European Tour: Andrew Wilson (am) currently T8 after an opening at the Open du Portugal at Royal Óbidos.

European Tour: Current world number Vitor Lopes leads the Open du Portugal at Royal Óbidos after carding an opening round 65.

Vitor Lopes sits atop the European Tour's Open du Portugal at Royal Óbidos after the first round. The Portuguese recorded a round of -7 to take the lead in front of Damien Perrier and Carlos Pigem, who are all square in second place. LOPESleads by 2 shots after posting 1 eagle en route to an opening round 65.

“It was a windy day and we got lucky not getting the bad weather with the rain", Lopes said, "so I was just focusing on hitting greens and fairways, and some putts dropped in. Through 12 I was already seven under so I just kept the same mentality and I could finish it off.

“It is always a big week playing at home and in a European Tour event", he continued. "I played last week so this week I am more relaxed, I am a man on a mission to make the most of it because I am currently on the Alps Tour playing but I have skipped two tournaments, and I was doing well on the rankings, so I hope I made the right decision.”

Andrew Wilsonis at -3 after the opening round at rank T8. The Englishman played the course of the Royal Óbidos Spa & Golf Resort in 69 shots in the opening round of the Open du Portugal at Royal Óbidos.

Gary King carded an opening round 69 to find himself in T8 position and trailing leader Lopes by 4 shots. King posted 4 birdies in his opening round.

David Boote is at -3 after the opening round at place T8. The Welshman played the course of the Royal Óbidos Spa & Golf Resort in 69 shots in the opening round of the Open du Portugal at Royal Óbidos.

Nathan Kimsey carded an opening round 69 to find himself in T8 position and trailing leader Lopes by 4 shots. Kimsey, currently ranked 1492 in the world golf ranking, turned in 5 birdies in his opening round.

Alfie Plant (Am) carded an opening round 70 to find himself in T19 position and trailing leader Lopes by 5 shots. Plant (Am) turned in 3 birdies in his opening round.

Jamie Donaldson carded an opening round 70 to find himself in T19 position and trailing leader Lopes by 5 shots. Donaldson recorded 2 birdies in his opening round.

Ashton Turner carded an opening round 70 to find himself in T19 position and trailing leader Lopes by 5 shots. Turner noted 5 birdies in his opening round.

Harry Ellis (Am) is at -2 after the opening round at position T19. The Englishman finished the round at Royal Óbidos Spa & Golf Resort in 70 strokes in the opening round of the Open du Portugal at Royal Óbidos.

The Open du Portugal at Royal Óbidos is part of the European Tour. The tournament is held from September 17th until the 20th of September 2020 at Royal Óbidos Spa & Golf Resort in Óbidos, Portugal. This year a total prize money of 500,000 Euro will be awarded to the players. The course for the tournament at Royal Óbidos Spa & Golf Resort plays at Par 72.

Top-5 Leaderboard: Open du Portugal at Royal Óbidos

Pos	Name	Today	Total
1	LOPES (AM), Vitor	-7	-7
T2	Damien Perrier	-5	-5
T2	Carlos Pigem	-5	-5
T4	Alexander Knappe	-4	-4
T4	Julian Suri	-4	-4

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