60th Portuguese Open at Royal Óbidos: Pedro Figueiredo and Tomás Bessa in 11th – Golf
The Portuguese Pedro Figueiredo needed this Saturday a putt for birdie, executed by the collar of the green of the 18th hole of Royal Óbidos, to keep in the 11th place that he occupied the day before. Meanwhile, England’s Todd Clements needs a ‘hole-in-one’ on hole 8 to secure the lead in the Open de Portugal, the Challenge Tour tournament he has been running since day one.
But neither “Figgy” alone holds the status of the best Portuguese, nor Clements is ahead of the 250 thousand euros isola tournament in prizes.
Tomás Bessa, with a sensational round of 6 under par, is also part of the group of 11th places, which, in addition to the two Portuguese, also includes Scotsman Euan Walker and Welshman Stuart Manley, all with 208 strokes, 8 under of the Par of the course designed by Seve Ballesteros. It should be noted that Bessa came to occupy 3rd position and get in the fight for the title, before suffering a ‘bogey’ on his last hole, the 9th on the course.
Frenchman Jeong Weon Ko (with laps of 71, 66 and 67), from Korean parents who emigrated to France, also managed to equal Clements (67+69+68) in the front, below, both with 204 strokes, 11 of Par. In 3rd comes another Frenchman, David Ravetto, with 205 (70+71+64), -11, who just didn’t set a new field record today (-8), because the tournament is allowing a ball placement in the ‘ fairway’, causing the results to not be approved as records.
The third day of the main tournament of the Portuguese Golf Federation of voltaG started with 6 players completing 7 in second, finding which, 73 players started to cut.
Tomás Bessa closed the second round with 71 shots, 1 under Par, and passed the cut freely, for 2 ‘shots’, with a total of 142 (-2). Together, as well as Pedro Figueiredo and Hugo Camelo, the two Portuguese who yesterday (Friday) had already secured qualification for the last two days of competition. It was the sixth year in a row that at least three Portuguese were in the process of cutting at the Open de Portugal. For “Figgy”, 31, it was the sixth time and it’s a national record. 26-year-old Bessa repeated the 2020 feat. 19-year-old amateur Camelo is making a dream debut in Challenge Tour tournaments.
After the third to third, Figueiredo assumed cards of 70, 70 and 68, Bessa takes ‘from 71, 71 and 66, while Camelo, in the group of 39th classified, registered ‘scores’ of 69, 73 and 72, for a aggregate of 214 (-2).
The fourth and final round of the 60th Portuguese Open at Royal Óbidos will take place tomorrow (Sunday), starting at 8:00 am, with two holes at the same time. Hugo Camelo integrates the first hole 10. Pedro Figuedo leaves the 1st hole at 926, while Tomás Bessa group starts at 9:37. last lap group.
The last group, the leaders, leaves at 10:10, with Clements, Ko and Ravetto, which means that it is possible that the tournament will be held at around 15:00.