October 24, 2016
Padraig Harrington stayed calm on the final hole to win the Portugal Masters on Sunday for his first European Tour victory in eight years.
Harrington pitched from the rough and holed a 4-foot par putt to close with a 6-under 65. That left him at 23-under 261 for the tournament, enough for a one-shot win over defending champion Andy Sullivan.
Three-time major champion Harrington had taken the lead with his sixth birdie of the day on the 17th, and finished a bogey-free round at the Victoria Clube de Golfe to clinch his 15th European Tour victory. He last won on tour in 2008 at the U.S. PGA Championship.
The Irishman is now tied with Thomas Bjorn at 15th on the all-time list.
''It's always important to get a win every year,'' Harrington said. ''I tried to be really aggressive. The golf course suited me and I just tried to go after every pin I could and make birdies. I have a pretty good short game that was on form this week. No matter where I hit it, I felt like I could get it up and down.''
The 45-year-old Harrington finished two shots in front of Anders Hansen of Denmark and Mikko Korhonen of Finaland, who were tied for third.
Sullivan, who was trying to become the first player to successfully defend the title, birdied four of his first five holes but the Englishman couldn't make a charge in the end. He also shot a 6-under 65.
American David Lipsky (65) tied for fifth place.
October 23, 2016
A year after announcing his retirement from full-time golf, Anders Hansen took a share of the lead at the Portugal Masters after going 9-under 62 through the third round on Saturday.
The Danish golfer shares a one-stroke lead with Finland's Mikko Korhonen.
Hansen made nine birdies in a flawless round.
The 46-year-old Hansen announced he was retiring at the Oceanico Victoria golf club after playing the Portugal Masters last year. He was able to keep playing on a part-time basis in 2016 because he was among the top 40 on the career money list.
''I didn't really have a strategy, just go out and play, and just try to enjoy it,'' Hansen said. ''I'm very happy where I am and there is no re-think about starting playing golf again. It probably helps a little bit because it doesn't really matter to me either way.''
Padraig Harrington is one stroke behind Hansen and Korhonen.
Defending champion Andy Sullivan, Paul Lawrie, and Chris Paisley are all two shots back.
October 22, 2016
Defending champion Andy Sullivan had 10 birdies in a 10-under round of 61 to take a share of the lead after two rounds of the Portugal Masters on Friday.
The English golfer, who won last year's event by a record nine shots, pulled level with overnight leader Marc Warren.
''It only takes a couple of putts to go in and you start seeing it go in all the time,'' Sullivan said. ''Last year, I was aggressive the whole way around, and I've got to be aggressive again.''
The Scottish player Warren had seven birdies and one bogey in a round of 65 to stay with Sullivan on 14-under overall.
Irish veteran Padraig Harrington - who posted 63 on the day - and Swede Jens Fahrbring (64) are one stroke behind.
American David Lipsky is another shot back.
October 21, 2016
Marc Warren took a one-shot lead at the Portugal Masters on Thursday but speculation that the European Tour could witness a round of 59 at the rough-free Victoria Clube de Golfe proved premature.
Scotland's Warren began with six straight birdies but a bogey on the seventh stalled his momentum before he went on to make three further gains in an eight under par 63.
"I think I've had six or seven birdies in a row but never at the start of the round," said Warren.
"It's an absolutely perfect start. Everything was going right for me, just the right numbers and landing it close and a couple of tap-ins. It was a great start."
Callum Shinkwin, David Lipsky, Eddie Pepperell, Matthew Baldwin and Mikko Korhonen are all a shot back.
Defending champion Andy Sullivan was at four under alongside in-form Alex Noren.
1 | IRL | Padraig Harrington | -23 | - | 66 | 63 | 67 | 65 | 261 |
2 | ENG | Andrew Sullivan | -22 | - | 67 | 61 | 69 | 65 | 262 |
T3 | DEN | Anders Hansen | -21 | - | 67 | 66 | 62 | 68 | 263 |
T3 | FIN | Mikko Korhonen | -21 | - | 64 | 67 | 64 | 68 | 263 |
T5 | SCO | Paul Lawrie | -20 | - | 66 | 66 | 65 | 67 | 264 |
T5 | USA | David Lipsky | -20 | - | 64 | 66 | 69 | 65 | 264 |
T5 | ENG | Chris Paisley | -20 | - | 65 | 67 | 65 | 67 | 264 |
T5 | ENG | Robert Rock | -20 | - | 67 | 66 | 67 | 64 | 264 |
9 | ESP | Nacho Elvira | -19 | - | 65 | 67 | 67 | 66 | 265 |
T10 | ENG | Oliver Fisher | -18 | - | 66 | 67 | 69 | 64 | 266 |
T10 | FRA | Benjamin Hebert | -18 | - | 70 | 66 | 66 | 64 | 266 |
T12 | DNK | Lucas Bjerregaard | -17 | - | 67 | 67 | 70 | 63 | 267 |
T12 | SWE | Jens Fahbring | -17 | - | 65 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 267 |
T12 | SCO | Stephen Gallacher | -17 | - | 67 | 68 | 64 | 68 | 267 |
T12 | ENG | Simon Khan | -17 | - | 69 | 67 | 64 | 67 | 267 |
T12 | SCO | Marc Warren | -17 | - | 63 | 65 | 70 | 69 | 267 |
T17 | SWE | Joakim Lagergren | -16 | - | 66 | 66 | 68 | 68 | 268 |
T17 | AUS | Jason Scrivener | -16 | - | 68 | 66 | 67 | 67 | 268 |
T17 | ENG | Callum Shinkwin | -16 | - | 64 | 68 | 67 | 69 | 268 |
T17 | ENG | Matthew Southgate | -16 | - | 68 | 67 | 66 | 67 | 268 |
T17 | RSA | Justin Walters | -16 | - | 67 | 66 | 71 | 64 | 268 |
T22 | POR | Ricardo Melo Gouveia | -15 | - | 66 | 68 | 68 | 67 | 269 |
T22 | ENG | David Horsey | -15 | - | 68 | 67 | 66 | 68 | 269 |
T22 | FRA | Raphael Jacquelin | -15 | - | 66 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 269 |
T22 | ENG | Richard McEvoy | -15 | - | 71 | 67 | 67 | 64 | 269 |
T22 | AUS | Brett Rumford | -15 | - | 67 | 66 | 69 | 67 | 269 |
T22 | ENG | Graeme Storm | -15 | - | 68 | 66 | 68 | 67 | 269 |
T22 | ENG | Paul Waring | -15 | - | 67 | 64 | 72 | 66 | 269 |
T29 | SWE | Peter Hanson | -14 | - | 68 | 68 | 68 | 66 | 270 |
T29 | ENG | Tom Lewis | -14 | - | 71 | 65 | 68 | 66 | 270 |
T31 | ESP | Alejandro Canizares | -13 | - | 65 | 70 | 67 | 69 | 271 |
T31 | RSA | George Coetzee | -13 | - | 66 | 68 | 69 | 68 | 271 |
T31 | DNK | Lasse Jensen | -13 | - | 66 | 70 | 67 | 68 | 271 |
T31 | BEL | Thomas Pieters | -13 | - | 69 | 69 | 68 | 65 | 271 |
T31 | ESP | Alvaro Quiros | -13 | - | 69 | 69 | 68 | 65 | 271 |
T31 | SCO | Richie Ramsay | -13 | - | 71 | 61 | 69 | 70 | 271 |
T37 | RSA | Thomas Aiken | -12 | - | 67 | 68 | 69 | 68 | 272 |
T37 | RSA | Trevor Fisher Jr. | -12 | - | 69 | 63 | 68 | 72 | 272 |
T37 | ENG | Tommy Fleetwood | -12 | - | 67 | 68 | 68 | 69 | 272 |
T37 | DNK | Joachim B Hansen | -12 | - | 68 | 70 | 65 | 69 | 272 |
T37 | FRA | Thomas Linard | -12 | - | 71 | 65 | 67 | 69 | 272 |
T37 | SWE | Alexander Noren | -12 | - | 67 | 67 | 68 | 70 | 272 |
T37 | ENG | Anthony Wall | -12 | - | 69 | 68 | 68 | 67 | 272 |
T44 | CHI | Felipe Aguilar | -11 | - | 71 | 67 | 67 | 68 | 273 |
T44 | ESP | Jorge Campillo | -11 | - | 69 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 273 |
T44 | SCO | David Drysdale | -11 | - | 69 | 65 | 69 | 70 | 273 |
T44 | ENG | Simon Dyson | -11 | - | 67 | 65 | 71 | 70 | 273 |
T44 | GER | Florian Fritsch | -11 | - | 70 | 68 | 67 | 68 | 273 |
T44 | SWE | Robert Karlsson | -11 | - | 71 | 62 | 70 | 70 | 273 |
T50 | ENG | Matthew Baldwin | -10 | - | 64 | 69 | 73 | 68 | 274 |
T50 | FRA | Clement Berardo | -10 | - | 70 | 66 | 69 | 69 | 274 |
T50 | BEL | Nicolas Colsaerts | -10 | - | 67 | 70 | 63 | 74 | 274 |
T50 | ESP | Eduardo De La Riva | -10 | - | 68 | 67 | 68 | 71 | 274 |
T50 | ENG | Robert Dinwiddie | -10 | - | 68 | 68 | 69 | 69 | 274 |
T50 | RSA | Jean Hugo | -10 | - | 71 | 67 | 68 | 68 | 274 |
T50 | SCO | Scott Jamieson | -10 | - | 69 | 64 | 71 | 70 | 274 |
T50 | DEN | Thorbjorn Olesen | -10 | - | 69 | 67 | 71 | 67 | 274 |
T50 | USA | Paul Peterson | -10 | - | 67 | 71 | 69 | 67 | 274 |
T50 | GER | Marcel Siem | -10 | - | 67 | 67 | 70 | 70 | 274 |
T50 | KOR | Y.E. Yang | -10 | - | 70 | 68 | 65 | 71 | 274 |
T61 | ITA | Nino Bertasio | -9 | - | 69 | 68 | 68 | 70 | 275 |
T61 | SWE | Johan Carlsson | -9 | - | 68 | 66 | 71 | 70 | 275 |
T61 | GER | Maximilian Kieffer | -9 | - | 68 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 275 |
T61 | THA | Prom Meesawat | -9 | - | 67 | 67 | 70 | 71 | 275 |
65 | ENG | Chris Hanson | -8 | - | 68 | 68 | 74 | 66 | 276 |
T66 | SWE | Pelle Edberg | -7 | - | 70 | 67 | 72 | 68 | 277 |
T66 | AUT | Lukas Nemecz | -7 | - | 70 | 68 | 68 | 71 | 277 |
T66 | ENG | Steve Webster | -7 | - | 70 | 67 | 69 | 71 | 277 |
67 | DEN | Thomas Bjorn | Par | - | - | - | - | - | 0 |
T69 | ENG | Daniel Brooks | -6 | - | 69 | 69 | 74 | 66 | 278 |
T69 | ENG | Matt Ford | -6 | - | 69 | 69 | 70 | 70 | 278 |
T69 | USA | Daniel Im | -6 | - | 68 | 68 | 73 | 69 | 278 |
T69 | ENG | John Parry | -6 | - | 69 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 278 |
T73 | ENG | Ryan Evans | -4 | - | 66 | 71 | 70 | 73 | 280 |
T73 | SWE | Niclas Fasth | -4 | - | 69 | 68 | 73 | 70 | 280 |
T73 | ITA | Renato Paratore | -4 | - | 67 | 71 | 67 | 75 | 280 |
T76 | FRA | Edouard Espana | -3 | - | 65 | 66 | 75 | 75 | 281 |
T76 | SWE | Mikael Lundberg | -3 | - | 71 | 65 | 70 | 75 | 281 |
CUT | ESP | Pedro Oriol | -5 | - | - | 66 | - | - | 66 |
CUT | ITA | Francesco Laporta | -3 | - | 73 | 66 | - | - | 139 |
CUT | SCO | Craig Lee | -3 | - | 73 | 66 | - | - | 139 |
CUT | DEN | Morten Orum Madsen | -3 | - | 71 | 68 | - | - | 139 |
CUT | WAL | Stuart Manley | -3 | - | 72 | 67 | - | - | 139 |
CUT | FRA | Julien Quesne | -3 | - | 69 | 70 | - | - | 139 |
CUT | ESP | Borja Virto | -3 | - | 71 | 68 | - | - | 139 |
CUT | IRL | Paul Dunne | -2 | - | 73 | 67 | - | - | 140 |
CUT | ENG | Mark Foster | -2 | - | 71 | 69 | - | - | 140 |
CUT | FRA | Gregory Havret | -2 | - | 72 | 68 | - | - | 140 |
CUT | ENG | David Howell | -2 | - | 70 | 70 | - | - | 140 |
CUT | ESP | Pablo Larrazabal | -2 | - | 71 | 69 | - | - | 140 |
CUT | ITA | Matteo Manassero | -2 | - | 69 | 71 | - | - | 140 |
CUT | ESP | Jose Maria Olazabal | -2 | - | 73 | 67 | - | - | 140 |
CUT | ENG | Eddie Pepperell | -2 | - | 64 | 76 | - | - | 140 |
CUT | ENG | Lee Slattery | -2 | - | 71 | 69 | - | - | 140 |
CUT | ENG | Laurie Canter | -1 | - | 72 | 69 | - | - | 141 |
CUT | ENG | James Morrison | -1 | - | 71 | 70 | - | - | 141 |
CUT | ENG | Gary Boyd | Par | - | 71 | 71 | - | - | 142 |
CUT | SWE | Kristoffer Broberg | Par | - | 69 | 73 | - | - | 142 |
CUT | WAL | Rhys Davies | Par | - | 71 | 71 | - | - | 142 |
CUT | ENG | Daniel Gavins | Par | - | 70 | 72 | - | - | 142 |
CUT | FRA | Sebastien Gros | Par | - | 69 | 73 | - | - | 142 |
CUT | RSA | Haydn Porteous | Par | - | 70 | 72 | - | - | 142 |
CUT | FRA | Gary Stal | Par | - | 72 | 70 | - | - | 142 |
CUT | FRA | Romain Wattel | Par | - | 73 | 69 | - | - | 142 |
CUT | ENG | Ben Evans | 1 | - | 66 | 77 | - | - | 143 |
CUT | POR | Pedro Figueiredo | 1 | - | 73 | 70 | - | - | 143 |
CUT | FIN | Roope Kakko | 1 | - | 75 | 68 | - | - | 143 |
CUT | ENG | James Robinson | 1 | - | 69 | 74 | - | - | 143 |
CUT | SWE | Magnus A Carlsson | 2 | - | 68 | 76 | - | - | 144 |
CUT | POR | Pedro Lencart Silva | 2 | - | 74 | 70 | - | - | 144 |
CUT | ESP | Adrian Otaegui | 2 | - | 74 | 70 | - | - | 144 |
CUT | SWE | Jeff Winther | 2 | - | 71 | 73 | - | - | 144 |
CUT | ESP | Joao Carlota | 3 | - | 75 | 70 | - | - | 145 |
CUT | AUS | Richard Green | 3 | - | 74 | 71 | - | - | 145 |
CUT | SCO | Andrew McArthur | 3 | - | 70 | 75 | - | - | 145 |
CUT | ENG | Ross McGowan | 3 | - | 74 | - | - | - | 74 |
CUT | SCO | Jamie McLeary | 3 | - | 75 | 70 | - | - | 145 |
CUT | NIR | Michael Hoey | 4 | - | 73 | 73 | - | - | 146 |
CUT | ITA | Edoardo Molinari | 4 | - | 72 | 74 | - | - | 146 |
CUT | POR | Joao Ramos | 5 | - | 70 | 77 | - | - | 147 |
CUT | ENG | David Dixon | 6 | - | 72 | 76 | - | - | 148 |
CUT | ENG | Oliver Wilson | 6 | - | 76 | 72 | - | - | 148 |
CUT | SWE | Bjorn Akesson | 7 | - | 72 | 77 | - | - | 149 |
CUT | ENG | James Busby | 8 | - | 78 | 72 | - | - | 150 |
CUT | POR | Tiago Cruz | 9 | - | 76 | 75 | - | - | 151 |
CUT | POR | Hugo Santos | 10 | - | 73 | 79 | - | - | 152 |
CUT | POR | Tomas Silva | 11 | - | 74 | 79 | - | - | 153 |