Portugal is one of the Bidding nations for 2018 Ryder Cup

 1^st of March 2010

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Jorge Sampaio, former Portugal's President and Manuel Pinho, former Minister of Portugal Economy will be the faces of the Portuguese application for the organization of the 2018 Ryder Cup in golf, the third most competitive sport in the world media after the Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup.

The choice of country-organizer of the event will be announced by the Ryder Cup Europe in 2011, with the candidates to submit the specifications of the application until next April.

Manuel Pinto, who as Minister of Economy issued the challenge of running the Ryder Cup in June 2009, heads the executive committee of the event, which honors committee is chaired by Jorge Sampaio, practitioner of the sport, as the former owner of the folder Economy.

In addition to Portugal, contributing to the test France, Germany, Spain, Netherlands and Sweden undertook to promote the winner for 12 years, throughout the country, professional tournaments of the European circuit, Senior and Challenge.

If Portugal wins the nomination the investments that will perform will be 12 million per year, co-funded by Ryder Cup Europe, which owns the commercial rights of the race, Turismo de Portugal and private partners in plots to be defined.

The costs of the golf course official Ryder Cup 2018, not yet chosen, will be covered solely by private developers.

The economic impact of the Ryder Cup in 2006 was 240 million, race televised in 500 million homes in 180 countries. The organization estimates that the Ryder Cup will bring Portugal 150 thousand visitors, two thousand journalists from around the world and sell 300 thousand tickets during the seven days of competition.

The organization of the 2018 Ryder Cup is presented as a catalyst to promote Portugal as a leader in the tourism industry and the world of golf, that initiative has the support of Turismo de Portugal, together with the Federation of Golf is to tap the event to bring the sport to all regions of the country.

Europe-US Confrontation
The mild climate throughout the year and the promise of discontinuity of the international tournaments of Minho to the Algarve and Islands are two of the gains of the Portuguese application for the remaining countries in the race for Ryder Cup 2018.

The next Ryder Cup takes place between 1 and 3 October at the Celtic Manor Resort in Wales and is already the tickets available to the public lover of the sport www.rydercup.com / tickets.

The Ryder Cup is a four-year rolling competition, confronting the selections from Europe and the United States since 1927, and for various reasons has become an event of great importance and impact of media and sports.

Portugal, where three tournaments are on The 2009 European Tour International Schedule including the Portugal Masters at Oceânico Victoria Golf Course in Vilamoura from October 15-18, will have hosted 59 European Tour, ten European Challenge Tour and ten European Senior Tour events by the end of this season. Daniel Silva is the one Portuguese player by birth to have won on The European Tour while José-Filipe Lima has taken Portuguese nationality since his win in 2004.

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