September 17-20
Royal รbidos Spa & Golf Resort, Vau รbidos, Portugal
โฌ500,000
Day 2, Day 3, Day 4
Vitor Lopes admits he is a man on a mission as he recorded his lowest ever European Tour round to take a two shot lead at the end of day one of the Open de Portugal at Royal รbidos.
The 24 year old typically plies his trade on the Alps Tour, but took up national spots at the Portugal Masters last week and here at Royal รbidos Spa & Golf Resort. The decision looks to have paid off as he took advantage of the calmer afternoon conditions to card a seven under par round of 65 and take the lead in a European Tour event for the first time.
โI am very happy, it is my best score on the European Tour and we got the round done so I will relax tonight.
🇵🇹 -7 Lopes
โ The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) September 17, 2020
🇫🇷 -5 Perrier
🇪🇸 -5 Pigem
🇩🇪 -4 Knappe
🇺🇸 -4 Suri
🇿🇦 -4 Higgo
🇵🇹 -4 Santos
How it stands after the first round of the #OpendePortugal
โIt was a windy day and we got lucky not getting the bad weather with the rain, so I was just focusing on hitting greens and fairways, and some putts dropped in. Through 12 I was already seven under so I just kept the same mentality and I could finish it off.
โIt is always a big week playing at home and in a European Tour event. I played last week so this week I am more relaxed, I am a man on a mission to make the most of it because I am currently on the Alps Tour playing but I have skipped two tournaments, and I was doing well on the rankings, so I hope I made the right decision.โ
Damien Perrier of France overcame a neck injury to record a five under par round of 67, joining Carlos Pigem in a tie for second place, after the Spaniard battled the worst of the morning wind and rain to emerge as the best of the early finishers in the dual ranking event with the European Challenge Tour.
โIt was a very good round of golf. I made seven birdies, two bogeys, which were stupid little mistakes on not the toughest holes, so I felt like I was playing very well," said Perrier. "I even missed some short putts at the very beginning of the round today and lipped out on 17. There were plenty of opportunities around today so I converted most of them, but still I could do even lower.
โI'm still pleased because to be honest I had my neck blocked yesterday so I was not even sure if I could tee off today. I've been seeing the physio and taking medication and it's not been easy for me but thankfully I had a really good warm up and could play. It's getting better, so hopefully it will stay like this and I can play well tomorrow.โ
His second lowest round of the year and an early two shot lead ✍️@Workday #OpendePortugal
โ The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) September 17, 2020
Another home favourite in Ricardo Santos is a shot further back at four under par alongside American Julian Suri โ who was runner up the last time he played this event in 2017 โ Alexander Knappe of Germany and South Africa's Garrick Higgo.
Pos. |
Player | To Par |
R1 |
1 |
Vitor Lopes (a) | -7 |
60 |
T2 |
Damien Perrier | -5 |
67 |
T2 |
Carlos Pigem | -5 |
67 |
T4 |
Garrick Higgo | -4 |
68 |
T4 |
Alexander Knappe | -4 |
68 |
T4 |
Ricardo Santos | -4 |
68 |
T4 |
Julian Suri | -4 |
68 |
T8 |
David Boote (a) | -3 |
69 |
T8 |
George Coetzee | -3 |
69 |
T8 |
Dominic Foos | -3 |
64 |
T8 |
Ricardo Gouveia | -3 |
69 |
T8 |
Roope Kakko | -3 |
69 |
T8 |
Nathan Kimsey | -3 |
69 |
T8 |
Gudmundur Kristjansson (a) | -3 |
69 |
T8 |
Robin Sciot-Siegrist | -3 |
69 |
T8 |
Nicolai Von Dellingshausen | -3 |
69 |
T8 |
Andrew Wilson | -3 |
69 |
T18 |
Maverick Antcliff | -2 |
70 |
T18 |
Julien Brun | -2 |
70 |
T18 |
Jens Dantorp | -2 |
70 |
T18 |
Jamie Donaldson | -2 |
70 |
T18 |
Harry Ellis | -2 |
70 |
T18 |
Chase Hanna | -2 |
70 |
T18 |
Gary King | -2 |
65 |
T18 |
Jbe Kruger | -2 |
70 |
T18 |
Christopher Mivis | -2 |
70 |
T18 |
Alfie Plant | -2 |
70 |
T18 |
Bernd Ritthammer | -2 |
70 |
T18 |
Christopher Sahlstrom | -2 |
70 |
T18 |
Jesper Sandborg | -2 |
70 |
T18 |
Marcel Siem | -2 |
70 |
T18 |
Henric Sturehed | -2 |
70 |
T18 |
Ashton Turner | -2 |
70 |
T18 |
Daniel Young (a) | -2 |
70 |
T18 |
Aron Zemmer | -2 |
70 |
T36 |
Alexandre Daydou | -1 |
71 |
T36 |
Stephen Ferreira | -1 |
71 |
T36 |
Pedro Figueiredo | -1 |
71 |
T36 |
Frederic Lacroix | -1 |
71 |
T36 |
Bradley Neil | -1 |
71 |
T41 |
Pep Angles | E |
72 |
T41 |
Tomás Bessa | E |
72 |
T41 |
Christofer Blomstrand | E |
72 |
T41 |
Aaron Cockerill | E |
72 |
T41 |
Emilio Cuartero Blanco | E |
72 |
T41 |
Raphaël De Sousa | E |
72 |
T41 |
Philip Eriksson | E |
72 |
T41 |
Jens Fahrbring | E |
72 |
T41 |
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño | E |
72 |
T41 |
Daan Huizing | E |
72 |
T41 |
Felix Mory | E |
72 |
T41 |
Niklas Norgaard Møller | E |
72 |
T41 |
Francisco Oliveira | E |
72 |
T41 |
Santiago Tarrio | E |
72 |
T41 |
Romain Wattel | E |
72 |
T41 |
Jordan Wrisdale | E |
72 |
T57 |
George Bloor | 1 |
73 |
T57 |
Todd Clements | 1 |
73 |
T57 |
Enrico Di Nitto | 1 |
73 |
T57 |
Pelle Edberg | 1 |
73 |
T57 |
Rhys Enoch | 1 |
73 |
T57 |
Mathieu Fenasse (a) | 1 |
73 |
T57 |
Nicolai Højgaard | 1 |
73 |
T57 |
Allen John (a) | 1 |
73 |
T57 |
Tyler Koivisto | 1 |
73 |
T57 |
Kristian Krogh Johannessen | 1 |
73 |
T57 |
Pedro Lencart (a) | 1 |
73 |
T57 |
Stuart Manley | 1 |
73 |
T57 |
Richard Mansell (a) | 1 |
73 |
T57 |
Ross McGowan | 1 |
73 |
T57 |
Bradley Moore | 1 |
73 |
T57 |
Benjamin Rusch (a) | 1 |
73 |
T57 |
Gary Stal | 1 |
73 |
T57 |
Jonathan Thomson | 1 |
73 |
T57 |
Euan Walker (a) | 1 |
73 |
T76 |
Hinrich Arkenau | 2 |
74 |
T76 |
Elias Bertheussen | 2 |
74 |
T76 |
Ryan Evans | 2 |
74 |
T76 |
Matt Ford | 2 |
74 |
T76 |
Miguel Gaspar | 2 |
74 |
T76 |
Björn Hellgren | 2 |
74 |
T76 |
Espen Kofstad | 2 |
74 |
T76 |
Oliver Lindell | 2 |
74 |
T76 |
Hurly Long (a) | 2 |
74 |
T76 |
Federico Maccario | 2 |
74 |
T76 |
Haraldur Magnus | 2 |
74 |
T76 |
Gavin Moynihan | 2 |
74 |
T76 |
Pedro Oriol | 2 |
74 |
T76 |
Marco Penge | 2 |
74 |
T76 |
Robin Petersson (a) | 2 |
74 |
T76 |
Martin Wiegele | 2 |
74 |
T92 |
Scott Gregory | 3 |
75 |
T92 |
Liam Johnston | 3 |
75 |
T92 |
Anton Karlsson | 3 |
75 |
T92 |
Niall Kearney | 3 |
75 |
T92 |
Nicolai Kristensen | 3 |
75 |
T92 |
Per Längfors | 3 |
75 |
T92 |
Joao Magalhaes | 3 |
75 |
T92 |
Martin Ovesen | 3 |
75 |
T92 |
Benjamin Poke | 3 |
75 |
T92 |
Marcel Schneider | 3 |
75 |
T92 |
Martin Simonsen | 3 |
75 |
T92 |
Ashun Wu | 3 |
75 |
T92 |
Robbie van West | 3 |
75 |
T105 |
Matthew Baldwin | 4 |
76 |
T105 |
Grégory Bourdy | 4 |
76 |
T105 |
Paul Dunne | 4 |
76 |
T105 |
Scott Fernandez | 4 |
76 |
T105 |
Daniel Gavins | 4 |
76 |
T105 |
Tomas Gouveia | 4 |
76 |
T105 |
Craig Howie | 4 |
76 |
T105 |
Jose-Filipe Lima | 4 |
76 |
T105 |
Andres Romero | 4 |
76 |
T105 |
Steven Tiley | 4 |
76 |
T115 |
Tiago Cruz | 5 |
77 |
T115 |
Jonas Kölbing | 5 |
77 |
T115 |
Oscar Lengden | 5 |
77 |
T115 |
Mikael Lundberg | 5 |
77 |
T115 |
Lorenzo Scalise | 5 |
77 |
T120 |
Jamie Abbott | 6 |
78 |
T120 |
Ugo Coussaud | 6 |
78 |
T120 |
Janne Kaske | 6 |
78 |
T120 |
Wade Ormsby | 6 |
78 |
T120 |
Edoardo Raffaele Lipparelli (a) | 6 |
78 |
125 |
Scott Vincent | 8 |
80 |
126 |
Alexandre Abreu | 14 |
86 |