Each month 10 names are randomly selected from all golfers that have used our online Booking Form. From these 10 golfers a second draw is made for the winner of the prize sponsored by Hotel Le Meridien Hotel Penina ***** and Golf Course, and Dona Filipa Hotel ***** & San Lorenzo Golf Course in the Algarve. The monthly prize includes a standard "weekend break accommodation" with breakfast for two in the Hotel specified, together with a round of golf for two guests on the course attached to the Hotel.

All of the 10 golfers of each month will be listed in our Newsletter and notified by separate e-mail. The nominated golfers who were drawn for the month of September are listed below.

David Heald - Dennis Duff - Gwyn Roberts - Heidi Easby - Jeremy Greenstock - Jason Richards - John Gowen - Neil Cook - Nick Salter -  Thomas Mulrayn -

General News
It is with regret that we have to announce that out Golf Editor has retired from writing his excellent comments and providing images of the events held in the Algarve throughout the golfing year. We wish to express our sincere thanks for all his past kind voluntary efforts.  We therefore apologise for the nature of this Newsletter and we hope that shortly someone suitable will be willing to follow in his footsteps.

Rory McIlroy is the new leader of The Race to Dubai after his tied second finish at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship saw the young Irishman leapfrog Germany’s Martin Kaymer, who is still absent through injury. McIlroy collected a cheque for €281,640 to take his earnings for the season to €2,008,566, with Kaymer still in second place on €1,982,054. The highest climber of the week was England’s Simon Dyson, whose victory at St Andrews saw him move up 12 places to eighth place with earnings of €1,387,517.

The race to claim the John Jacobs Trophy for the Senior Tour Order of Merit is hotting up to be one of the most exciting in years as, with only two tournaments remaining of the 2009 season, the leading four players are separated by only €27,733. Leading the way at present is reigning Order of Merit champion Ian Woosnam with €161,620 after his fourth-place finish at the Casa Serena Open, which gave him a lead of €22,130 over Sam Torrance who tied for 24th in the Czech Republic. Glenn Ralph lies third with €136,120, while Irishman Mark McNulty is fourth with €133,887.

Edoardo Molinari extended his lead at the top of the Challenge Tour Rankings courtesy of his runner-up finish at the ECCO Tour Championship. The Italian took his winnings to €207,879 after collecting €19,800 at Holstebro GK in Denmark, where Portugal’s Jose-Filipe Lima captured his first Challenge Tour title of the season and third overall. Lima’s cheque for €28,800 moved him to second place in the Rankings at the expense of England’s Andrew Butterfield, who slipped to third after missing the cut.

Tiger Woods picked up his 69th PGA Tour victory when he won the Buick Open for a third time in Michigan. The world number one turned a one-shot 54-hole lead into a three-stroke victory over Roland Thatcher, John Senden and Greg Chalmers at Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club in Grand Blanc. It gave him his fourth title of the year and took his Official World Golf Ranking Points to an average to 11.25.

Tiger Woods was in imperious form as he landed the World Golf Championships - Bridgestone Invitational for a record seventh time after a titanic battle with Padraig Harrington at Firestone Country Club. The American finished with a five under par round of 65 to end the week with a 12 under 268 aggregate, four shots better than Harrington and Australian Robert Allenby. But for much of the day it looked like it would be Harrington, who has re-modelled his swing since landing three Major titles in two years, who would be celebrating his first success of 2009. Woods has incredibly landed a World Golf Championships title every year since their inception in 1999, and he becomes the first man in history to win the same European Tour event seven times.

South Korea's YE Yang made history as he became the first man to overturn a Tiger Woods 54-hole lead in a major and claimed the US PGA Championship at Hazeltine National. Yang, 37, became the first Asian-born player to win a major and denied the World Number One a 15th such victory. The American having previously enjoyed a perfect record in turning 14 third-round major leads into wins. Yang shot a final round of 2-under-par 70 to equal the best round of the day and was victorious by three strokes. Having started the year at Nº 478 Yang's impressive year prior to the PGA Championship had seen him rise to Nº 110 and the victory at Hazeltine vaults him to Nº 34.

Tiger Woods claimed his 71st PGA Tour victory in emphatic style with an eight shot victory over Jim Furyk and PGA Tour rookie Marc Leishman at the BMW Championship. Woods began the day with a seven shot lead after a Saturday course record 62, and never looked like faltering as he cruised to his tenth career PGA Tour victory by a margin of at least eight shots. The win sees Tiger remain at the head of the Ranking with an average points of 16.04, a lead of 8.1 points over second placed American Steve Stricker.

James Kingston won his second European Tour title at the Mercedes-Benz Championship after a play-off victory over Denmark’s Anders Hansen at Golf Club Gut Lärchenhof. With Hansen missing the green and failing to get up and down at the first playoff hole, the South African was left with a four foot par putt which he duly converted for victory. Kingston climbed 66 places on the Ranking to Nº 74.

Thaworn Wiratchant stormed to his 11th career Asian Tour title with a six shot victory over Gaganjeet Bhullar at the Macau Open. Wiratchant has been in good form of late, and shot a solid final round 68 to ease to victory in Macau. The Thai golfer now finds himself inside the top 200 at Nº 193.

Bae Sang-moon successfully defended his Kolon Hana Bank Korea Open title with a one shot victory over his South Korean compatriot Kim Dae-sub. Bae trailed by one after three rounds but stood on 18 with a comfortable three stroke lead over Kim who then holed his third shot for eagle to pile the pressure on. However, Bae was able to compose himself and make the par he needed for a victory which saw him climb 54 places to Nº 133.

Nicolas Colsaerts triumphed on the Challenge Tour for the second time in just over a month to win the Dutch Futures by four from Julien Quesne and Andrew McArthur. Colsaerts lead by one going into Sunday, and after a shaky start came through to birdie the last and claim what turned out to be a comfortable victory in Holland. Colsaerts’ recent success has seen him climb in the rankings and is now nside the top 200 at Nº 174.

Rafael Cabrera Bello fired an eleven birdie blitz on Sunday to shoot an amazing final round 60 at the Austrian Golf Open and claim his first European Tour victory. Cabrera Bello trailed by eight starting out on Sunday but his fantastic play – which included a putt for 59 – propelled him through the field and saw him pip Benn Barham who had led by three at the start of the final round. The Argentine had struggled for form over the summer but this stunning victory saw him climb 93 places into Nº 127.

Toru Taniguchi put on a commanding display at the Japan Golf Tour’s ANA Open which saw him claim a comfortable four stroke victory over Korea’s Kyung-Tae Kim. Starting out on Sunday Taniguchi had already stretched out a five shot lead which afforded him the luxury of being able to shoot level par in the final round and still win by four. The win is Taniguchi’s 15th on the Japan Golf Tour and sees him jump 82 places Nº156.

Fran Quinn sank a four foot birdie putt on 18 to grind out a solid 69 and edge out playing partner and overnight leader Blake Adams to win on the Nationwide Tour at the Albertson’s Boise Open. Quinn found himself tied with one to play before taking dead aim at 18 and firing an 8-iron to four feet, leaving him a putt that he would hole for victory. The win sees the 20-year professional veteran fly 389 places up the ranking to Nº 448.

Edoardo Molinari completed a fantastic week of golf with a final round 67 that saw him win the Challenge Tour’s Kazakhstan Open by three from Chris Gane. The young Italian has promised much since his US Amateur victory in 2005 and with this win he takes an unassailable lead at the top of the Challenge Tour Ranking and can now plan for another year on the European Tour in 2010. Molinari began the year at 667 on the ranking, but his success this year now sees him positioned firmly inside the top 200 at Nº121.

Phil Mickelson shot a final round of 65 to win the Tour Championship presented by Coca-Cola at Atlanta's East Lake Golf Club. Mickelson began the day at four under par, four behind overnight leader Kenny Perry, two behind Tiger Woods. His five-under-par final round was good enough to secure a three stroke win and the $1.35 million first prize. Woods shot a level-par 70 to claim second place as Perry fell away with a 74. Woods' runner-up finish was good enough to win the FedEx Cup and its $10 million prize. Mickelson regains his World Number Two place with the win and finished second in the FedEx Cup.

Japan’s Daisuke Maruyama ended a four-year title drought with a four-stroke triumph at the Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open. Maruyama battled to a three-over-par 74 in tough conditions at the Joyo Country Club to beat China’s Liang Wen-chong, Korea’s Kim Kyung-tae and countryman Yuta Ikeda in the US$1.5 million event sanctioned by the Asian Tour and Japan Golf Tour. Marayama climbed 121 places to Nº 186.

Garrett Willis won the WNB Golf Classic on the Nationwide Tour, two-putting the final green for a 68 and a one stroke victory over Chad Collins who had earlier shot a ten-under-par round for 62. As well as virtually securing his PGA Tour card for 2010 Willis jumps 113 places to Nº 228. Overnight leader Rafael Gomez from Argentina held on the win the Iberostar Riviera Maya Open on the Canadian Tour, prevailing by a stroke from Antonio Maldonado despite a four-over-par final round of 76. Gomez advanced to Nº 480.