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Sat, 1st Oct 2005 The most important golfing fixture in the Algarve in October will be the 'European PGA Seniors Open of Portugal' at Quinta de Cima, from the 7th to the 9th. The race for that Tour's Order of Merit is heating up, with Carl Mason seeking a 3rd consecutive title, although we are led to believe that a niggling back problem is hampering his efforts. Sam Torrance, currently lying 2nd is his main rival and hopefully both will be here to attract numerous spectators to the course near Tavira. Several of the senior professionals will be back in the Algarve in November for the Tour's 'Qualifying School'. The 1st Stage will be hosted by the Pinheiros Altos and Gramacho courses, before the finals on the Vale de Pinta near Carvoeiro. |
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Sat, 1st Oct 2005 The 10th 'Tivoli Almansor Golf Classic' is being held on 1st, 3rd and 4th November, and about 270 golfers are expected to take part, with the usual strong Irish contingent. The tournament will be played over the Salgados, Morgado and Vale de Pinta courses and it is preceded by warm-up Texas Scrambles on Gramacho. Player will be able to play their Scrambles on either the Sunday 30th or Monday 31st October. There are many prizes to be won, for both daily and overall net scores, and overall best gross scores for ladies and gents. |
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Sat, 1st Oct 2005 Looking a little further forward to November, the 'Algarve World Cup of Golf' and one of the World Golf Championships is being held Vilamoura on the Victoria course. Many of the two-man teams playing for their countries have already been decided; Luke Donald (victorious at this event in Seville in 2004 with Paul Casey) & David Howell (Eng); Sergio Garcia & Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spn); Angel Cabrera & Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg); Stephen Dodd & Bradley Dredge (Wal); Stephen Gallacher & Scott Drummond (Sco); Alex Cejka & Marcel Siem (Ger); Maarten Lefeber & Robert-Jan Derksen (Hol); Jose Filipe Lima & Antonio Sobrinho for the host country Portugal; Padraig Harrington & Paul McGinley (Ire); Trevor Immelman & Tim Clark (RSA); Thomas Levet & Raphael Jacquelin (Fra); and Henrik Stenson & Niclas Fasth (Swe). |
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Sat, 1st Oct 2005 Both local Algarve players Antonio Sobrinho and Inder van Weerelt passed the 1st Stage of the 'PGA European Tour Qualifying School'. Sobrinho scored 68-69-68-68 at Chart Hills, tying for second place amongst the qualifiers, and Inder van Weerelt came in 11th at the Golf-und Land course in Germany after scoring 274. Both now go forward to the 2nd Stage in Spain in November. Another Vilamoura golfer, Hugo Santos, also passed the 1st Stage, coming in equal 11th at Golf de Moliets, France. |
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Vila Sol Sat, 1st Oct 2005 The 'Vila Sol Barclays European Masters', a PGA Europro Tour event, was a resounding success for 'local golfer Angolan-born Antonio Sobrinho, a 9-time Portuguese PGA Order of Merit winner, who took the £15,000 first place cheque after completing the 54 holes in 209 (7-under par). Recovering from his opening round of 75, Sobrinho then set a record of 65 for the recently updated course. His final round of 69 proved too good for the 2nd round leader, 24-year Dutchman Inder van Weerelt, who was brought up in the Algarve and started playing golf at the age of six in Vilamoura Golf School. |
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Penina Championship Sat, 1st Oct 2005 On 20th September, the PGA European Tour and the Le Meridien Hotel Group announced that the 'Algarve Open de Portugal'is to be held once again at Penina's designed by Sir Henry Cotton and the first Championship course to be built in the Algarve. First held here in 1973 the next year's Open will be the tenth time it will be staged at this venerable course. |
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Vale do Lobo Royal Sat, 1st Oct 2005 Vale do Lobo staged a 3-day 'Millionaires Open' in early September in conjunction with Dutch lifestyle magazine. A total of 140 players, including football manager Louis van Gaal, took part in the event involving a 2-day individual Stableford tournament over the Royal and Ocean courses. Other golf events at this resort during the month were the 'Lady Taverner's Charity Tournament', and the grand final of the Pro-Am 'Lombard Trophy'. |
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Sat, 1st Oct 2005 Seve Trophy The Wynyard Club - Billingham - Tees Valley - England - 22nd to 25th September, 2005 Great Britain and Ireland claimed a hat-trick of victories in The Seve Trophy, beating Continental Europe 16 ½ points to 11 ½ at The Wynyard Club in North East England. Welshman Bradley Dredge secured the point which gave his team an unassailable lead, beating Frenchman Thomas Levet 2 and 1 as GB&I repeated their success in 2002 and 2003. |
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Sat, 1st Oct 2005 Michael Hoey won at the BACA Golf Open presented by Telekom Austria on the European Challenge Tour. Morten Hagen won at the Telia Challenge Waxholm on the European Challenge Tour. Per G Nyman led the field to win at the Rotterdam International Open on the European Challenge Tour. Stephen Browne won at the Kazakhstan Open on the European Challenge Tour. Brad Sutterfield won at the Open de Toulouse on the European Challenge Tour. |
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Sat, 1st Oct 2005 Sergio Garcia - (Spain) SUI Omega European Masters Crans-sur-Sierre - Crans Montana - Switzerland - 1st to 4th September, 2005 Sergio Garcia won the Omega European Masters at Crans-sur-Sierre with a final round of 68. The chip-in on the par 3 16th hole helped the Spaniard win from Sweden's Peter Gustafsson whose closing round of 64 was the best round of that day. |
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Sat, 1st Oct 2005 Retief Goosen - (South Africa) Linde German Masters Gut Larchenhof - Cologne - Germany - 8th to 11th September, 2005 Retief Goosen won for the second consecutive week at the Linde German Masters at Gut Larchenhof. Retief Goosen remained World Nº 5 but closed the gap to injured Ernie Els at Nº 4 to only 0.10 average points. |
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Sat, 1st Oct 2005 Michael Campbell - (England) HSBC World Match Play Championship Wentworth - Virginia Water - Surrey - England - 15th to 18th September, 2005 Michael Campbell defeated Paul McGinley by 2&1 in the final of the HSBC World Match Play Championship on the West Course at the Wentworth Club. Michael Campbell moved up one place to Nº 15 while Paul McGinley brook into the World Top 30 for the first time at Nº 29. |
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Sat, 1st Oct 2005 Colin Montgomerie - (Scotland) Dunhill Links Championship Old Course - St. Andrews - Carnoustie & Kingsbarns - Scotland - 29th to 2nd October, 2005 Colin Montgomerie won the Dunhill Links Championship played on St. Andrews, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns, and by doing so climbed back into the World Top 20 Ranking at 16th position. Colin Montgomerie ended up only one stroke less than Kenneth Ferrie form England. |
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