Federação Portuguesa de Golfe

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Federação Portuguesa de Golfe
Founded 1949
Place of foundation Lisbon
president Manuel Agrellos
societies 146
Members 14094
Homepage www.fpg.pt

The Federação Portuguesa de Golfe ( FPG ) is the umbrella organization for golf in Portugal . The FPG is based in the Edifício Miraflores building in Miraflores, a town in the municipality of Algés in the Oeiras district , near the capital Lisbon .

The FPG belongs u. a. the International Pitch and Putt Association (IPPA), the European Golf Association (EGA), the Confederação do Desporto de Portugal and the Comité Olímpico de Portugal , the National Olympic Committee of Portugal.

Golf course in the Algarve

One of the most important golf tournaments in Portugal has been the Portugal Masters since 2007 , with prize money of two to three million euros, one of the more coveted tournaments on the PGA European Tour .

The association's training center, the Centro Nacional de Formação do Jamor (also Dring Range do Jamor , near the Estádio Nacional in Jamor), established in 1987, corresponds to the official performance centers of Portuguese sports associations, the Centros de Alto Rendimento (CAR).

Portugal has a large number of golf courses , in particular those in the Algarve and on the Azores and Madeira archipelagos . In 2014, twelve golf courses in Portugal were recertified by the United States Golf Association .

history

The first official golf club in Portugal was founded in Espinho in 1890 with the Oporto Niblicks Club (since 1900 Oporto Golf Club ). With the Lisbon Sports Club (1922), the Club de Golf de Miramar (1932) and the Club de Golf do Estoril (1945), further important golf clubs emerged in Portugal.

Ricardo Santos (won the Madeira Islands Open (European Tour) in 2012 and was awarded the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year )

In 1949, today's national golf association was founded with the Federação Portuguesa de Golfe (FPG).

The FPG moved into its first association-owned facilities in 1999 in Miraflores.

In 2009 the European Tour invited the FPG to apply for the Ryder Cup 2018, but in the end it was France.

The Penina Golf Resort in the Algarve

organization

structure

Manuel Agrellos has been president since 2000 . In addition to the association management with president and vice-president, the association has a general assembly ( Assembleia Geral ) and four other organs:

  • Conselho de Arbitragem (German: Arbitration Council)
  • Conselho Fiscal (German: Supervisory Board or Control Council)
  • Conselho de Justiça (German: Legal Counsel)
  • Conselho Disciplinar (German: Disciplinary Council)

There are also six specialist commissions:

  • Comissão de Campeonatos e Alto Rendimento (Commissions for Competitions and Competitive Sports)
  • Comissão de Estatuto Amador (Commission for Amateur Status)
  • Comissão de Formação, Investigação e Desenvolvimento (Training, Research and Development Commission)
  • Comissão de Golfe Adaptado (Committee for Disabled Golf )
  • Comissão de Handicaps e Course Rating (Commission for Handicaps and Course Rating )
  • Comissão de Revisão dos Regulamentos (Commission for the Regulations)

Sub-associations

  • Associação de Golfe do Norte de Portugal , the regional association for Northern Portugal
  • Associação de Golfe dos Açores , the regional association of the Azores
  • Associação Portuguesa de Árbitros de Golfe , the professional referee association
  • Associação Portuguesa de Greebkeepers , the association of Portuguese golf course attendants
  • Associação dos Gestores de Golfe de Portugal (GGP), the Association of Golf Managers of Portugal
  • Associação Nacional de Treinadores de Golfe , the national association of golf coaches
  • PGA Portugal , the Portuguese Professional Golfers Association (Association of Professional Golfers )
José-Filipe Lima, winner of the Saint-Omer Open (European Tour 2004)

President

  • 1951–1954: Ricardo Espirito Santo Silva
  • 1955–1962: António Mascarenhas de Menezes
  • 1962–1971: Visconde Perreira Machado
  • 1971–1976: Tito Jerónimo da Silva Lagos
  • 1977–1980: Fernando Costa Cabral
  • 1981-1984: José Holtreman Roquette
  • 1985-1998: Mario Marques Pinto
  • Since 2000: Manuel Agrellos

Members and finances

In 2014 the association had 14,094 registered members in its 146 member associations. Spatially, with 4,788 players were registered in the Faro district (Algarve), followed by the Lisbon district (3,731), Porto district (1,312), Setúbal district (948) and the Leiria district (683). Very few players are registered in the Guarda district, with just 14 members in registered clubs of the association.

FPG closed the 2014 financial year with a positive balance of € 14,695.43, after € 26,905.79 in the previous year. The income totaling € 1,710,456.26 was offset by expenses totaling € 1,695,760.83. Most of the income comes from association activities (approx. 1.2 million), public grants made up € 458,896.34.

Thus the situation of the association is financially relatively relaxed. With its balance sheet, the FPG stands in contrast to the generally difficult situation of most Portuguese sports associations, which are striving for increasing income and increased cost control with falling public subsidies, in a persistently difficult economic environment. The reason is the government's rigid austerity policy and the tense overall economic situation in Portugal as a result of the euro crisis .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Accountability report of the FPG ( Memento of the original from September 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , P. 42 (pdf), accessed on September 15, 2015  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / portal.fpg.pt
  2. ↑ Chronology of golf history ( Memento of the original from September 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the FPG website, accessed on September 15, 2015  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / portal.fpg.pt
  3. ↑ Annual report 2014 of the FPG ( Memento of the original from September 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , P. 17 (pdf) accessed on September 15, 2015  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / portal.fpg.pt
  4. ↑ Annual report 2014 of the FPG ( Memento of the original from September 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , P. 52f (pdf) accessed on September 15, 2015  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / portal.fpg.pt

Coordinates: 38 ° 42 ′ 40.2 "  N , 9 ° 13 ′ 40"  W.