Open de Portugal

Open de Portugal
Tournament information
Location	Óbidos, Portugal
Established	1953
Course(s)	Royal Óbidos Spa & Golf Resort
Par	72
Length	7,283 yards (6,660 m)
Tour(s)	European Tour ; Challenge Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	€270,000
Month played	September
Tournament record score
Aggregate	264 Colin Montgomerie (1989)
To par	−24 as above
Current champion
	Matt Oshrine
Location map
	Royal Óbidos Spa & Golf Resort Location in Portugal

Last updated September 21, 2024

The Open de Portugal, previously the Portuguese Open, is an annual professional golf tournament, currently played on the Challenge Tour.

History

It was first played in 1953, and was part of the European Tour's schedule from 1973 to 2010. After a hiatus, the tournament returned in 2017 as a dual-ranking event on both the European Tour and the second-tier Challenge Tour. Matt Wallace won the event claiming his first European Tour victory.^[1] Since 2017 it continued as Challenge Tour-only event. However, in 2020, as part of major changes to the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it returned to the European Tour schedule as a dual-ranking event.^[2] Garrick Higgo won the 2020 event for his maiden European Tour win.^[3]

In 2021, the event returned as a sole-sanctioned Challenge Tour event.

Winners

Year	Tour(s)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue
Open de Portugal
2024	CHA	Matt Oshrine	273	−11	1 stroke	Stefano Mazzoli	Royal Óbidos
2023	CHA	Marco Penge	272	−16	4 strokes	Lorenzo Scalise Julian Suri	Royal Óbidos
2022	CHA	Pierre Pineau	273	−15	Playoff	Félix Mory David Ravetto	Royal Óbidos
2021	CHA	Marcel Schneider	269	−19	1 stroke	Frédéric Lacroix	Royal Óbidos
2020	CHA, EUR	Garrick Higgo	269	−19	1 stroke	Pep Anglès	Royal Óbidos
2019	CHA	Adrian Meronk	273	−15	2 strokes	Sebastián García Rodríguez	Morgado
2018	CHA	Dimitrios Papadatos	281	−7	2 strokes	José-Filipe Lima Antoine Rozner	Morgado
2017	CHA, EUR	Matt Wallace	271	−21	3 strokes	Julian Suri	Morgado
2011–2016: No tournament
Estoril Open de Portugal
2010	EUR	Thomas Bjørn	265	−23	5 strokes	Richard Green	Penha Longa
2009	EUR	Michael Hoey	277	−7	Playoff	Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño	Oitavos Dunes
2008	EUR	Grégory Bourdy	266	−18	Playoff	Alastair Forsyth David Howell	Oitavos Dunes
2007	EUR	Pablo Martín (a)	277	−7	1 stroke	Raphaël Jacquelin	Oitavos Golfe
Algarve Open de Portugal Caixa Geral de Depositos
2006	EUR	Paul Broadhurst (2)	271	−17	1 stroke	Anthony Wall	Le Meridien Penina
Estoril Open de Portugal Caixa Geral de Depositos
2005	EUR	Paul Broadhurst	271	−13	1 stroke	Paul Lawrie	Oitavos Golfe
Algarve Open de Portugal Caixa Geral de Depositos
2004	EUR	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	272	−16	2 strokes	Terry Price	Le Meridien Penina
Algarve Open de Portugal
2003	EUR	Freddie Jacobson	283	−5	1 stroke	Brian Davis Jamie Donaldson Bradley Dredge	Vale do Lobo
2002	EUR	Carl Pettersson	142^{[lower-alpha 2]}	−2	Playoff	David Gilford	Vale do Lobo
2001	EUR	Phillip Price (2)	273	−15	2 strokes	Pádraig Harrington Sven Strüver	Quinta do Lago
Algarve Portuguese Open
2000	EUR	Gary Orr	275	−13	1 stroke	Phillip Price	Le Meridien Penina
1999	EUR	Van Phillips	276	−12	Playoff	John Bickerton	Le Meridien Penina
Portuguese Open
1998	EUR	Peter Mitchell	274	−18	1 stroke	David Gilford Jarmo Sandelin	Le Meridien Penina
1997	EUR	Michael Jonzon	269	−19	3 strokes	Ignacio Garrido	Aroeira
1996	EUR	Wayne Riley	271	−13	2 strokes	Mark Davis Martin Gates	Aroeira
1995	EUR	Adam Hunter	277	−11	Playoff	Darren Clarke	Penha Longa
1994	EUR	Phillip Price	278	−6	4 strokes	Paul Eales David Gilford Retief Goosen	Penha Longa
1993	EUR	David Gilford	275	−13	Playoff	Jorge Berendt	Vila-Sol
1992	EUR	Ronan Rafferty	273	−15	1 stroke	Anders Forsbrand	Vila-Sol
1991	EUR	Steven Richardson	283	−5	3 strokes	Vicente Fernández	Estela
Portuguese Open TPC
1990	EUR	Michael McLean	274	−14	1 stroke	Gordon Brand Jnr Mike Harwood	Quinta do Lago
1989	EUR	Colin Montgomerie	264	−24	11 strokes	Rodger Davis Manuel Moreno Mike Smith	Quinta do Lago
Portuguese Open
1988	EUR	Mike Harwood	280	−8	1 stroke	Eamonn Darcy	Quinta do Lago
1987	EUR	Robert Lee	195^{[lower-alpha 3]}	−12	1 stroke	Sam Torrance	Estoril
1986	EUR	Mark McNulty	270	−18	4 strokes	Ian Mosey	Quinta do Lago
1985	EUR	Warren Humphreys	279	−9	1 stroke	Hugh Baiocchi	Quinta do Lago
1984	EUR	Tony Johnstone	274	−14	3 strokes	Michael King	Quinta do Lago
1983	EUR	Sam Torrance (2)	286	−2	3 strokes	Chris Moody	Troia
1982	EUR	Sam Torrance	207^{[lower-alpha 3]}	−12	4 strokes	Nick Faldo	Penina
1980–81: No tournament
1979	EUR	Brian Barnes	287	−5	2 strokes	Francisco Abreu	Vilamoura
1978	EUR	Howard Clark	291	−1	1 stroke	Brian Barnes Simon Hobday	Penina
1977	EUR	Manuel Ramos	287	−5	2 strokes	Hugh Baiocchi	Penina
1976	EUR	Salvador Balbuena	283	−6	4 strokes	Sam Torrance	Quinta do Lago
1975	EUR	Hal Underwood	292	E	3 strokes	Vicente Fernández	Penina
1974	EUR	Brian Huggett	272	−4	4 strokes	John Fourie	Estoril
1973	EUR	Jaime Benito	294	+2	Playoff	Bernard Gallacher	Penina
1972		Germán Garrido					Estoril
1971		Lionel Platts					Estoril
1970		Ramón Sota (3)					Estoril
1969		Ramón Sota (2)	270			Jack Wilkshire	Estoril^[4]
1968		Max Faulkner					Estoril
1967		Ángel Gallardo					Estoril
1966		Alfonso Angelini (2)					Estoril
1965: No tournament
1964		Ángel Miguel (3)					Estoril
1963		Ramón Sota					Estoril
1962		Alfonso Angelini					Estoril
1961		Ken Bousfield (2)					Estoril
1960		Ken Bousfield					Estoril
1959		Sebastián Miguel					Estoril
1958		Peter Alliss					Estoril
1957: No tournament
1956		Ángel Miguel (2)					Estoril
1955		Flory Van Donck					Estoril
1954		Ángel Miguel					Estoril
1953		Eric Brown					Estoril

Notes

↑ CHA − Challenge Tour; EUR − European Tour.
↑ Shortened to 36 holes due to strong winds.
1 2 Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

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References

↑ "Matt Wallace: World number 242 wins Portugal Open for first European Tour title". BBC Sport. 14 May 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
↑ "Open de Portugal at Royal Óbidos completes three-event Iberian Swing". European Tour. 10 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
↑ "Open de Portugal: Garrick Higgo claims maiden European Tour win". Sky Sports. 20 September 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
↑ Davies, David (25 November 1969). "Portugal setback for Jim Rhodes". The Birmingham Post. p. 15. Retrieved 17 January 2023– via Newspapers.com.

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[4] CHA − Challenge Tour; EUR − European Tour.

[5] Shortened to 36 holes due to strong winds.

[54holes-6] 1 2 Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

[1] "Matt Wallace: World number 242 wins Portugal Open for first European Tour title". BBC Sport. 14 May 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.

[2] "Open de Portugal at Royal Óbidos completes three-event Iberian Swing". European Tour. 10 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.

[3] "Open de Portugal: Garrick Higgo claims maiden European Tour win". Sky Sports. 20 September 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.

[7] Davies, David (25 November 1969). "Portugal setback for Jim Rhodes". The Birmingham Post. p. 15. Retrieved 17 January 2023– via Newspapers.com.

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