The PGA EuroPro Tour will play one of Europe’s finest courses when the Oceânico Golf resort in the Algarve hosts the tour in July.
The world’s best young golfers will face two tough courses in three days – the Oceânico Victoria and the Oceânico Millennium. The Oceânico Victoria Golf Club course is Portugal’s premier golf venue, designed by Arnold Palmer and for the second year running hosting the PGA European Tour Portugal Masters in October, with Steve Webster winning the inaugural event in 2007. The last time the PGA EuroPro Tour had an event in Portugal, Adam Frayne took the Oceânico International Open at the Morgado Golf Club in May 2006.
The new venue on the Tour also has a new Pro–Am format similar to the Dunhill Links, with details to be confirmed. There will be 200 professional slots.
Danny Nickless, operations manager of the PGA EuroPro Tour said: "We are absolutely delighted that Oceânico will be supporting the PGA EuroPro Tour yet again in 2008. Oceânico are amazing supporters of not just the Tour but golf in general. Having Vilamoura on our schedule really does .....