Open de Portugal

The Open de Portugal, previously the Portuguese Open, is an annual tournament on the men's golf's Challenge Tour. It was first played in 1953, and was part of the European Tour's schedule from 1973 to 2017. The 2019 event is the 57th edition of the tournament.

Open de Portugal
Tournament information
LocationPortimão, Portugal
Established1953
Course(s)Morgado G&CC
Tour(s)Challenge Tour (2017–)
European Tour (1973–2017)
FormatStroke play
Prize fund€200,000
Month playedSeptember
Current champion
Adrian Meronk
Morgado G&CC
Location in Portugal

From 1991 to 2009, the tournament was played in either February, March or April, 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. The prize fund in 2010 was €1.0 million, which was one of the smaller purses on the European Tour. After 2010 the tournament was not played again until 2017, when it returned as a dual-ranking event of the European Tour and Challenge Tour, played in May at the 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. In 2019 the event was played in September.

Winners
Challenge Tour event
YearWinnerCountryVenueScoreTo parMargin
of victory		Runners-up
Open de Portugal at Morgado Golf Resort
2019Adrian Meronk PolandMorgado G&CC273−152 strokes Sebastián García Rodríguez
2018Dimitrios Papadatos AustraliaMorgado G&CC281−72 strokes José-Filipe Lima
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 strokes Julian Suri
Estoril Open de Portugal
2011–16: No tournament
2010Thomas Bjørn DenmarkPenha Longa265−235 strokes Richard Green
2009Michael Hoey Northern IrelandOitavos Dunes277−7Playoff Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño
2008Grégory Bourdy FranceOitavos Dunes266−18Playoff Alastair Forsyth
David Howell
2007Pablo Martín (amateur) SpainOitavos Golfe277−71 stroke Raphaël Jacquelin
Algarve Open de Portugal Caixa Geral de Depositos
2006Paul Broadhurst (2) EnglandLe Meridien Penina271−171 stroke Anthony Wall
Estoril Open de Portugal Caixa Geral de Depositos
2005Paul Broadhurst EnglandOitavos Golfe271−131 stroke Paul Lawrie
Algarve Open de Portugal Caixa Geral de Depositos
2004Miguel Ángel Jiménez SpainLe Meridien Penina272−162 strokes Terry Price
Algarve Open de Portugal
2003Fredrik Jacobson SwedenVale do Lobo283−51 stroke Brian Davis
Jamie Donaldson
Bradley Dredge
2002Carl Pettersson SwedenVale do Lobo1422−2Playoff David Gilford
2001Phillip Price (2) WalesQuinta do Lago273−152 strokes Pádraig Harrington
Sven Strüver
Algarve Portuguese Open
2000Gary Orr ScotlandLe Meridien Penina275−131 stroke Phillip Price
1999Van Phillips EnglandLe Meridien Penina276−12Playoff John Bickerton
Portuguese Open
1998Peter Mitchell EnglandLe Meridien Penina274−181 stroke David Gilford
Jarmo Sandelin
1997Michael Jonzon SwedenAroeira269−193 strokes Ignacio Garrido
1996Wayne Riley AustraliaAroeira271−132 strokes Mark Davis
Martin Gates
1995Adam Hunter ScotlandPenha Longa277−11Playoff Darren Clarke
1994Phillip Price WalesPenha Longa278−64 strokes Paul Eales
David Gilford
Retief Goosen
1993David Gilford EnglandVila-Sol275−13Playoff Jorge Berendt
1992Ronan Rafferty Northern IrelandVila-Sol273−151 stroke Anders Forsbrand
1991Steven Richardson EnglandEstela283−53 strokes Vicente Fernández
Portuguese Open TPC
1990Michael McLean EnglandQuinta do Lago274−141 stroke Gordon Brand, Jnr
Mike Harwood
1989Colin Montgomerie ScotlandQuinta do Lago264−2411 strokes Rodger Davis
Manuel Moreno
Mike Smith
Portuguese Open
1988Mike Harwood AustraliaQuinta do Lago280−81 stroke Eamonn Darcy
1987Robert Lee EnglandEstoril GC1951−121 stroke Sam Torrance
1986Mark McNulty ZimbabweQuinta do Lago270−184 strokes Ian Mosey
1985Warren Humphreys EnglandQuinta do Lago279−91 stroke Hugh Baiocchi
1984Tony Johnstone ZimbabweQuinta do Lago274−143 strokes Michael King
1983Sam Torrance (2) ScotlandTroia286−23 strokes Chris Moody
1982Sam Torrance ScotlandPenina2071−124 strokes Nick Faldo
1980–81: No tournament
1979Brian Barnes ScotlandVilamoura287−52 strokes Francisco Abreu
1978Howard Clark EnglandPenina291−11 stroke Brian Barnes
Simon Hobday
1977Manuel Ramos SpainPenina287−52 strokes Hugh Baiocchi
1976Salvador Balbuena SpainQuinta do Lago283−64 strokes Sam Torrance
1975Hal Underwood United StatesPenina292Even3 strokes Vicente Fernández
1974Brian Huggett WalesEstoril GC272−44 strokes John Fourie
1973Jaime Benito SpainPenina294+2Playoff Bernard Gallacher

1Tournament shortened to 54 holes
2Tournament shortened to 36 holes

European circuit event

YearWinnerCountry
1972 Germán Garrido1  Spain
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

1 Although this was the first season of the European Tour it was not a European Tour event yet

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