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Sullivan bids to repeat success in Portugal
Andy Sullivan feels the Victoria Clube de Golfe in Vilamoura could offer up another chance of some low scoring as he prepares to defend his Portugal Masters title.
The 29-year-old Ryder Cup player secured victory by a tournamentrecord nine shots last year for 23-under-par.
Although some 17 players have shot 60 on the European Tour, including Darren Clarke twice, no-one has been able to post 59.
With 32 rounds of 64 or less in Vilamoura over the past three years, the opportunity to create history is certainly there.
“It’s going to be mega tough to go out there and win, let alone win by nine, so my goal is just to go out there and continue playing the way I am and hopefully the putter gets warm,” Sullivan said on www.europeantour.com.
“It’ s been cold the last fewweeks. It would be nice to get the putter going. Things like that start happening, I feel like I can find the form that got me to the victory last year .”
Sullivan will be joined by Swede Alex Noren, winner of the British Masters, and Thomas Pieters, who impressed on his Ryder Cup debut, for the first two rounds
The event is the last chance for players to keep their European Tour cards for next season, by finishing in the top 111.