Portuguese Open

Portuguese Open

Tournament information
Location	Estoril, Portugal
Established	1953
Course(s)	Penha Longa Golf Club
Par	72
Length	6,904 yards
Tour(s)	European Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	€1,000,000
Final champion
Thomas Bjørn

The Portuguese Open was an annual tournament on men's golf's European Tour that was last played in 2010. It was first played in 1953, and was part of the European Tour's schedule beginning in 1973. Up until 2010, it was played in late March or early April each year, 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. In 2010 the prize fund was €1.0 million, which is one of the smaller purses on the European Tour.

Winners

Year	Winner	Country	Venue	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
Estoril Open de Portugal
2010	Thomas Bjørn	Denmark	Penha Longa	265	−23	5 strokes	Richard Green
2009	Michael Hoey	Northern Ireland	Oitavos Dunes	277	−7	Playoff	Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño
2008	Grégory Bourdy	France	Oitavos Dunes	266	−18	Playoff	Alastair Forsyth David Howell
2007	Pablo Martín (amateur)	Spain	Oitavos Golfe	277	−7	1 stroke	Raphaël Jacquelin
Algarve Open de Portugal Caixa Geral de Depositos
2006	Paul Broadhurst (2)	England	Le Meridien Penina	271	−17	1 stroke	Anthony Wall
Estoril Open de Portugal Caixa Geral de Depositos
2005	Paul Broadhurst	England	Oitavos Golfe	271	−13	1 stroke	Paul Lawrie
Algarve Open de Portugal Caixa Geral de Depositos
2004	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	Spain	Le Meridien Penina	272	−16	2 strokes	Terry Price
Algarve Open de Portugal
2003	Fredrik Jacobson	Sweden	Vale do Lobo	283	−5	1 stroke	Brian Davis Jamie Donaldson Bradley Dredge
2002	Carl Pettersson	Sweden	Vale do Lobo	142†	−2	Playoff	David Gilford
2001	Phillip Price (2)	Wales	Quinta do Lago	273	−15	2 strokes	Pádraig Harrington Sven Strüver
Algarve Portuguese Open
2000	Gary Orr	Scotland	Le Meridien Penina	275	−13	1 stroke	Phillip Price
1999	Van Phillips	England	Le Meridien Penina	276	−12	Playoff	John Bickerton
Portuguese Open
1998	Peter Mitchell	England	Le Meridien Penina	274	−18	1 stroke	David Gilford Jarmo Sandelin
1997	Michael Jonzon	Sweden	Aroeira	269	−19	3 strokes	Ignacio Garrido
1996	Wayne Riley	Australia	Aroeira	271	−13	2 strokes	Mark Davis Martin Gates
1995	Adam Hunter	Scotland	Penha Longa	277	−11	Playoff	Darren Clarke
1994	Phillip Price	Wales	Penha Longa	278	−6	4 strokes	Paul Eales David Gilford Retief Goosen
1993	David Gilford	England	Vila-Sol	275	−13	Playoff	Jorge Berendt
1992	Ronan Rafferty	Northern Ireland	Vila-Sol	273	−15	1 stroke	Anders Forsbrand
1991	Steven Richardson	England	Estela	283	−5	3 strokes	Vicente Fernández
Portuguese Open TPC
1990	Michael McLean	England	Quinta do Lago	274	−14	1 stroke	Gordon Brand, Jnr Mike Harwood
1989	Colin Montgomerie	Scotland	Quinta do Lago	264	−24	11 strokes	Rodger Davis Manuel Moreno Mike Smith
Portuguese Open
1988	Mike Harwood	Australia	Quinta do Lago	280	−8	1 stroke	Eamonn Darcy
1987	Robert Lee	England	Estoril GC	195*	−12	1 stroke	Sam Torrance
1986	Mark McNulty	Zimbabwe	Quinta do Lago	270	−18	4 strokes	Ian Mosey
1985	Warren Humphreys	England	Quinta do Lago	279	−9	1 stroke	Hugh Baiocchi
1984	Tony Johnstone	Zimbabwe	Quinta do Lago	274	−14	3 strokes	Michael King
1983	Sam Torrance (2)	Scotland	Troia	286	−2	3 strokes	Chris Moody
1982	Sam Torrance	Scotland	Penina	207*	−12	4 strokes	Nick Faldo
1980–81: No tournament
1979	Brian Barnes	Scotland	Vilamoura	287	−5	2 strokes	Francisco Abreu
1978	Howard Clark	England	Penina	291	−1	1 stroke	Brian Barnes Simon Hobday
1977	Manuel Ramos	Spain	Penina	287	−5	2 strokes	Hugh Baiocchi
1976	Salvador Balbuena	Spain	Quinta do Lago	283	−5	4 strokes	Sam Torrance
1975	Hal Underwood	United States	Penina	292	Even	3 strokes	Vicente Fernández
1974	Brian Huggett	Wales	Estoril GC	272	−4	4 strokes	John Fourie
1973	Jaime Benito	Spain	Penina	294	+2	Playoff	Bernard Gallacher

*Tournament shortened to 54 holes.
^†Tournament shortened to 36 holes.

Pre-European Tour

Year	Winner	Country
1972	German Garrido	Spain
1971	Lionel Platts	England
1970	Ramón Sota (3)	Spain
1969	Ramón Sota (2)	Spain
1968	Max Faulkner	England
1967	Ángel Gallardo	Spain
1966	Alfonso Angelini (2)	Italy
1965	No tournament
1964	Ángel Miguel (3)	Spain
1963	Ramón Sota	Spain
1962	Alfonso Angelini	Italy
1961	Ken Bousfield (2)	England
1960	Ken Bousfield	England
1959	Sebastián Miguel	Spain
1958	Peter Alliss	England
1957	No tournament
1956	Ángel Miguel (2)	Spain
1955	Flory Van Donck	Belgium
1954	Ángel Miguel	Spain
1953	Eric Brown	Scotland

External links

• Coverage on the European Tour's official site
• Relevant Portuguese Golf Travel website