Portugal Masters Live

The European Tour continues in June with the Portugal Masters event. This tournament is officially called the Estoril Open of Portugal and it is going to be played on the Penha Longa Golf Club which is located in Linho Sintra, Estoril in Portugal. Event dates are June 10^th through the 13^th and first place on this tournament will walk away with over 166,000 Euros. Second place gets 111,110 and third gets 62,600 Euros. Get your membership at the banners on this page and you could be watching the event live right from your computer.

This tournament hasn't been played at the Penha Longa Golf Club sicne 1995. Then Adam Hunter from Scotland grabbed the title against Darren Clarke of Ireland. Last year the tournament was held at Oitavos Dunes in Cascais and it was Michael Hoey who took the title, his very first European Tour title and it was another playoff just like in 1995, this time against Gonzalo Fernandez Castano from Spain. Other winners of this tournament have included Gary Orr, Phillip Price, Pablo Martin, Michael McLean, Robert Lee and Mike Harwood.

Let's take a look at the player commitments for the Estoril Open of Portugal held June 10^th through the 13^th. They include Kenneth Ferrie, qualifying based on the 1997 TPC of Europe Championship, as well as Marcus Fraser, Gregory Bourdy, Oskar Henningsson, Mark Brown, Tano Goya, Daniel Vancsik and Christian Nilsson. You won't want to miss this European Tour event at the Penha Long GC. You can watch it in high quality video right from your computer with your membership, at any of the banners on this page.

Posted: 15th Oct 2009

The Portugal Masters take place at the Oceânico Victoria Golf Course in Vilamoura, Portugal from the 15^th to the 18^th October and this is a tournament you go watch live and online right here at watchlivegolf.com – the internet’s number one resource for live golf online.

The Portugal Masters was first played in 2007, but this has not stopped it becoming the country’s richest golf tournament. This year the total prize fund tops €3 million and with the winner walking away with €500,000, there will be an almighty scrap to finish in the number one position. And a scrap it will be with the calibre of players that have listed entry for this year’s competition.

With names such as Padraig Harrington, Lee Westwood, Colin Montgomerie, Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose all in action, it’s easy to see the calibre of golf that is bound to be played. Tournament favourites are the in-form Northern Irish youngster Rory McIlroy and Irish maestro Padraig Harrington, both currently on 9/1.

The Oceânico Victoria Golf Course is 7231 yards in length and is a 72-par hole course. The greens are currently large and undulating and the fairways are of average width and contouring, but they have many bunkers interlaced. Arnold Palmer designed the wonderful course and it was opened back in 2000. The course can generally be described as flat and exposed, and it has many water hazards, including four lakes. The greens are considered to be fast and tricky so only those players on top of their putting game will do well.

The forecast weather for this year’s tournament is set to be sunny but breezy, although there has been some heavy rain in the days leading up to the competition. Tune into watchlivegolf.com on the 15^th October for live, uninterrupted coverage of the 2009 Portugal Masters from the Oceânico Victoria Golf Course in Vilamoura.