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Tee Times Portugal Golf – Liberty Seguros Tournament

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Tee Times Portugal Golf – Liberty Seguros Tournament – Penina, Algarve

Tee Times Portugal Golf – Liberty Seguros Tournament – Penina, Algarve

The elite of the national amateur golf had its first major summit last weekend 17-18th January 2015 at the Penina Hotel & Golf Resort in Portimão, Algarve, which was the first of the six tournaments Liberty Seguros circuit (LS) and that the Portuguese Federation golf will host in 2015.

The Sir Henry Cotton Penina Championship Golf Course was a fabulous venue to open the calendar at the highest level, having been one of the preferred courses of the Open de Portugal, the last time in 2006.

The overwhelming majority of top amateur players competed in the Algarve and the tournament attracted 60 male and 12 female players.

In the women’s tournament, the final results were:

1 – Susana Mendes Ribeiro, Miramar (-2 to par) total: 144
2 – Leonor Bessa, Miramar (+7 to par) total: 153
3 – Rita Câncio Martins, Paço do Lumiar (+8 to par) total: 154
4 – Beatriz Themudo Santos, Miramar (+9 to par) total: 155
5 – Maria Inês Barbosa, Miramar (+10 to par) total: 156
6 – Berenice N. Pedro Jr., Lisbon Sports Club (+16 to par) total: 162
7 – Joana Silveira, Miramar (+17 to par) total: 163
8 – Sofia Câmara, Quinta do Peru (+20 to par) total: 166
9 – Joana Mota, Vilamoura C. G. (+24 to par) total: 170
10 – Inês Isabel Santos, Miramar (+29 to par) total: 175
11 – Rebeca Cunha Ferreira, Vilamoura C. G. (+30 to par) total: 176
12 – Ana Sintra, Morgado (+37 to par) total: 183

In the men’s competition, the final results (first 11 positions) were:

1 – Vitor Londot Lopes, Vilamoura C. G. (-7 to par) total: 139
2 – Afonso Girão, Oporto Golf Club (-5 to par) total: 141
3 – Pedro Lencart Silva, Miramar (-1 to par) total: 145
3 – Nathan Brader, Vilamoura C. G. (-1 to par) total: 145
5 – Tomás Bessa, Miramar (PAR) total: 146
6 – Tomás Santos Silva, Estoril (+1 to par) total: 147
7 – João Ramos, Oitavos (+5 to par) total: 151
8 – Rui Pedro Morris Mendes, Miramar (+8 to par) total: 154
9 – Renato Ferreira, Miramar (+10 to par) total: 156
10 – João Girão, Oporto Golf Club (+11 to par) total: 157
11 – Gonçalo Costa, Lisbon Sports Club (+12 to par) total: 158
11 – Thomas Drenth, Vilamoura C. G. (+12 to par) total: 158
11 – José Mª Cunha, Miramar (+12 to par) total: 158
11 – Greig Mann, Vilamoura C. G. (+12 to par) total: 158

The 1st Liberty Seguros Tournament was one of the main stages of preparation for the International Amateur Championship of Portugal, taking place at Montado Hotel & Golf Resort in Palmela.

Source: www.fpg.pt

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Portugal Masters – Leader Colsaerts So Close to First 59

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

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.

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

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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European Senior Tour 2014 returns to Portugal

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Tee Times Portugal Golf – European Senior Tour 2014 – Vidago Palace – 12-14 September 2014

Tee Times Portugal Golf – European Senior Tour 2014 returns to Portugal – Vidago Palace – Oporto – 12th to 14th September ’14

The European Senior Tour will return to Portugal for the first time since 2011 when Vidago Palace hosts the Senior Open de Portugal, from September 12-14.

The luxurious hotel and golf resort, situated north of Porto, re-opened in 2010 on the centenary of its inauguration in 1910.

The 6,899 yard, par 72 course at Vidago Palace was built in 1936 and originally designed by MacKenzie Ross before undergoing a redesign from golf architecture firm Cameron & Powell in 2010.

A key feature of the course is the use throughout of the local pink granite stone walling, built using redundant and disused field walls from the area which have were salvaged for the project.

It will now host a Senior Tour event for the first time following an agreement with Porto and the Northern Portugal Tourism Board (Associação do Turismo do Porto), with the field competing for a prize fund of €225,000.

Tee Times Portugal Golf - European Senior Tour - Vidago Palace - 12-14 September 2014

Tee Times Portugal Golf – European Senior Tour – Vidago Palace – 12-14 September 2014

The Senior Open de Portugal last featured on the Senior Tour schedule three years ago, when Welshman Mark Mouland triumphed at Belas Clube de Campo, near Lisbon, with former World Number One Ian Woosnam among those in contention during the final round.

In total, the Senior Tour has visited Portugal eight times, while the Senior Tour Qualifying School has been played on the Algarve since 2001.

Andy Stubbs, Managing Director of the European Senior Tour, said: “The European Senior Tour has an excellent, long-standing relationship with Portugal, established over many years through various regular tournaments as well as our annual Qualifying School, so we are delighted to return with this exciting event.

“This is the first time we have held an event in the northern region of Portugal and we are sure the magnificent Vidago Palace will prove a hugely popular venue with our players and staff, as well as the spectators.

“We would like to express our gratitude to Porto and Northern Portugal Tourism Board (Associação do Turismo do Porto – ATP) for their significant support, while this tournament would not have happened without the ambition and drive of the people at Vidago Palace.”

Helena Gonçalves, Associação do Turismo do Porto Executive-Director, said: “An initiative like this has never been properly established in this region before. The Tourism Board will do its utmost to promote this event, as the success of this event will help showcase Porto and north Portugal as a perfect golf destination in Portugal, exploring the very best we have to offer. This includes four World Heritages Sites by UNESCO, historical cities, rivers, the ocean, mountains, a perfect blend of old and new, authentic traditions and genuine people, the home of Port Wine, excellent gastronomy and wines, safety and security, traditional and cool shopping, culture at its best, and absolute value for money.”

Vidago Palace’s Golf Director, Alexandre Barroso, said: “Two years ago a small group of hotels, five 18’s Holes Golf Courses and a service company joined together, with the support of Tourism Board of Porto and North, to showcase this region internationally, and this tournament is another major step forward for us.”

“The Senior Open de Portugal will help accelerate this process, and at the same time will give the Vidago Palace the opportunity to put itself among the best golf resorts in Europe. The major works we undertook from 2006 to 2010, which saw a total reconstruction of the hotel and golf course, placed Vidago Palace as a unique Resort. I like to say now that it is a new hotel with more than 100 years of history.”

In addition to the 2011 Belas Clube de Campo Senior Open de Portugal, the country has also hosted the Daily Telegraph European Seniors Match Play Championship in 2001 and 2002, the Senior Tour Championship from 2002-2004, the Senior Open of Portugal in 2005 and 2006, and the 2008 Azores Senior Open.

Source: europeantour.com, vidagopalace.com.

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