Golf

Alentejo has Portugal’s 2018 Ryder Cup candidacy


Tuesday, 11 May 2010 00:00

The Comporta Dunes project, a golf course planned by Tom Fazio for the Setúbal region of the Alentejo coast, will be Portugal’s candidate to host the 2018 Ryder Cup. It will be competing with applicants from Spain, Holland, France, Germany and Sweden. The Ryder Cup is the third largest sports event worldwide media coverage, with 1.1 billion (tele) spectators, after the Olympic Games 3.7 and 3.4 of the World Cup. The Comporta Dunes golf course will be designed by a renowned architect, and will be part of a project that consists of two five-star hotels. The final location of the 2018 Ryder Cup will only be known in 2011 and the hosting country will have to invest €140 million by 2018, €12million of which must go into promotions and golf tournaments every year.

Norte golf courses to see investment

Tuesday, 20 April 2010 00:00

Private and public investors have unveiled a 'Minho IN' plan designed to invest €400 million through to 2015 on developing a network of golf courses and other developments for the Minho region (Norte).  The first stage of Minho IN will be €13 million. The development involves three regional governments, 24 local governments and 400 private developers who seek to update an image of the region and build it into a competitive tourist destination.  The consortium brings together the Inter-municipal communities of Minho-Lima (CIM), Ave and Cávado and tourism development associations for these regions together with Entidade Regional de Turismo Porto - Norte de Portugal, the Regional North of the Portugal Tourism Board.  According to Rui Solheiro who heads up the CIM: “most of the projects – some 80% – are in the tourism sector and include restaurants, hotels and golf and will be developed in a sustainable manner by public private partnerships.”  Source:  portugaloffer.com

Portugal: The Best golf Destination in Europe for 2010

Wednesday, 31 March 2010 14:48

The Algarve has won, for the third time, the German magazine GOLFmagazin’s Best Golf Destination in Europe award. Judges came from inside the sport, and from the magazine’s readers. Points of consideration were infrastructure, hotels and luxury facilities, and overall quality and professionalism. GOLFmagazin is the largest segment magazine in Germany, with a run of 57,000 per edition, - reaching some 270,000 readers each month.

New date for Portuguese Open

Thursday, 11 March 2010 18:39

The European Golf  Tour's Portuguese Open at Penha Longa (Sintra) near Lisbon is moving from April 1-4 to June 10-13, 2010. The new date has become available following the Austrian Open's change to September 16-19.