{"id":30733,"date":"2026-07-28T13:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T13:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.portugalinvitational.com\/?p=30733"},"modified":"2026-07-28T13:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T13:35:09","slug":"historic-week-begins-as-pga-tour-champions-arrives-in-portugal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portugalinvitational.com\/pt\/historic-week-begins-as-pga-tour-champions-arrives-in-portugal\/","title":{"rendered":"Semana hist\u00f3rica come\u00e7a com a chegada do PGA TOUR Champions a Portugal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u2013 Personalidades de destaque do golfe, turismo e governo assinalam a abertura oficial do Portugal Invitational no The Els Club Vilamoura.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal \u2013 28 de julho, 2026<\/strong> \u2013 Teve in\u00edcio hoje, no The Els Club Vilamoura, a semana do torneio que marca a estreia do Portugal Invitational, com personalidades do golfe, turismo e governo reunidas na confer\u00eancia de imprensa inaugural daquele que \u00e9 o primeiro evento de sempre do PGA TOUR Champions acolhido na Europa.<\/p>\n

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A ocasi\u00e3o reuniu o Secret\u00e1rio de Estado do Turismo de Portugal, Pedro Machado; o Presidente do Turismo de Portugal, Carlos Abade; o Presidente do Turismo do Algarve, Andr\u00e9 Gomes; o Presidente da C\u00e2mara Municipal de Loul\u00e9, Telmo Pinto; o Presidente do PGA TOUR Champions, Miller Brady; o membro do World Golf Hall of Fame, Ernie Els; o Co-Fundador e Respons\u00e1vel de Real Estate and Hospitality da Arrow Global, John Calv\u00e3o; e o Diretor do Torneio, Todd Rhinehart.<\/strong>, refletindo o amplo apoio institucional e desportivo por tr\u00e1s desta edi\u00e7\u00e3o inaugural.<\/p>\n

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O Portugal Invitational \u00e9 o primeiro evento do PGA TOUR Champions a realizar-se na Europa e o primeiro torneio individual de stroke play com a chancela do PGA TOUR a ter lugar em Portugal. De sexta-feira, 31 de julho, a domingo, 2 de agosto, um leque de 78 jogadores, reunindo membros do PGA TOUR Champions e do Legends Tour, disputar\u00e1 54 buracos por um pr\u00e9mio global de 3 milh\u00f5es de d\u00f3lares.<\/p>\n

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John Calv\u00e3o<\/strong>, Co-Fundador e Respons\u00e1vel de Real Estate and Hospitality da Arrow Global, afirmou: \"Ver o Portugal Invitational tornar-se realidade \u00e9 um motivo de orgulho para todos os envolvidos. N\u00e3o pod\u00edamos ter pedido um elenco melhor de jogadores e o campo est\u00e1 em excelente estado. Este evento \u00e9 uma pe\u00e7a fundamental da nossa vis\u00e3o para projetar Portugal, o Algarve e Vilamoura, e acredito sinceramente que ser\u00e1 uma grande semana.\"<\/em><\/p>\n

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Miller Brady<\/strong>: \u201cTrazer para Portugal o primeiro evento de sempre sancionado pelo PGA TOUR foi uma decis\u00e3o f\u00e1cil. Sab\u00edamos que t\u00ednhamos parceiros extraordin\u00e1rios no Turismo de Portugal e na Arrow Global, e tem sido fant\u00e1stico ver o evento ganhar vida. A qualidade do leque de jogadores nesta semana, com cinco membros do World Golf Hall of Fame e mais de 470 vit\u00f3rias profissionais acumuladas entre eles, sublinha o n\u00edvel desta competi\u00e7\u00e3o. Esta \u00e9 uma semana especial para o PGA TOUR Champions e acreditamos que continuar\u00e1 a crescer ano ap\u00f3s ano.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Ernie Els<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/em>membro do World Golf Hall of Fame, arquiteto do The Els Club Vilamoura e um dos jogadores em prova esta semana, afirmou:\u00a0\"Este foi um verdadeiro trabalho de equipa desde o in\u00edcio e sinto um enorme orgulho ao ver tudo concretizado. Conhe\u00e7o e adoro esta regi\u00e3o h\u00e1 mais de 20 anos, pelo que ter a oportunidade de projetar aqui um campo de golfe de campeonato, que seja ao mesmo tempo desafiante e apelativo para os s\u00f3cios e jogadores de todos os n\u00edveis, foi algo verdadeiramente especial. Estou muito entusiasmado com o potencial de crescimento deste evento nos pr\u00f3ximos anos.\"<\/em><\/p>\n

Andr\u00e9 Gomes<\/strong>, President do Turismo do Algarve, disse: \u201cAcolher a estreia do PGA TOUR Champions na Europa \u00e9 um marco hist\u00f3rico para o Algarve e um forte reconhecimento da nossa regi\u00e3o como um dos principais destinos de golfe do mundo. Este evento alia o desporto, o turismo e a promo\u00e7\u00e3o internacional, ao mesmo tempo que d\u00e1 a conhecer tudo o que o Algarve tem para oferecer, dentro e fora do campo de golfe.<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carlos Abade<\/strong>, President do Turismo de Portugal, disse:\u00a0\"Reconhecemos de imediato o potencial deste torneio para refor\u00e7ar a proje\u00e7\u00e3o internacional de Portugal em mercados tur\u00edsticos de elevado valor. O golfe \u00e9 um produto tur\u00edstico estrat\u00e9gico para o pa\u00eds, contribuindo para atrair visitantes ao longo de todo o ano, e este evento representa uma oportunidade extraordin\u00e1ria para promover Portugal e o Algarve junto de mercados internacionais decisivos.\"<\/em><\/p>\n

Telmo Pinto,<\/strong>\u00a0Presidente da C\u00e2mara de Loul\u00e9, comentou:\u00a0\u201cHosting the inaugural Portugal Invitational is a significant moment for Loul\u00e9 and Vilamoura. It demonstrates the quality of our sporting and tourism infrastructure and will generate valuable international exposure for the municipality and the wider region.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Pedro Machado<\/strong>, Secret\u00e1rio de Estado do Turismo de Portugal, disse:\u00a0\"Este evento \u00e9 uma excelente not\u00edcia, quer para o Algarve, quer para Portugal. Mais do que os n\u00fameros impressionantes \u2014 uma audi\u00eancia de cerca de 80 milh\u00f5es de espetadores em mais de 170 pa\u00edses e um impacto econ\u00f3mico estimado em 45 milh\u00f5es de euros \u2014, representa uma oportunidade \u00fanica para dar a conhecer Portugal a um p\u00fablico internacional de elevado perfil, destacando a nossa qualidade de vida, a gastronomia, a seguran\u00e7a, o clima e a excel\u00eancia da nossa oferta tur\u00edstica.\"<\/em><\/p>\n

O Portugal Invitational faz parte de uma parceria de cinco anos entre o PGA TOUR Champions, o Arrow Global Group, o Turismo de Portugal e o Turismo do Algarve.<\/p>\n

O torneio ser\u00e1 disputado no The Els Club Vilamoura, desenhado por Els como um recinto de campeonato e preparado para acolher muitos dos jogadores mais conceituados e reconhecidos do golfe mundial.<\/span><\/p>\n

O evento atraiu tamb\u00e9m um grupo forte e diversificado de parceiros, sublinhando o enorme interesse gerado antes da sua edi\u00e7\u00e3o inaugural. A Arrow Global, Vilamoura, Visit Portugal e Visit Algarve juntam-se \u00e0 Mercedes-Benz, Kress, Reflo, Dils, Deloitte, Lus\u00edadas Sa\u00fade, Loul\u00e9, Heritage Wines, Heineken, Nespresso, Pacheca, Vista Alegre e InfraMoura.<\/span><\/p>\n

Os parceiros de media incluem a SIC Not\u00edcias, o Expresso, a Sport TV e a JCDecaux. O seu apoio proporciona uma plataforma s\u00f3lida para a estreia do torneio e ajuda a dar balan\u00e7o ao crescimento cont\u00ednuo do Portugal Invitational nos pr\u00f3ximos anos.<\/span><\/p>\n

As tr\u00eas voltas ser\u00e3o transmitidas na televis\u00e3o nos Estados Unidos no GOLF Channel. A cobertura internacional do PGA TOUR Champions est\u00e1 dispon\u00edvel em mais de 170 pa\u00edses e territ\u00f3rios atrav\u00e9s da rede de parceiros de media da TOUR.<\/span><\/p>\n

A primeira volta arranca j\u00e1 esta sexta-feira, 31 de julho, ficando a coroa\u00e7\u00e3o do campe\u00e3o inaugural do Portugal Invitational reservada para domingo, 2 de agosto.<\/span><\/p>\n

Para mais informa\u00e7\u00f5es sobre o Portugal Invitational, incluindo bilhetes e as \u00faltimas atualiza\u00e7\u00f5es sobre o torneio, visite\u00a0<\/span>https:\/\/www.portugalinvitational.com\/<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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