bobby Robson attended the event with his wife Elsie and was enthusiastically applauded during the gala dinner.
Saturday, 1/Aug/2009
In July and apart from the Solverde event, there was a charity tournament at the Morgado Course on the 19th to raise funds for the Portimao volunteer fire brigade at the attractive price of €40 including a barbecue.
In July and apart from the Solverde event, there was a charity tournament at the Morgado Course on the 19th to raise funds for the Portimao volunteer fire brigade at the attractive price of €40 including a barbecue.
Monday, 1/Jun/2009
Amilcar Fonseca, a former professional footballer and trainer, partnered Tony Alves to win the better-ball pairs competition with 48 Stableford points.In the second round of the 36-hole individual Stableford, your correspondent had the pleasure of playing with Tony and witnessed his fantastic hole-in-one on the 188 metre long 5th hole on the Morgado course. In spite of her load of work organising the event, Gabriele Gottert, managed to win the individual Stableford competition by producing a tally of 76 points. Brian Sutton also scored 76 points but lost out in the count-back but had the consolation of taking the gross prize.
Amilcar Fonseca, a former professional footballer and trainer, partnered Tony Alves to win the better-ball pairs competition with 48 Stableford points.In the second round of the 36-hole individual Stableford, your correspondent had the pleasure of playing with Tony and witnessed his fantastic hole-in-one on the 188 metre long 5th hole on the Morgado course. In spite of her load of work organising the event, Gabriele Gottert, managed to win the individual Stableford competition by producing a tally of 76 points. Brian Sutton also scored 76 points but lost out in the count-back but had the consolation of taking the gross prize.
Friday, 1/May/2009
The inaugural John Stilwell
The inaugural John Stilwell
s Trophy was a great success and attracted a field of close to a 100 players for the 18-hole individual Stableford tournament played over the Sir Henry Cotton Championship course at the Penina. Former honorary British Consul in the Algarve, Dr. Jose Pearce de Azevedo, was on hand at the prize-giving lunch and gave an interesting speech to honour Mr. John Stilwell for his pioneering spirit in bringing golf to the Algarve in the early 1960s. The Penina Hotel Operations Manager Mathieu de Tonnac and Golf Manager Leonel Rio presented the prizes with first place going to Sr. Gomes Mota who scored 41 points. Motas 21 points on the back nine against 19 separated him from 2nd placed Giuseppe Ghezzo who also scored a total of 41 points. John Russell was 3rd, only one point further back.
Friday, 1/May/2009
Although it had been open on an experimental basis for several weeks previously the third course at Quinta do Lago was officially opened in April. Called the Laranjal, which is Portuguese for an orange grove, it was built on land a few kilometres east of the main Quinta do Lago estate near the small village of Ludo where orange cultivation is the dominant land use in the area. In fact many new orange trees were planted and other existing ones retained to line many of the fairways, together with avocado trees and natural species such as mature pine-trees. It is pleasantly laid out and its course designer, Jorge Santana da Silva – who learned his trade with Robert Trent Jones Sr. – has done a fantastic job in moulding the natural landscape into a beautiful course.
Although it had been open on an experimental basis for several weeks previously the third course at Quinta do Lago was officially opened in April. Called the Laranjal, which is Portuguese for an orange grove, it was built on land a few kilometres east of the main Quinta do Lago estate near the small village of Ludo where orange cultivation is the dominant land use in the area. In fact many new orange trees were planted and other existing ones retained to line many of the fairways, together with avocado trees and natural species such as mature pine-trees. It is pleasantly laid out and its course designer, Jorge Santana da Silva – who learned his trade with Robert Trent Jones Sr. – has done a fantastic job in moulding the natural landscape into a beautiful course.
Friday, 1/May/2009
Michael Hoey - (Northern Ireland) Estoril Open de Portugal Oitavos Dunes - Cascais - Portugal -2nd to 5th April, 2009 Michael Hoey secured his maiden win on The European Tour as he defeated Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano in a play-off to capture the Estoril Open. Hoey holed a six foot par putt on the third extra hole to defeat the Spaniard. Earlier, the Northern Irish golfer produced one of the rounds of his life to surge to the top of the leader board with a 5 under par of 66, and having started the day five shots off the lead in the 19th position. Hoey climber to Nº 148 with a jump of 125 places.
Michael Hoey - (Northern Ireland) Estoril Open de Portugal Oitavos Dunes - Cascais - Portugal -2nd to 5th April, 2009 Michael Hoey secured his maiden win on The European Tour as he defeated Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano in a play-off to capture the Estoril Open. Hoey holed a six foot par putt on the third extra hole to defeat the Spaniard. Earlier, the Northern Irish golfer produced one of the rounds of his life to surge to the top of the leader board with a 5 under par of 66, and having started the day five shots off the lead in the 19th position. Hoey climber to Nº 148 with a jump of 125 places.
Wednesday, 1/Apr/2009
An annual traditional tournament week played at the beginning of the year is the Almond Blossom on the Palmares Course near Lagos where work recently commenced on a radical modification and expansion programme. This was the 32nd time the event was staged and although the number of players was lower than usual there was no lack of enthusiasm amongst the golfers. The standard of play in the opening individual Stableford was not too high with Paul Griffiths winning with 31 points whilst Beverley Osborne took the ladies
An annual traditional tournament week played at the beginning of the year is the Almond Blossom on the Palmares Course near Lagos where work recently commenced on a radical modification and expansion programme. This was the 32nd time the event was staged and although the number of players was lower than usual there was no lack of enthusiasm amongst the golfers. The standard of play in the opening individual Stableford was not too high with Paul Griffiths winning with 31 points whilst Beverley Osborne took the ladies
prize with 26. Griffiths showed better form in the better ball Stableford on day two in partnership with Neil Hawkins and won again, this time with 45 points, only one ahead of Kornelia Troyer and Christine Tolos. The aggregate Stableford tournament saw Lennaart Nilsson from Sweden and playing partner Peter Philgren amass a winning 68-point score, three ahead of runners-up M. Callaway and Cyril Teasdale. There was a surprise winner in the final day Palmares Golf Trophy which is an 18-hole stroke-play competition. For the first time in the history of this event, a lady was the overall winner with a steady net score of 71, level par. Often a prize winner in previous Almond Blossom tournaments, Kornelia Troyer this time round left all the male competitors in her wake. The best gross score, carded by Alfred Henighen, was 81 strokes.
Wednesday, 1/Apr/2009
The final of the Pot of Gold series of tournaments was held at the new O
The final of the Pot of Gold series of tournaments was held at the new O
Connor course at the Oceanico Amendoeira Resort near Alcantarilha. Organised by Golfocus, this 4-player team event involved competitions throughout 2008 at six other courses: Quinta do Vale, Quinta da Ria, Pinheiros Altos, Penina, Quinta do Lago and Benamor. With participants representing their favorite restaurants in the Algarve. The final was a closely fought affair as three teams started tied in first place based on their aggregate results over the series.
Wednesday, 1/Apr/2009
In March, the four-day Divot Tournament is being played at both the Morgado courses near Portimao from the 23rd to 27th with a rest day on the 25th. The week includes three separate events, an opening 18-hole Texas Scramble, 36-hole individual and 18-hole pairs competitions.
In March, the four-day Divot Tournament is being played at both the Morgado courses near Portimao from the 23rd to 27th with a rest day on the 25th. The week includes three separate events, an opening 18-hole Texas Scramble, 36-hole individual and 18-hole pairs competitions.
Wednesday, 1/Apr/2009
The Penina Golf & Resort is launching a new tournament to honour Mr. John Stilwell who created the Penina Hotel and Sir Henry Cotton who designed the golf course back in the early 60s and in fact was responsible for starting the golf revolution in the Algarve. The prize is called the
The Penina Golf & Resort is launching a new tournament to honour Mr. John Stilwell who created the Penina Hotel and Sir Henry Cotton who designed the golf course back in the early 60s and in fact was responsible for starting the golf revolution in the Algarve. The prize is called the
John Stilwells Trophy, and the inaugural Tournament is being played on the 11th April. Details may be obtained by contacting the Golf Desk at the Penina Hotel.
Wednesday, 1/Apr/2009
Estanislao Goya - (Argentina) Madeira Islands Open Porto Santo - Madeira - Portugal - 19th to 22nd March, 2009 This victory in Madeira gave Estanislao Goya his second win on the European Tour in 164 attempts. He finished one stroke ahead of Callum Macaulay from Scotland, followed by Wil Besseling from Holland and Damien McGrane from Ireland.
Estanislao Goya - (Argentina) Madeira Islands Open Porto Santo - Madeira - Portugal - 19th to 22nd March, 2009 This victory in Madeira gave Estanislao Goya his second win on the European Tour in 164 attempts. He finished one stroke ahead of Callum Macaulay from Scotland, followed by Wil Besseling from Holland and Damien McGrane from Ireland.
