This weekend the European Le Mans Series returns to the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve following an absence of seven years. The three day event culminates with the season grand finale on Sunday when 96 drivers representing 21 nations will begin the title deciding clincher. 

The 4 Hours of Portimão is the last event in the six event series, an endurance race around the 4.684km circuit, will see 35 cars lined up on the starting grid. Both the team and drivers titles across all three classes remain undecided so with the six titles up for grabs the race promises to be full of action and drama.

Leading Algarve golf destination, Amendoeira Golf Resort, is putting final preparations in place ahead of hosting its first HotelPlanner.com EuroPro Tour Championship, the grand finale of the year-long Race to Amendoeira series.
The Algarve gem, whose Oceanico Faldo Course was also recently named within Golf World Magazine’s Top 100 Golf Courses in Continental Europe, is set to host some of the game’s brightest prospects looking to step up to the European Challenge Tour. Only the five top-placed players after three highly-charged rounds in Portugal will progress to Europe’s second-tier circuit.

For the third consecutive year, Casas do Barlavento organized a golfing day on September 22nd to thank the owners, buyers and business partners of Casas do Barlavento for a successful year at the Boavista Golf Resort & Spa.
Of the 80 invited players, a total of 20 teams, each composed of 4 players, resulted in a Stableford with a 9am shotgun start. The game ran smoothly, players enjoyed a sunny day, sandwiches and fresh towels and drinks at stations along the course.

The term Portuguese driver is a phrase heard often around the expat community. This weekend the next generation demonstrated their extraordinary ability to manoeuvre at high speed in an eight vehicle train, just millimetres from the driver in front in an exciting event hosted at the Kartódromo Internacional do Algarve. The Rotax Trophy event was a six venue series culminating in the climax at the Portimao circuit.

Lucas Bjerregaard produced one of the best performances of his career to claim his maiden European Tour title at the Portugal Masters, closing out a 54-hole lead at the third time of asking.

The Dane, who was 114th on the Race to Dubai Rankings and battling to save his card when he arrived at Dom Pedro Victoria Golf Course, fired eight birdies in a closing 65 to finish 20 under par and four clear of Scotland’s Marc Warren.

If you are a golfer then you don’t need further explanation! Golf is a sport that can be therapeutic, as well as quite frustrating! And some say that golf is like a love affair: If you don’t take it seriously, it’s no fun; if you do, it breaks your heart.

The Casas do Barlavento mantra is to have serenity to accept the shots you miss, the courage to try again and the wisdom not to throw your clubs in the lake.

The 1st Pepe Gancedo Trophy was played at Santo Antonio golf course to celebrate its 30th anniversary and was hailed as a great success.

The Parque da Floresta golf course opened in 1987 was designed by Pepe Gancedo (1938-2016). One of Spain´s most famous golf course architects, his design philosophy was to make courses enjoyable, traditional, challenging and memorable, with minimal alteration to the existing terrain.

R&A sanctioned event attracts a full field of budding golfers from across the continent for another sensational week of junior golf at Amendoeira Golf Resort.
The Oceanico World Golf Kids Championship returned to Amendoeira Golf Resort for the ninth consecutive year last week, where 136 of the world’s most promising young golfers enjoyed a fun-filled competition and the chance to experience life as a tour professional.
Sanctioned by The R&A and with World Amateur Golf Ranking points on offer, the event attracted some of Europe’s finest young golfers to the Algarve venue to test themselves over the Faldo and O’Connor Jnr courses. The former was recently named Portugal’s Best Golf Course at the World Golf Awards.