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Tournament information | |
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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 | 264Colin Montgomerie (1989) |
To par | −24as above |
Current champion | |
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TheOpen de Portugal, previously thePortuguese Open, is an annual professionalgolf tournament, currently played on theChallenge Tour.
It was first played in 1953, and was part of theEuropean 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-tierChallenge 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 theCOVID-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.
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