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

Open de Portugal
Tournament information
LocationÓbidos, Portugal
Established1953
Course(s)Royal Óbidos Spa & Golf Resort
Par72
Length7,283 yards (6,660 m)
Tour(s)European Tour
Challenge Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund270,000
Month playedSeptember
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Colin Montgomerie (1989)
To par−24 as above
Current champion
United States Matt Oshrine
Location map
Royal Óbidos Spa & Golf Resort is located in Portugal
Royal Óbidos Spa & Golf Resort
Royal Óbidos Spa & Golf Resort
Location in Portugal

History

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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

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Year Tour(s)[a] 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[b] −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[c] −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[c] −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

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ CHA − Challenge Tour; EUR − European Tour.
  2. ^ Shortened to 36 holes due to strong winds.
  3. ^ a b Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

References

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  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.
  4. ^ 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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