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 October are listed below.

Bjorn Olsson - Carol McMeekin - Clive Jones - Emon Maher - Gareth Evans - Michael Walpole - Mel Huxtable - Samuel Madeira - Shay Daly - Stuart Russell

General News
The winner of the Portuguese Masters held on the Victoria Course at Vilamoura was Lee Westwood. Some very good strokes at the end of the final round brought an end to his drought of wins on the European Tour. His final round brought his total under par of 23 strokes. In second place came Francesco Molinari of Italy ending two shots off the pace after having been the leader for the first two rounds of play.

Speaking to reporters after the prize ceremony  Westwood praised the support from the crowd which was the largest yet recorded in Portugal for an international golf event. He added that it was great to win after two years and he looked forward to the rest of the season. Referring to his "miracle putt" on the 17th hole with a difficult chip of about 35 yards from behind dense trees and ending in the hole, he said, "I can not think I have ever played a better chip and I do not want to play one again. Looking through the trees I could see water, no, it was not a very good lie".

The 32º Open Tap Golf Tournament took place over four courses, the new O'Connor, Penina, Morgado and Salgados, all in the western part of the Algarve. A total of 210 players representing some 16 countries participated in this annual event. The winner was Portuguese Bernardo Penaforte with a 286 net, and in second place was Victor Oliveira with 288 net. The Ladies section was won by Clara Fosse with 305 net followed by Manuela Silva with 310 net. International News Rory McIlroy recaptured his place at the top of The Race to Dubai after finishing runner-up behind Gregory Bourdy at last week’s UBS Hong Kong Open – his 13th top ten finish of a stunning season. The Northern Irish starlet had been overtaken by Lee Westwood after the latter’s victory at the Portugal Masters, but after the Englishman could only manage 54th place at the Hong Kong Golf Club, McIlroy took advantage to grab the top spot with just one event of the season remaining. If McIlroy, who took his season’s earnings to €2,538,449, were to win the Dubai World Championship presented by: DP World, he would become the second youngest player behind the great Seve Ballesteros to top The European Tour Money List. But with just €128,172 currently separating him and Westwood in second place, a win for the latter would also see him finish as Europe’s Number One for the second time. The only other men who could win The Race to Dubai are Germany’s Martin Kaymer and England’s Ross Fisher, who fill the third and fourth places with respective earnings of €2,332,544 and €2,105,047.

A third place finish at the season-ending OKI Castellon Senior Tour Championship saw Scotland’s Sam Torrance to secure a third Senior Tour Order of Merit Crown. Torrance produced a final round of 69 at the last event of the 2009 season to take third place behind Mike Harwood and Angel Franco at the Club de Campo del Mediterráneo and secure the €30,000 he required to leap-frog Ian Woosnam at the top of the final Order of Merit. Torrance finished the year with earnings of €170,695, with Woosnam taking second place on €167,315. England’s Carl Mason took third place on the Order of Merit with €157,917.

Simon Dyson shot a superb final round of 66 over the Old Course and secured victory at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St Andrews. The 31-year-old's win was his second on The European Tour this year at the event which went into a fifth day because of Saturday's high winds. Dyson jumped into the World Top 50 with a 48 place jump to No 44.

Matt Kuchar parred the sixth extra hole to beat Vaughn Taylor in a play-off and win the Turning Stone Resort Championship in New York. The two Americans had to return to the course on Monday morning after bad light ended their play-off after two extra holes on Sunday evening. This win took Kuchar to Nº 56, up 42 places while Taylor became the new World Nº 206, up exactly 100 places.

Ryo Ishikawa birdied his last two holes to snatch victory at the Tokai Classic with a one-stroke victory over Takeshi Kajikawa on the Sunday. The 18-year-old carded a three-under-par 69 for a four-day total of 14-under 274 which secured his fourth Japan Tour title of the year taking him to Nº 43, up 7 places.
This week's other winners were Jerod Turner at the Soboba Classic on the Nationwide Tour, Lin Wen-Tang at the Mercuries Taiwan Masters on the Asian Tour, Jose-Filipe Lima at the ECCO Tour Championship on the Challenge Tour and James Hahn at the Riviera Nayarit Classic on the Canadian Tour.

Ross McGowan saw off a spirited challenge from Mikko Ilonen to win the Madrid Masters and take his first European Tour title by three shots. McGowan started the day seven clear after his sparkling third round 60 at Centro Nacional. At one point during the final round Ilonen closed within two strokes but a birdie on 15 for McGowan followed by three pars secured the title by three for the Englishman. Theis win took McGowan up to Nº 116, an improvement of 61 places.

Yuta Ikeda shot a final round of 64 at Totsuka Country Club to win the Canon Open on the Japan Golf Tour by four shots. The 23-year-old sank six birdies over the front nine and eight overall in a bogey-free round to overhaul overnight leader Keinchi Kuboya's three-stroke advantage. Ikeda posted a total of 16-under to win the event, which was shortened to 54 holes following a typhoon on Thursday, and claim his third title of the season. The win took him into the World Top 50 with a 25 place jump to  Nº 47.
This week's other winners were Chris Baryla at the Chattanooga Classic presented by Black Creek on the Nationwide Tour, C. Muniyappa at the Hero Honda Indian Open on the Asian Tour and John Parry at the ALLIANZ Open de Toulouse on the Challenge Tour.

Scotland's Martin Laird prevailed in a three-way play-off to claim his first PGA Tour win at the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas. Laird moved into a play-off with George McNeill and Chad Campbell after the trio finished the final round locked together on 19 under par, and it was the Scot having earlier shot a final-round 68, who won on the third extra hole. Laird moved to Nº 108, an improvement of 129 places.

Ryuichi Oda claimed his first career title in the Japan Open as he came out on top of a three-way play-off. The 32-year-old birdied the 18th for a five-under-par final-round score of 67, meaning he joined Ryo Ishikawa and veteran Yasuharu Imano in a play-off at the Musashi Country Club. There Oda held his nerve to birdie the second play-off hole with Ishikawa and Imano managing only to make par. The win took Oda to Nº 167 a leap of 262 places.

This week's other winners were Chad Collins at the Miccosukee Championship on the Nationwide Tour and Liang Wen-Chong at the Midea China Classic on the OneAsia Tour.

Troy Matteson claimed his second PGA Tour title at the Frys.com Open with a birdie at the second playoff hole to beat Tour young Jamie Lovemark and Rickie Fowler. Matteson had looked in control going into Sunday after a pair of 61s in rounds two and three set a Tour record for the lowest consecutive scores and left him with a three shot lead. However, with bogeys on the final two holes Matteson was forced to try and claim victory under the pressure of a playoff. The win saw Matteson climb to Nº 166 with a jump of 122 places.

Michael Jonzon holed a dramatic 18 foot birdie putt on the last to claim a one shot victory over Martin Kaymer at the CASTELLÓ MASTERS Costa Azahar. Jonzon had looked like winning comfortably but three late dropped shots left him tied with Kaymer on the last green, with the German less than ten feet away for birdie. However when the Swede holed and Kaymer missed to tie, Jonzon found himself victorious for the first time in 12 years. The win sees Jonzon jump up 250 places to Nº232.

Yuta Ikeda shot a final round 65 to head a congested leader board at the Bridgestone Open and take a two shot victory over Kenichi Kuboya. He had trailed by two going into Sunday, but his final round birdie blitz allowed him a bogey at 17 and still claim a comfortable victory. The win is Ikeda’s fourth this year on the Japan Golf Tour and saw him rise 11 places on the Ranking to Nº35.

KJ Choi was victorious on his return to Asian soil with a dominant four stroke victory at the rain shortened Iskandar Johor Open. Rain had disrupted the tournament throughout but could not dampen the play of Choi who shot a third and final round 64 to recapture the form he has shown in previous years. Choi had fallen down the rankings this year, but with this win he is once again heading in the right direction as he climbed 12 places to Nº 73.

Matt Every won his first Nationwide Tour event at the Nationwide Tour Championship and in doing so claimed his PGA Tour card for the 2010 season. He shot a final round of 67 to win by three from Australian Michael Sim, who has won three times this year himself in a dominant season on the Nationwide Tour. The win saw Every climb from Nº 49 to Nº 10 on the Nationwide money list, and from Nº 511 to Nº 275 on the Official World Golf Ranking.

Edoardo Molinari continued his outstanding form in 2009 with a one shot victory at the Italian Federation Cup over third round leader Nicolas Colsaerts. The Italian thrilled his home support when he holed a twisting 30 foot birdie putt on the last which turned out to be the winning stroke when Colsaerts bogeyed 18. The win is Molinari’s third on the Challenge Tour this year and sees his dominating Challenge Tour Rankings lead increase ever further. Molinari’s continued success now sees him ranked 84th on the Ranking, having started 2009 at 653rd.