Madeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal 2008 - DP World Tour

15 years ago
Strüver takes the lead in Madeira
Sven Strüver showed his liking once again for mountainous layouts by taking the lead in the Madeira Islands Open BPI – Portugal at Santo da Serra.
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Dredge looking to be the master in Madeira
(Reuters) – Former champion Bradley Dredge goes into this week's Madeira Islands Open BPI – Portugal knowing a second win in the event would almost certainly earn a passport to Augusta National for the Masters Tournament.
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Forsyth gets the better of Otto....again
Twelve years after he beat him in a play-off for the Scottish Amateur Stroke Play title, Alastair Forsyth once again got the better of Hennie Otto in an extra hole drama to win the Madeira Islands Open BPI – Portugal title.
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Otto leads by four shots in Madeira
South African Hennie Otto will take a four shot lead into the third round of the Madeira Islands Open BPI – Portugal at Santo da Serra.
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Otto storms to the front in wind-lashed Madeira
He might have been clad in new clothes after the airlines lost his luggage, but it was very much the old Hennie Otto who stormed to the front in the weather-affected second round of the Madeira Islands Open BPI – Portugal.
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Facts & Figures
First played:1993
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Did You Know?
• When Des Smyth won the 2001 Madeira Island Open he created European Tour history by becoming the oldest winner of a European Tour event, aged 48 and 34 days, beating the record of Neil Coles, who was 48 and 14 days , in winning the 1982 Sanyo Open.
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Otto maintains his stranglehold in Madeira
Saturday might traditionally be known as ‘Moving Day’ at golf tournaments but nothing could have been further from the truth in Madeira as tournament leader Hennie Otto maintained his stranglehold on the top of the leaderboard.
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Course Information
CourseOpened – 1991Course Designer – Robert Trent Jones SnrSpecial Features - The course descends 300 metres from top to bottomGeneral Playability - Can be tricky judging the distance because of the altitude and wind.Undulating/ flat - Very hilly course at 700mTree lined/exposed - Most of the trees are quite a
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Dredge and Dodd aim to keep Wales smiling
Bradley Dredge and Stephen Dodd will attempt to keep the smile on the face of Welsh sport this week when they return to the country of one of their greatest triumphs to compete in the Madeira Islands Open BPI – Portugal at Santo da Serra.
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