Nine Portuguese in a very competitive field at the Open de Portugal – Portugal Open
“We are going to have a more important armada with the promoters, because we are the ones who most exchange places in international tournaments of the international Challenge Tours. The athletes who compete only in the FPG Circuit and the Open de Portugal”, began by explaining the president of the Portuguese Golf, Miguel Franco de Sousa, speaking to Lusa.
Despite accepting “a selection and the need for some places in the Open Portugal to be able to have more participation in Challenge Tour tournaments” abroad, Miguel Franco de Sousa believes in the potential of Portuguese players.
“The strong field, but the hope of having a good result is from a Tomás Bessa, Vítor Lopes, Tomás Gouveia or Pedro Figueiredo is also very high. Fortunately, the very competitive and with the best players of the Challenge Tour . .
One of the three representatives of years, of the 15 that will pass the year, back to be from Ricardo to Miguel Gas to have been started one of the three representatives of years better than the 30th position reached in 2021.
“The expectations for this year are good, I usually play well in Óbidos, I like the field. The game has been good, although the last results have not been famous. I think about getting a good result, I hope it will be this week”, adds Figueiredo , that the cut happened in the last two tournaments of the Challenge Tour.
Like the president of the FPG, the professional from Azeitão, 85th in the Race for Mallorca, the Challenge Tour ranking, is confident in the national fleet, despite the presence of 17 players from the top 20 of the world hierarchy in Óbidos.
“It’s a strong field, just like last week’s tournament. Most of the players are there and the competition is getting higher, I think the Portuguese players have enough quality to make a good showing here”, concluded Figueiredo, who has quality enough as a best result this season, 12th place, tied, at the Euram Bank Open in July.
While Pedro Figueiredo entered directly, Tomás Gouveia, despite being a member of the circuit, attended the race on the entry list, needed a wild card, as did João Girão, Stephen Ferreira, Vítor Lopes, Pedro Lencart, Tomás Bessa and the amateurs Vasco Alves and Hugo Ferreira.