Portuguese Open

Infobox_Golf_Tournament
tournament_name = Portuguese Open
nickname =


location = flagicon|POR Estoril, 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's golf'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
*2008 Grégory Bourdy - France
*2007 Pablo Martin-Benavides (amateur) - SpainAlgarve Open de Portugal Caixa Geral de Depositos
*2006 Paul Broadhurst - EnglandEstoril Open de Portugal Caixa Geral de Depositos
*2005 Paul Broadhurst - EnglandAlgarve Open de Portugal Caixa Geral de Depositos
*2004 Miguel Ángel Jiménez - SpainAlgarve Open de Portugal
*2003 Fredrik Jacobson - Sweden
*2002 Carl Pettersson - Sweden
*2001 Phillip Price - WalesAlgarve Portuguese Open
*2000 Gary Orr - Scotland
*1999 Van Phillips - EnglandPortuguese Open
*1998 Peter Mitchell - England
*1997 Michael Jonzon - Sweden
*1996 Wayne Riley - Australia
*1995 Adam Hunter - Scotland
*1994 Phillip Price - Wales
*1993 David Gilford - England
*1992 Ronan Rafferty - Northern Ireland
*1991 Steven Richardson - EnglandPortuguese Open TPC
*1990 Michael McLean - England
*1989 Colin Montgomerie - ScotlandPortuguese Open
*1988 Mike Harwood - Australia
*1987 Robert Lee - England
*1986 Mark McNulty - Zimbabwe (later became an Irish citizen)
*1985 Warren Humphreys - England
*1984 Tony Johnstone - Zimbabwe
*1983 Sam Torrance - Scotland
*1982 Sam Torrance - Scotland
*1980-81 "No tournament"
*1979 Brian Barnes - Scotland
*1978 Howard Clark - England
*1977 Manuel Ramos - Spain
*1976 Salvador Balbuena - Spain
*1975 Hal Underwood - United States
*1974 Brian Huggett - Wales
*1973 Jaime Benito - Spain"pre-European Tour sanctioning"
*1972 German Garrido - Spain
*1971 Lionel Platts - England
*1970 Ramón Sota - Spain
*1969 Ramón Sota - Spain
*1968 Max Faulkner - England
*1967 Angel Gallardo - Spain
*1966 Alfonso Angelini - Italy
*1965 "No tournament"
*1964 Angel Miguel - Spain
*1963 Ramón Sota - Spain
*1962 Alfonso Angelini - Italy
*1961 Ken Bousfield - England
*1960 Ken Bousfield - England
*1959 Sebastian Miguel - Spain
*1958 Peter Alliss - England
*1957 "No tournament"
*1956 Angel Miguel - Spain
*1955 Flory Van Donck - Belgium
*1954 Angel 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.