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Played as the Portugal Masters (Nov 4-7; postponed from Apr 29-May 2 due to the global coronavirus pandemic). Second-placed Lucas Bjerregaard (Den), Nicolai Højgaard (den) and Matthieu Pavon (Fra) finished 2 shots behind Thomas Pieters (Belg), who recorded his fifth European Tour win. [Victoria GC, Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal].
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Played as the Portugal Masters (Sept 10-13). Second-placed Laurie Canter (Eng) finished 1 shot behind George Coetzee (RSA), who recorded his fifth European Tour win and first on European soil. [Victoria GC, Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal].
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Played as the Portugal Masters (Oct 24-27). Second-placed Brandon Stone (RSA) and Justin Walters (RSA) finished 1 shot behind 32-year-old Steven Brown (Eng), who recorded his first European Tour win in his 67th start on the Tour. [Victoria GC, Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal].
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Played as the Portugal Masters (Sept 20-23). Second-placed Lucas Herbert (Aus) and Eddie Pepperell (Eng) finished 3 shots behind Tom Lewis (Eng), who recorded his second European Tour win, and second in this event. During the second round Oliver Fisher (Eng) shot 59, becoming the first ever player to shoot a sub-60 round in a European Tour event. [Victoria GC, Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal].
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Played as the Portugal Masters (Sept 21-24). Second-placed Marc Warren (Scot) finished 4 shots behind 26-year-old Lucas Bjerregaard (Den), who claimed his first European Tour win. [Victoria GC, Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal].
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Played as the Portugal Masters (Oct 20-23). Defending champion and second-placed Andy Sullivan (Eng) finished 1 shot behind Padraig Harrington (Ire), who claimed his first European Tour win in eight years. [Victoria GC, Vilamoura, Algarve].
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Played as the Portugal Masters (Oct 15-18). Second-placed Chris Wood (Eng) finished 9 shots behind wire-to-wire winner Andy Sullivan (Eng), who recorded his third European Tour win (all coming in 2015), and first on European soil. [Victoria GC, Vilamoura, Algarve].
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Played as the Portugal Masters (Oct 9-12). Second-placed Nicolas Colsaerts (Belg) finished 3 shots behind Alexander Lévy (Fra), who recorded his second European Tour win and first on European soil. Reduced to 36-holes due to heavy rain. [Victoria GC, Vilamoura, Algarve].
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Played as the Portugal Masters (Oct 10-13). Second-placed Justin Walters (RSA) finished 1 shot behind David Lynn (Eng), whose final round 63 helped him to his second European Tour win. [Victoria GC, Vilamoura, Algarve].
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Played as the Portugal Masters (Oct 11-14). Second-placed Ross Fisher (Eng) finished 1 shot behind Shane Lowry (Ire), who became only the second player on the European Tour to win both as an amateur and a professional (Spain's Pablo Martín was the first). [Victoria GC, Vilamoura, Algarve].
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Played as the Portugal Masters (Oct 13-16). Second-placed Rafael Cabrera-Bello (Esp) finished 2 shots behind 20-year-old Tom Lewis (Eng), who claimed his maiden European Tour title in only his third event as a professional. [Victoria GC, Vilamoura, Algarve].
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Played as the Portugal Masters (Oct 14-17). Second-placed Francesco Molinari (Italy), Robert Karlsson (Swe), Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (Esp) and Joost Luiten (Neth) finished 2 shots behind Richard Green (Aus), who claimed the last of his three European Tour wins. [Victoria GC, Vilamoura, Algarve].
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Played as the Portugal Masters (Oct 15-18). Second-placed Francesco Molinari (Italy) finished 2 shots behind Lee Westwood (Eng). [Victoria GC, Vilamoura, Algarve].
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Played as the Portugal Masters (Oct 16-19). Second-placed Paul Lawrie (Scot) finished 3 shots behind Alvaro Quirós (Esp), who recorded his second European Tour win. [Victoria GC, Vilamoura, Algarve].
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The inaugural Portugal Masters (Oct 18-21). Second-placed Robert Karlsson (Swe) finished 2 shots behind Steve Webster (Eng), who recorded the last of his two European Tour wins. [Victoria GC, Vilamoura, Algarve].
Tournaments:
European Tour: 2021 marks the 50th and last season of the world renowned European Tour, launched in April 1972 at the Spanish Open. From 2022 the Tour will be sponsored by Dubai-based global supply chain and ports operator DP World, and will be known as the DP World Tour.
South African Open: December 2021 events in South Africa have again been impacted by the Covid pandemic. The South African Open (Dec 2-5) will no longer be played as a DP World Tour event, and the Alfred Dunhill Championship (Dec 9-12) has been cancelled.
Who's Who:
Bernhard Langer: at age 64, Langer collected a record sixth Charles Schwab Cup, the only player to have won the season-long points chase more than twice. He also topped the PGA Tour Champions money-list for the 11th time out of a possible 13 since 2008.
Carlota Ciganda: the five-time Solheim Cup star was delighted to record a fourth Ladies European Tour win in her home national championship, the Ladies Spanish Open.
Lee Elder: Trailblazer, Ryder Cup player, four-time PGA Tour winner and eight-time Senior PGA Tour winner, Lee Elder died on November 28, aged 87. In 1975 he became the first African American golfer to play in the Masters tournament, and in so doing provided one of the pivotal moments in the history of professional golf.
Golf World Top 100: Best Golf Courses in Europe. From France to Spain to the Netherlands and Norway, the Golf World Top 100 panel reveals the places you have to play (published 20 October 2021).
New 27-hole golf complex to be built in southern Belgium
A new golf complex in southern Belgium, close to the border with Luxembourg, will start construction in June 2021.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club "makes its tournament debut with the hosting of the Italian Open on the European Tour" by Richard Humphreys
Gamble Sands opens short course:
David McLay Kidd’s 14-hole QuickSands short course has opened for play at Gamble Sands in Brewster, Washington.
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