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Portugal Golf Holidays – The outstanding history of Hotel Palácio Estoril

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Hotel Palácio Estoril. The incredible history of Palácio Estoril hotel

Palácio Estoril has a very rich past

The Hotel Palácio Estoril is a five-star hotel in the centre of Estoril, only 20 minutes from Lisbon‘s city centre, and features stunning gardens and breathtaking views of Estoril and Cascais Bay.

Since its opening in 1930, travellers from all over the globe have stayed at Hotel Palácio. It provides all the comforts of home in an atmosphere of timeless luxury, and its famous hospitality sets it apart.

The Hotel Palácio Estoril of today still has many features from the time it opened in the 1930s. The Hotel’s opulent classic décor has been updated over time without deviating from its original framework of timelessness, luxury, and sophistication, creating an exclusive ambience that is felt by all who enter.

During the Second World War and due to Portugal’s neutrality, some royal families fled to Estoril, known at the time as the “Kings Coast”. British and German spies met in the Hotel Palácio, where numerous members of the European royalty stayed.

In 1969, “On Her Majesty’s Service”, a classic James Bond film, was set at the Hotel.

Palácio Estoril was the second home of the Spanish, Italian, French, Bulgarian, and Romanian royal houses, and their descendants still visit the hotel. In February 2011, the Royal Gallery was created at the hotel, displaying photos of European nobles who have visited the place.

Today, Palácio Estoril continues to be a reference and has received many awards, like the Condé Nast Award 2023 for the best place for meetings and conferences, and the 2023 Merit Award from the Portuguese journal Expresso.

Enjoy your stay and let the hotel’s colourful and illustrious past inspire you.

Near the hotel, you’ll find excellent golf courses, like Oitavos Dunes, Quinta da Marinha and Golf Estoril.

Book your golf holidays at Hotel Palácio Estoril with Tee Times Golf Agency and play on some of the best golf courses in Portugal.

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Portugal Golf – 2nd FPG Circuit Tournament 2023

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Ribagolfe Lakes Golf Course. Ribagolfe Lakes hosted the 2nd FPG Circuit tournament 2023

Ribagolfe Lakes hosted the tournament

Alexander Amey, Ana da Costa Rodrigues, and Pedro Figueiredo “Figgy” won the 2nd FPG Circuit Tournament of 2023 at Ribagolfe Lakes, in the Lisbon region, after a tense final day of competition.

The Male Amateur was the closest competition, requiring a playoff to determine a winner between Vasco Alves and Alexander Amey with an aggregate result of 147 strokes (+3).

The playoff was decided on the 18th hole, with Alexander Amey coming out on top after a birdie. The Medal Net prize went to Duarte Gonçalves, who ranked third with 148 strokes (+4).

Ana da Costa Rodrigues came in first place in the women’s tournament with a result of 151 (+7), 6 strokes better than Luciana Reis and 8 strokes better than Constança Mendonça and Gisele Morna. Maria Francisca Salgado was awarded the Medal Net prize.

Pedro Figueiredo “Figgy” won the Professional tournament with a score of 70 strokes (-2), finishing with a total of 142 (-2), one stroke better than Vitor Londot Lopes, Tomás Silva, Ricardo Santos, and Pedro Almeida. Pedro Figueiredo was awarded 1,700 euros as prize money.

Tomás Bessa, who won the 1st FPG Circuit Tournament of this year, ended up in sixth place at Ribagolfe Lakes.

In the Seniors competitions, André Holtreman Roquette and Marta Lampreia won.

Quinta do Vale, in the Algarve, will play host to the next tournament that is part of the Portuguese Golf Federation Circuit 2023 in June. After that, competitions are scheduled to take place at the Oporto Golf Club (September) and the Aroeira Pines Classic (November).

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Spain Golf – Spain’s PGA has presented the Spain Golf Tour 2023

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El Prat Golf. El Prat will be the first stage of the Spain Golf Tour 2023

El Prat will be the first stage of the Spain Golf Tour

With its revival in 2016, the Spain Golf Tour has become an annual event, and recently the PGA of Spain held the 8th annual presentation at the Consejo Superior de Deportes.

A video recapping the highlights of the 2022 season was shown at the presentation, and Pablo Larrazábal gave a message saying that the first tournament on the circuit will be held at the Real Club de Golf El Prat at the start of April.

One of Seve Ballesteros’ goals was to create this circuit so that Spanish pros may participate and train for the major European tournaments. Ander Martínez, president of the Spanish PGA, said that the PGA “tries to choose courses developed by Ballesteros” to honour his legacy.

“Once again we come to offer a circuit that continues to develop and that will add eleven tournaments in 4 regions (Catalonia, the Basque Country, Madrid, and Castilla-y-León), the biggest number of events since the competition returned in 2016. And with the help of Turismo Centro de Portugal, they’ll be able to host 3 international competitions in Portugal”, he adds.

This year, three tournaments will be held in Portugal, two of them at Bom Sucesso golf course, located in Óbidos, north of the capital.

The PGA Spain Golf Tour 2023 schedule will feature 11 events, the most in 8 years, starting with Pablo Larrazábal’s second PGAe Open de Barcelona on RCG El Prat, which overlaps with the season’s first Major, The Masters.

The circuit will continue with the XVII PGAe Doubles Championship, which will be held at Izki Golf, a public course designed by Seve Ballesteros that features a layout of wide fairways surrounded by oaks and holly trees.

At the end of April, the circuit will head to Lisbon for the II Open Bom Sucesso PGAe, and Viseu, for the I Open Montebelo PGAe, one of the new events, which will be contested from May 5 to 7.

The 50th Anniversary of the Lomas-Bosque Golf Club in Madrid will serve as an unbeatable setting to celebrate the Madrid Professional Championship. And almost at the end of June, another course by Ballesteros, Meaztegi Golf, will be the setting for the II Bizkaia PGAe Open.

After the summer break, the IV Portugal-Spain Iberian Cup, in Bom Sucesso; the II Castilla y León Championship, in Entrepinos; the RFEG Professional Spanish Championship and the Circuit Grand Final will arrive, in which the top 40 of the National Ranking will participate.

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