- Portuguese Open
Infobox_Golf_Tournament
tournament_name = Portuguese Open
nickname =
location = flagicon|POREstoril ,Portugal
establishment = 1953
course =Oitavos Dunes
par = 71
yardage = 6617
tour = European Tour
format =Stroke play
purse = €1,250,000
month_played = April
aggregate =
to-par =
Current Champion =Grégory Bourdy The Portuguese Open, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Estoril Open de Portugal, is an annual tournament on men'sgolf 's European Tour. It has been played since 1953, with a few skipped years, and has been part of the European Tour's schedule since 1973. It is played in late March or early April each year, and is one of the first European Tour events of the season to be played in Europe, after the season has spent the northern winter in Asia, Australasia and South Africa. In 2007 the prize fund was €1.25 million, which is one of the smaller purses on the European Tour.Winners
Estoril Open de Portugal
*2008Grégory Bourdy -France
*2007Pablo Martin-Benavides (amateur) -Spain Algarve Open de Portugal Caixa Geral de Depositos
*2006Paul Broadhurst -England Estoril Open de Portugal Caixa Geral de Depositos
*2005Paul Broadhurst -England Algarve Open de Portugal Caixa Geral de Depositos
*2004Miguel Ángel Jiménez -Spain Algarve Open de Portugal
*2003Fredrik Jacobson -Sweden
*2002Carl Pettersson -Sweden
*2001Phillip Price -Wales Algarve Portuguese Open
*2000Gary Orr -Scotland
*1999Van Phillips -England Portuguese Open
*1998 Peter Mitchell -England
*1997Michael Jonzon -Sweden
*1996Wayne Riley -Australia
*1995 Adam Hunter -Scotland
*1994Phillip Price -Wales
*1993David Gilford -England
*1992Ronan Rafferty -Northern Ireland
*1991Steven Richardson -England Portuguese Open TPC
*1990 Michael McLean -England
*1989Colin Montgomerie -Scotland Portuguese Open
*1988Mike Harwood -Australia
*1987 Robert Lee -England
*1986Mark McNulty -Zimbabwe (later became an Irish citizen)
*1985Warren Humphreys -England
*1984Tony Johnstone -Zimbabwe
*1983Sam Torrance -Scotland
*1982Sam Torrance -Scotland
*1980-81 "No tournament"
*1979 Brian Barnes -Scotland
*1978 Howard Clark -England
*1977 Manuel Ramos -Spain
*1976Salvador Balbuena -Spain
*1975Hal Underwood -United States
*1974Brian Huggett -Wales
*1973Jaime Benito -Spain "pre-European Tour sanctioning"
*1972German Garrido -Spain
*1971Lionel Platts -England
*1970Ramón Sota -Spain
*1969Ramón Sota -Spain
*1968Max Faulkner -England
*1967Angel Gallardo -Spain
*1966Alfonso Angelini -Italy
*1965 "No tournament"
*1964Angel Miguel -Spain
*1963Ramón Sota -Spain
*1962Alfonso Angelini -Italy
*1961Ken Bousfield -England
*1960Ken Bousfield -England
*1959Sebastian Miguel -Spain
*1958Peter Alliss -England
*1957 "No tournament"
*1956Angel Miguel -Spain
*1955Flory Van Donck -Belgium
*1954Angel Miguel -Spain
*1953 Eric Brown -Scotland External links
* [http://www.europeantour.com/tournaments/latest.sps?iTourNo=2005012 Coverage on the European Tour's official site] - use the schedule browser on the right to access other years.
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