{"id":30772,"date":"2026-07-30T12:53:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T12:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.portugalinvitational.com\/?p=30772"},"modified":"2026-07-30T14:43:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T14:43:24","slug":"it-is-a-privilege-to-welcome-an-event-like-this-to-portugal-luis-figo-hails-arrival-of-the-portugal-invitational","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portugalinvitational.com\/pt\/it-is-a-privilege-to-welcome-an-event-like-this-to-portugal-luis-figo-hails-arrival-of-the-portugal-invitational\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201c\u00c9 uma honra receber em Portugal um evento desta dimens\u00e3o\u201d \u2013 Lu\u00eds Figo sa\u00fada a chegada do Portugal Invitational"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"30772\" class=\"elementor elementor-30772\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_gmail_quote x_gmail_quote_container\" dir=\"ltr\"><b><i data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">A lenda do futebol portugu\u00eas, e tamb\u00e9m um apaixonado pelo golfe, participou na ronda inaugural do Pro-Am desta quarta-feira, antecedendo o arranque da competi\u00e7\u00e3o do PGA TOUR Champions em Portugal.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_gmail_quote x_gmail_quote_container\" dir=\"ltr\"><b><i>Ricardo Gouveia, jogador do DP World Tour que cresceu no Algarve, tamb\u00e9m marcou presen\u00e7a numa jornada especial no The Els Club Vilamoura.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_gmail_quote x_gmail_quote_container\" dir=\"ltr\"><b><i>Para descarregar as fotografias e a entrevista com Lu\u00eds Figo,\u00a0<\/i><\/b><b><i>clique<\/i><\/b><b><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><a title=\"https:\/\/url.de.m.mimecastprotect.com\/s\/R8GRCQko4Rio8Bp0tPhmfGp11N?domain=link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com\" href=\"https:\/\/url.de.m.mimecastprotect.com\/s\/R8GRCQko4Rio8Bp0tPhmfGp11N?domain=link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"10\"><b><i>aqui<\/i><\/b><\/a><b><i>.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1dcc03 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e1dcc03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cc2ff8 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8cc2ff8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"x_gmail_quote x_gmail_quote_container\" dir=\"ltr\"><style>\na {\n    text-decoration: none;\n    color: #464feb;\n}\ntr th, tr td {\n    border: 1px solid #e6e6e6;\n}\ntr th {\n    background-color: #f5f5f5;\n}\n<\/style><b style=\"letter-spacing: 0.1px;\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Vilamoura, Algarve, 29 de julho de 2026<\/b><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.1px;\">\u00a0\u2013 O Portugal Invitational viveu esta quarta-feira um dos seus momentos de maior destaque, ainda antes do arranque da competi\u00e7\u00e3o, com a ronda inaugural do Pro-Am de dois dias, no The Els Club Vilamoura, a receber uma das personalidades mais reconhecidas do desporto portugu\u00eas,\u00a0<\/span><b style=\"letter-spacing: 0.1px;\">Lu\u00eds Figo<\/b><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.1px;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_gmail_quote x_gmail_quote_container\" dir=\"ltr\">Praticante e entusiasta de golfe h\u00e1 muitos anos, a lenda do futebol portugu\u00eas foi um dos grandes nomes presentes no Pro-Am inaugural do Portugal Invitational, refor\u00e7ando o prest\u00edgio de um evento que re\u00fane esta semana, em Vilamoura, algumas das maiores estrelas do golfe mundial.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_gmail_quote x_gmail_quote_container\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAcredito que \u00e9 simultaneamente um enorme privil\u00e9gio e uma honra receber o Portugal Invitational\u201d, afirmou Figo pouco antes de iniciar a sua volta. \u201cSomos um pa\u00eds apaixonado pelo golfe e estamos numa regi\u00e3o com uma enorme concentra\u00e7\u00e3o de campos de excel\u00eancia. Agora contamos tamb\u00e9m com este novo campo desenhado por Ernie Els, por isso penso que est\u00e3o reunidas todas as condi\u00e7\u00f5es para que este seja um evento de grande sucesso.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7c80ec sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"b7c80ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a25b20f sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a25b20f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.portugalinvitational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Luis-Figo_Portugal_Invitational_2026-2-683x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-30777\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.portugalinvitational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Luis-Figo_Portugal_Invitational_2026-2-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.portugalinvitational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Luis-Figo_Portugal_Invitational_2026-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.portugalinvitational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Luis-Figo_Portugal_Invitational_2026-2-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.portugalinvitational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Luis-Figo_Portugal_Invitational_2026-2-1025x1536.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/www.portugalinvitational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Luis-Figo_Portugal_Invitational_2026-2-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/www.portugalinvitational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Luis-Figo_Portugal_Invitational_2026-2-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/www.portugalinvitational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Luis-Figo_Portugal_Invitational_2026-2-370x555.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.portugalinvitational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Luis-Figo_Portugal_Invitational_2026-2-840x1259.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.portugalinvitational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Luis-Figo_Portugal_Invitational_2026-2-410x615.jpg 410w, https:\/\/www.portugalinvitational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Luis-Figo_Portugal_Invitational_2026-2-scaled.jpg 1708w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-281017e sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"281017e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5339a09e sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5339a09e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_gmail_quote x_gmail_quote_container\" dir=\"ltr\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Figo j\u00e1 tinha jogado no The Els Club Vilamoura durante as fases iniciais do projeto e destacou a evolu\u00e7\u00e3o do campo ao longo do \u00faltimo ano.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_gmail_quote x_gmail_quote_container\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cTive a oportunidade de jogar aqui quando o campo ainda era muito recente e tudo estava em crescimento. O Ernie fez um trabalho fant\u00e1stico. Agora est\u00e1 lind\u00edssimo e, para um amador, ter a oportunidade de jogar nestas condi\u00e7\u00f5es \u00e9 algo \u00fanico\u201d, afirmou.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_gmail_quote x_gmail_quote_container\" dir=\"ltr\">Para Figo, o Pro-Am representa tamb\u00e9m uma oportunidade de desfrutar do conv\u00edvio com os profissionais num ambiente mais descontra\u00eddo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_gmail_quote x_gmail_quote_container\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cO mais importante \u00e9 aproveitar. Um Pro-Am \u00e9 sempre diferente. N\u00e3o h\u00e1 press\u00e3o para n\u00f3s e, para quem gosta de golfe, \u00e9 um privil\u00e9gio estar t\u00e3o perto dos profissionais e partilhar o campo com eles\u201d, acrescentou.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_gmail_quote x_gmail_quote_container\" dir=\"ltr\"><b>Ricardo Gouveia refor\u00e7a presen\u00e7a portuguesa<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_gmail_quote x_gmail_quote_container\" dir=\"ltr\">O golfe portugu\u00eas esteve tamb\u00e9m fortemente representado no Pro-Am desta quarta-feira atrav\u00e9s de Ricardo Gouveia, jogador do DP World Tour cuja liga\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e0 modalidade come\u00e7ou precisamente em Vilamoura e que continua a ser um dos mais bem-sucedidos embaixadores algarvios do desporto.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_gmail_quote x_gmail_quote_container\" dir=\"ltr\">Gouveia come\u00e7ou a jogar golfe aos 10 anos no Clube de Golfe de Vilamoura, antes de prosseguir o seu percurso na Universidade da Fl\u00f3rida Central (University of Central Florida) e construir uma carreira profissional de sucesso. O portugu\u00eas juntou-se a jogadores, convidados e parceiros do torneio, numa altura em que o Portugal Invitational continua a ganhar din\u00e2mica antes da ronda inaugural de sexta-feira.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_gmail_quote x_gmail_quote_container\" dir=\"ltr\">Atualmente a competir no DP World Tour e a representar Portugal no panorama internacional, Gouveia considera que eventos como o Portugal Invitational ajudam a evidenciar tanto a qualidade da oferta de golfe no Algarve como a cont\u00ednua evolu\u00e7\u00e3o de Vilamoura enquanto destino desportivo de excel\u00eancia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_gmail_quote x_gmail_quote_container\" dir=\"ltr\"><i>\u201cTenho muito orgulho em ver a forma como Vilamoura evoluiu\u201d,<\/i>\u00a0afirmou.\u00a0<i>\u201c\u00c9 um destino com um potencial enorme e um charme \u00fanico. Ver as infraestruturas renovadas, as marcas a ganharem uma nova vida e os eventos internacionais a regressarem enche-me de alegria.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_gmail_quote x_gmail_quote_container\" dir=\"ltr\">O Pro-Am prossegue esta quinta-feira com o segundo e \u00faltimo dia de competi\u00e7\u00e3o, antes do arranque oficial do Portugal Invitational na sexta-feira, 31 de julho. O torneio decorre at\u00e9 domingo, 2 de agosto.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_gmail_quote x_gmail_quote_container\" dir=\"ltr\"><b>Semana<\/b><b>\u00a0do torneio ganha ritmo<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_gmail_quote x_gmail_quote_container\" dir=\"ltr\">As celebra\u00e7\u00f5es do Pro-Am come\u00e7aram na noite de ter\u00e7a-feira, no Victoria Spa &amp; Resort Hotel, em Vilamoura, proporcionando a jogadores, familiares e convidados do torneio uma experi\u00eancia marcada pela hospitalidade portuguesa e por diversas express\u00f5es da cultura nacional.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_gmail_quote x_gmail_quote_container\" dir=\"ltr\">O evento contou com a presen\u00e7a de\u00a0<b>Ernie Els<\/b>, anfitri\u00e3o e participante da competi\u00e7\u00e3o disputada no campo que leva o seu nome, bem como de mais de 50 jogadores do PGA TOUR Champions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div 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data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_gmail_quote x_gmail_quote_container\" dir=\"ltr\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Com os jogadores e convidados j\u00e1 em campo e conclu\u00edda a primeira ronda do Pro-Am, a expectativa continua a crescer no primeiro clube privado para membros do Algarve antes do arranque do Portugal Invitational, na pr\u00f3xima sexta-feira.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_gmail_quote x_gmail_quote_container\" dir=\"ltr\">A edi\u00e7\u00e3o inaugural do Portugal Invitational reuniu uma forte rede de parceiros e entidades de transmiss\u00e3o, contribuindo para dar ao torneio uma plataforma de grande visibilidade desde a sua estreia. \u00c0 Arrow Global, Vilamoura, Visit Portugal e Visit Algarve juntam-se a Mercedes-Benz, Kress, Reflo, Dils, Deloitte, Lus\u00edadas Sa\u00fade, Munic\u00edpio de Loul\u00e9, Heritage Wines, Heineken, Nespresso, Pacheca, Vista Alegre e InfraMoura.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_gmail_quote x_gmail_quote_container\" dir=\"ltr\">Os parceiros de media incluem a SIC Not\u00edcias, o Expresso, a Sport TV e a JCDecaux. 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