Open de Portugal

Open de Portugal
Tournament information
Location Portimão, Portugal
Established 1953
Course(s) Morgado G&CC
Tour(s) Challenge Tour (2017–)
European Tour (1973–2017)
Format Stroke play
Prize fund 200,000
Month played May
Current champion
England Dimitrios Papadatos
Morgado G&CC
Location in Portugal

The Open de Portugal, previously the Portuguese Open is an annual tournament on men's golf's European Tour. It was first played in 1953, and was part of the European Tour's schedule beginning in 1973. Up until 2010, it was played in late March or early April each year, and was one of the first European Tour events of the season to be played in Europe, after the season spent the northern winter in Asia, Australasia and South Africa.

In 2010, the tournament moved to a June date. In 2010 the prize fund was €1.0 million, which is one of the smaller purses on the European Tour.

The tournament was not played again until 2017, when it returned as a dual-ranking event of the European Tour and Challenge Tour, played at Morgado Golf Resort north of the town of Portimão. In 2018 it lost its status as a European Tour event but remained as a Challenge Tour event.

Winners

Challenge Tour event
YearWinnerCountryVenueScoreTo parMargin
of victory
Runners-up
Open de Portugal at Morgado Golf Resort
2018Dimitrios Papadatos AustraliaMorgado G&CC281−72 strokesPortugal José-Filipe Lima
France Antoine Rozner
European Tour event
YearWinnerCountryVenueScoreTo parMargin
of victory
Runner(s)-up
Open de Portugal at Morgado Golf Resort
2017Matt Wallace EnglandMorgado G&CC271−213 strokesUnited States Julian Suri
Estoril Open de Portugal
2011–16: No tournament
2010Thomas Bjørn DenmarkPenha Longa265−235 strokesAustralia Richard Green
2009Michael Hoey Northern IrelandOitavos Dunes277−7PlayoffSpain Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño
2008Grégory Bourdy FranceOitavos Dunes266−18PlayoffScotland Alastair Forsyth
England David Howell
2007Pablo Martín (amateur) SpainOitavos Golfe277−71 strokeFrance Raphaël Jacquelin
Algarve Open de Portugal Caixa Geral de Depositos
2006Paul Broadhurst (2) EnglandLe Meridien Penina271−171 strokeEngland Anthony Wall
Estoril Open de Portugal Caixa Geral de Depositos
2005Paul Broadhurst EnglandOitavos Golfe271−131 strokeScotland Paul Lawrie
Algarve Open de Portugal Caixa Geral de Depositos
2004Miguel Ángel Jiménez SpainLe Meridien Penina272−162 strokesAustralia Terry Price
Algarve Open de Portugal
2003Fredrik Jacobson SwedenVale do Lobo283−51 strokeEngland Brian Davis
Wales Jamie Donaldson
Wales Bradley Dredge
2002Carl Pettersson SwedenVale do Lobo142−2PlayoffEngland David Gilford
2001Phillip Price (2) WalesQuinta do Lago273−152 strokesRepublic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington
Germany Sven Strüver
Algarve Portuguese Open
2000Gary Orr ScotlandLe Meridien Penina275−131 strokeWales Phillip Price
1999Van Phillips EnglandLe Meridien Penina276−12PlayoffEngland John Bickerton
Portuguese Open
1998Peter Mitchell EnglandLe Meridien Penina274−181 strokeEngland David Gilford
Sweden Jarmo Sandelin
1997Michael Jonzon SwedenAroeira269−193 strokesSpain Ignacio Garrido
1996Wayne Riley AustraliaAroeira271−132 strokesEngland Mark Davis
England Martin Gates
1995Adam Hunter ScotlandPenha Longa277−11PlayoffNorthern Ireland Darren Clarke
1994Phillip Price WalesPenha Longa278−64 strokesEngland Paul Eales
England David Gilford
South Africa Retief Goosen
1993David Gilford EnglandVila-Sol275−13PlayoffArgentina Jorge Berendt
1992Ronan Rafferty Northern IrelandVila-Sol273−151 strokeSweden Anders Forsbrand
1991Steven Richardson EnglandEstela283−53 strokesArgentina Vicente Fernández
Portuguese Open TPC
1990Michael McLean EnglandQuinta do Lago274−141 strokeScotland Gordon Brand, Jnr
Australia Mike Harwood
1989Colin Montgomerie ScotlandQuinta do Lago264−2411 strokesAustralia Rodger Davis
Spain Manuel Moreno
United States Mike Smith
Portuguese Open
1988Mike Harwood AustraliaQuinta do Lago280−81 strokeRepublic of Ireland Eamonn Darcy
1987Robert Lee EnglandEstoril GC195*−121 strokeScotland Sam Torrance
1986Mark McNulty ZimbabweQuinta do Lago270−184 strokesEngland Ian Mosey
1985Warren Humphreys EnglandQuinta do Lago279−91 strokeSouth Africa Hugh Baiocchi
1984Tony Johnstone ZimbabweQuinta do Lago274−143 strokesEngland Michael King
1983Sam Torrance (2) ScotlandTroia286−23 strokesEngland Chris Moody
1982Sam Torrance ScotlandPenina207*−124 strokesEngland Nick Faldo
1980–81: No tournament
1979Brian Barnes ScotlandVilamoura287−52 strokesSpain Francisco Abreu
1978Howard Clark EnglandPenina291−11 strokeScotland Brian Barnes
South Africa Simon Hobday
1977Manuel Ramos SpainPenina287−52 strokesSouth Africa Hugh Baiocchi
1976Salvador Balbuena SpainQuinta do Lago283−54 strokesScotland Sam Torrance
1975Hal Underwood United StatesPenina292Even3 strokesArgentina Vicente Fernández
1974Brian Huggett WalesEstoril GC272−44 strokesSouth Africa John Fourie
1973Jaime Benito SpainPenina294+2PlayoffScotland Bernard Gallacher
1972Germán Garrido SpainEstoril GC196*−114 strokesEngland Tommy Horton

*Tournament shortened to 54 holes.
Tournament shortened to 36 holes.

The 1972 tournament was not a European Tour event.

Portuguese Open (pre-European Tour)
YearWinnerCountry
1971Lionel Platts England
1970Ramón Sota (3) Spain
1969Ramón Sota (2) Spain
1968Max Faulkner England
1967Ángel Gallardo Spain
1966Alfonso Angelini (2) Italy
1965No tournament
1964Ángel Miguel (3) Spain
1963Ramón Sota Spain
1962Alfonso Angelini Italy
1961Ken Bousfield (2) England
1960Ken Bousfield England
1959Sebastián Miguel Spain
1958Peter Alliss England
1957No tournament
1956Ángel Miguel (2) Spain
1955Flory Van Donck Belgium
1954Ángel Miguel Spain
1953Eric Brown Scotland

Coordinates: 37°11′50″N 8°34′02″W / 37.1973°N 8.56731°W / 37.1973; -8.56731

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