BRIEF-Golf-Portuguese and Austrian opens in dates reshuffle (Reuters)
March 9, 2010
LONDON, March 9 (Reuters) – Next month’s Portuguese Open hasbeen pushed back until June, the European Tour said in a newsrelease on Tuesday.
The Estoril tournament was originally due to be held betweenApril 1-4 but has now been switched to June 10-13, the weekpreviously occupied by the Austrian Open which has been moved toSept. 16-19.
“The opportunity to move … to a new summer date has beenwelcomed by all parties and will showcase (the) Penha Longa(course) and the Estoril region in the height of the golfingsummer,” said the tour’s chief operating officer Keith Waters.
(Writing by Tony Jimenez, editing by Justin Palmer; To queryor comment on this story emailsportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)
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