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Portugal Masters in numbers
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Portugal Masters in numbers

europeantour.com has a numerical look at the Portugal Masters...

Richard Green - Portugal Masters Champion

7– The number of shots Richard Green made up in the final round to win in 2010. (This matched the highest final round comeback by a winner last season of Simon Khan at the BMW PGA Championship).

267– The average winning score in the Portugal Masters since the tournament began in 2007.

87– The number of European Tour winners in the Portugal Masters field in 2011.

2005– The year the Oceânico Victoria Golf Club staged the World Cup, won by Stephen Dodd and Bradley Dredge, representing Wales. Both are competing this week.

61– The course record for the Oceânico Victoria Golf Club, established by Martin Kaymer in 2007. It was equalled by Jeepe Huldahl in 2010, which was the joint-lowest 18 hole score in relation to par on The European Tour in 2010.

1– When Richard Green won the 2010 Portugal Masters, he became the second left-hander to win last season, following Phil Mickelson at the Masters Tournament. This became the first time in European Tour history that two left-handed players had won in the same season.

2004– The year the course was opened.

1,610– The total number of birdies made during the 2010 tournament.

18– The final hole at the Oceânico Victoria Golf Club, measuring 463 yards, was the hardest hole, 12 months ago.

4.48 – The average score for the par four 18th during the 2010 event.

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