57.º Open de Portugal @ Morgado Golf Resort

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Open Portugal. Morgado Golf Resort

57.º Open de Portugal @ Morgado Golf Resort

RICARDO SANTOS

FIGHT FOR # 1

Ricardo Santos is one of four players with mathematical chances of moving to the top position of the “Race for Mallorca”, the Challenge Tour ranking, next Sunday, depending on the results he makes at the 57th Portuguese Open @ Morgado Golf Resort, which starts Thursday in Portimão.

The 36-year-old Algarvian is ranked 4th in the European second division hierarchy this week, a consequence of his win at Swiss Challenge, in June and other good results as 2nd place at the D + D REAL Czech Challenge in May, and 3rd place at the Rolex Trophy (also in Switzerland) in August.

According to José Correia, president of PGA Portugal, in an interview this afternoon with the tournament’s Facebook account, “Ricardo Santos has already practically secured the European Tour next year and Filipe Lima is working on that.” José Correia referred to the fact that Ricardo Santos is well ranked in the ranking and everything indicates that he will finish the season in the top-15 which will be promoted to the first division of European professional golf.

Ricardo Santos at Open Portugal @ Morgado Golf Resort

Ricardo Santos at Open Portugal @ Morgado Golf Resort

With that pressure off his shoulders, Ricardo Santos can now play more freely and the goal of being the 2019 Challenge Tour # 1 – a feat Ricardo Melo Gouveia achieved in 2015 – could be important in keeping him focused and ambitious.

«My goal is to be ranked as high as possible in the ranking. As such, winning the ranking is within my goals, ”the former double national champion told Tee Times Golf Agency in June.

For the third year in succession, Morgado Golf Resort hosts the Open de Portugal with the course in finer shape than ever. Morgado Golf Course has the features of a links course, but instead of being close to the sea, is placed in an area of parkland which, despite its location, receives harsh winds from the coast which is situated just a few kilometres away. The course has been closed to the public for five weeks which has allowed the greenkeepers to prepare it thoroughly, with the fairways in perfect condition and the rough nice and thick, offering a real test to this week’s field.

Morgado Golf Resort

Morgado Golf Resort

The 57th Portuguese Open @ Morgado Golf Resort starts at 7:30 am, with a record of 18 Portuguese competing, including Filipe Lima, last year’s runner-up. The Challenge Tour’s only Portuguese tournament, with 200,000 euros in prize money, features 12 of the 16 players who have won Challenge Tournaments this year and 11 of the top 15 in the Majorca Race. A luxury!

Alcaidesa Links Golf course as completed the renovation of hole four

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Alcaidesa Links Golf course as completed the renovation of hole four

Alcaidesa Links Golf course as completed the renovation of hole four

Recently, the reform of the fourth hole of the Alcaidesa Links Golf course, a performance designed by Dave Thomas in 2005, designed and directed by acttua Golf Services, and executed by the construction company GTM Golf, institutional partner of the European Institute of Golf Course Designers, has been completed.

Alcaidesa Links Golf course

Alcaidesa Links Golf course – Hole Four

The main objective of the reform has been to reduce the transverse slope existing in the area of ​​falls of the hole to reduce the high number of balls that ended up in the mountain. Also, the action includes the installation of a new drainage network, irrigation system, tees, bunkers and buggies paths.

Alcaidesa Links Golf course

Alcaidesa Links Golf course – Hole Four

The reform has had the collaboration of the company Mafer GolfBetter Billy Bunker, as well as Novogreen for the supply of tees for tees and shorts of Bermuda Tifway 419.

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Mijas Golf Course renews its fleet of electric handcarts with the ‘PowaKaddy GPS Rental’ model

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Mijas Golf Course renews its fleet of electric handcarts

Mijas Golf, one of the most experienced courses on the Costa del Sol in operation since 1976, has had Powakaddy to renew its fleet of electric carts. The club has acquired ten units of the ‘PowaKaddy GPS Rental’ model for rent just as the Real Club Valderrama did recently.

This model, when carrying GPS, also helps golfers play more fluidly and reduce their playing time, something for which golf courses fight day by day. These carts are programmed from the ‘Administrator’ option so that they only have a pre-selection of the golf course in which it is used so that they cannot be unconfigured. It is ‘PowaKaddy GPS Rental’ is a technologically advanced element and, being a car with practically all the golf courses in the world already preloaded, you just have to set it up and play. Another of the great advantages for golf courses and golf players, is the fact that the satellite that provides the information is of the same brand so that there are no problems in GPS.

Mijas Golf Los Olivos

Mijas Golf Los Olivos

These carts incorporate the powerful and durable plug-and-play battery of Powakaddy with thirty-six holes, being the most powerful on the market you can make tours in any field in the world in addition to a powerful 230 W power motor.

“We continue to renew with Powakaddy not only because each year they are updated and adapting to our demands as users, but they also give a unique and very good service which helps us to always have the fleet 100% for our customers, which is what we value most, ”says Lorenzo Pérez, director of Mijas Golf.

Mijas Golf Los Lagos

Mijas Golf Los Lagos

“Day by day we continue innovating to keep up with the demands of our customers, we always give our personalized attention for each golf course so that each one has the best option for its customer,” adds Frank Vázquez, director of Vavaal 749 SL and distributors of Powakaddy in Spain. “The best thing about our FW5s is that it has a fully integrated GPS, you just have to connect the battery and enjoy your best golf.”

Source: GolfIndustria.es