Preview - Algarve Open de Portugal 2006

 Dates: March 30th through April 2nd
 Site: Le Meridien Penina Golf and Resort, Algarve
 Course Architect: Sir Henry Cotton (1966)
 Par: 72
 Yardage: 6,799
 Hole-By-Hole:  1 - Par 4 445 Yds   10 - Par 5 545 Yds
                2 - Par 4 425 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
                    -------------        -------------
                     35 3,224 Yds         37 3,575 Yds
 
 Annual: 50th
 Defending Champion: Paul Broadhurst
 Runner-Up: Paul Lawrie
 Tournament Record: 260 (E.C. Brown, 1953)
 54-Hole Record: 195 (Robert Lee, 1987)
 36-Hole Record: 128 (Robert Lee, 1987)
 18-Hole Record: 61 (Robert Lee, 1987)
 9-Hole Record: 27 (Robert Lee, 1987)
 Course Record: 64 (Jarmo Sandelin; John Bickerton;
                    Terry Price, Robert Karlsson)
 Total Purse: $1,501,881
 Share: 1st $250,375; 2nd $167,680; 3rd $94,484
 
                             2005 Finish
                             -----------
 
 Player                Score   
 ------                -----    
 Paul Broadhurst        271    
 Paul Lawrie            272    
 Jose-Felipe Lima       273     
 Richard Sterne         274
 Barry Lane             275
 
 Past Algarve Open de Portugal Winners
 -------------------------------------
 
 Year  Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up
 ----  ----------------------------
 2005  Paul Broadhurst (271) -- Paul Lawrie
 2004  Miguel Angel Jimenez (272) -- Terry Price
 2003  Fredrik Jacobson (283) -- Brian Davis, Bradley Dredge, Jamie Donaldson
 2002  *@Carl Pettersson (142) -- David Gilford
 2001  Phillip Price (273) -- Padraig Harrington, Sven Struver
 2000  Gary Orr (275) -- Phillip Price
 1999  *Van Phillips (276) -- John Bickerton
 1998  Peter Mitchell (274) -- David Gilford, Jarmo Sandelin
 1997  Michael Jonzon (269) -- Ignacio Garrido
 1996  Wayne Riley (271) -- Mark Davis, Martin Gates
 1995  *Adam Hunter (277) -- Darren Clarke
 1994  Phillip Price (278) -- Paul Eales, Retief Goosen, David Gilford
 1993  *David Gilford (275) -- Jorge Berendt
 1992  Ronan Rafferty (273) -- Anders Forsbrand
 1991  Steven Richardson (283) -- Vicente Fernandez
 1990  Michael McLean (274) -- Gordon Brand Jr, Mike Harwood
 1989  Colin Montgomerie (264) -- Rodger Davis, Manuel Mareno, Mike Smith
 1988  Mike Harwood (280) -- Eamonn Darcy
 1987  #Robert Lee (195) -- Sam Torrance
 1986  Mark McNulty (270) -- Ian Mosey
 1985  Warren Humphreys (279) -- Hugh Baiocchi
 1984  Tony Johnstone (274) -- Michael King
 1983  Sam Torrance (286) -- Chris Moody
 1982  #Sam Torrance (207) -- Nick Faldo
 1981  Not Held
 1980  Not Held
 1979  Brian Barnes (287) -- Francisco Abreu
 1978  Howard Clark (291) -- Brian Barnes, Simon Hobday
 1977  Manuel Ramos (287) -- Hugh Baiocchi
 1976  Salvador Balbuena (283) -- Sam Torrance
 1975  Hal Underwood (292) -- Vicente Fernandez
 1974  Brian Huggett (272) -- John Fourie
 1973  *Jaime Benito (294) -- Bernard Gallacher
 1972  #G.Garrido (196)
 1971  L.Platts (277)
 1970  Ramon Sota (274)
 1969  Ramon Sota (270)
 1968  Max Faulkner (273)
 1967  #A.Gallardo (214)
 1966  A.Angelini (273)
 1965  Not Held
 1964  Angel Miguel (279)
 1963  #Ramon Sota (204)
 1962  A.Angelini (269)
 1961  Ken Bousfield (263)
 1960  Ken Fousfield (268)
 1959  S.Miguel (265)
 1958  P.Alliss (264)
 1957  Not Held
 1956  Angel Miguel (268)
 1955  F. van Donck (267)
 1954  Angel Miguel (263)
 1953  E.C. Brown (260)
 
 * - Won in playoff.
 # - 54 holes.
 @ - Rain shortened.