56˚ Open de Portugal @ Morgado Golf Resort: In Numbers

The European Challenge Tour heads to Portugal this week and here are ten key statistics from the 56˚ Open de Portugal @ Morgado Golf Resort.

<strong>First – </strong>following the opening three Challenge Tour events, Matt Wallace claimed victory at last year’s dual ranking Open de Portugal and in doing so claimed his first European Tour win.

<strong>63 – </strong>the lowest round recorded at the Open de Portugal at Morgado Golf Resort was by the 2017 winner Wallace. He carded a ten under par opening round which included five consecutive birdies on the back nine.

<strong>One – </strong>hole-in-one at last season’s event. Charlie Ford holed out on the 205-yard 11^thduring his second round. It was Ford’s first hole-in-one of his career.

<strong>Four –</strong>bogeys in 72 holes were Wallace’s only blemishes on his card all week on his way to the 2017 title.

<strong>7347 –</strong>the length of the Morgado Golf Resort course. The 7347-yard course incorporates four par threes and four par fives, including the 16^thwhich is 624-yards long.

<strong>Two –</strong>the number of Major winners who played in last season’s tournament. The 1999 Open champion Paul Lawrie and the 2003 Masters winner Mike Weir. Lawrie finished tied 59^thwhilst the Canadian failed to make the cut.

<strong>103 –</strong>the amount of bogeys recorded at the 260-yard par three 17^thin the 2017 event – the hardest hole during the tournament. Even though the fifth hole had more bogeys, players gave away more shots to the 17^thwith five double bogeys and only 39 birdies.

<strong>13</strong>– Portuguese players will take part in this week’s event – a national participation record for the tournament.

<strong>Five – </strong>the 56˚ Open de Portugal @ Morgado Golf Resort is the fifth Challenge Tour event of the year.

<strong>23 – </strong>different countries will be represented at the tournament, including players from Iceland, Slovakia, and South Africa.