Dates: Thursday, February 17th through Sunday, February 20th
Site: Le Meridien Penina, Algarve, Portugal
Course Architect: Sir Henry Cotton (1966)
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,798
Hole-By-Hole: 1 - Par 4 445 Yds 10 - Par 5 545 Yds
2 - Par 4 424 Yds 11 - Par 5 540 Yds
3 - Par 4 335 Yds 12 - Par 4 421 Yds
4 - Par 4 386 Yds 13 - Par 3 202 Yds
5 - Par 5 493 Yds 14 - Par 4 392 Yds
6 - Par 3 192 Yds 15 - Par 4 329 Yds
7 - Par 4 339 Yds 16 - Par 3 210 Yds
8 - Par 3 187 Yds 17 - Par 4 459 Yds
9 - Par 4 422 Yds 18 - Par 5 477 Yds
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35 3,223 Yds 37 3,575 Yds
Annual: 44th
Defending Champion: Van Phillips
Runner-Up: John Bickerton
Tournament Record: 260 (E.C. Brown, 1953)
Course Record: 64 (Jarmo Sandelin, 1998; John Bickerton, 1999)
18-Hole Record: 61 (Robert Lee, 1987)
9-Hole Record: 27 (Robert Lee, 1987)
Total Purse: $979,789
Share: 1st Place - $163,999; 2nd Place - 109,267; 3rd Place - 61,612
1999 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Van Phillips * 276 Anthony Wall 280
John Bickerton 276 Daren Lee 281
Robert Karlsson 279 Craig Hainline 281
Alex Cejka 279 Seven players tied at 282
Santiago Luna 279
* - Won in playoff
Past Portuguese Open Winners
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1999 -- *Van Phillips (276) 1998 -- Peter Mitchell (274)
1997 -- Michael Jonzon (269) 1996 -- Wayne Riley (271)
1995 -- Adam Hunter (277) 1994 -- Phillip Price (278)
1993 -- *David Gilford (275) 1992 -- Ronan Rafferty (273)
1991 -- Steven Richardson (283) 1990 -- M.McLean (274)
1989 -- Colin Montgomerie (264) 1988 -- Mike Harwood (280)
1987 -- #Robert Lee (195) 1986 -- Mark McNulty (270)
1985 -- W.Humphreys (279) 1984 -- A.Johnstone (274)
1983 -- Sam Torrance (286) 1982 -- #Sam Torrance (207)
1981 -- Not Held 1980 -- Not Held
1979 -- Brian Barnes (287) 1978 -- Howard Clark (291)
1977 -- M.Ramos (287) 1976 -- S.Balbuena (283)
1975 -- H.Underwood (292) 1974 -- B.G.C. Huggett (272)
1973 -- *J.Benito (294) 1972 -- #G.Garrido (196)
1971 -- L.Platts (277) 1970 -- R.Sota (274)
1969 -- R.Sota (270) 1968 -- M.Faulkner (273)
1967 -- #A.Gallardo (214) 1966 -- A.Angelini (273)
1965 -- Not Held 1964 -- A.Miguel (279)
1963 -- #R.Sota (204) 1962 -- A.Angelini (269)
1961 -- K.Bousfield (263) 1960 -- K.Fousfield (268)
1959 -- S.Miguel (265) 1958 -- P.Alliss (264)
1957 -- Not Held 1956 -- A.Miguel (268)
1955 -- F. van Donck (267) 1954 -- A.Miguel (263)
1953 -- E.C. Brown (260)
* - won in playoff.
# - 54 holes.
Top Contenders in the Field
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Van Phillips - Defending champion, tied for 47th at Greg Norman tournament
Ignacio Garrido - Missed the cut last year at this tournament
Joakim Haeggman - Tied for 16th last week in 1st event of the season
Greig Hutcheon - Has made the cut in all six events entered this year
Tony Johnstone - Won this event in 1984, finished 37th at South African Open
David Lynn - 42nd on money list with one top-10 finish in 2 events
Paul McGinley - Has made the cut in 3 of 4 events with one top-10 finish
David Park - Has one top-five this year, 18th on money list
Ronan Rafferty - Won this event in 1992, returns to tour with medical exempt
Wayne Riley - Finished tied for 11th last week despite final round of 72
Costantino Rocca - Making his 2000 European Tour debut, missed cut last year
Ian Woosnam - Finished 24th at South African Open, 3rd event of the year
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