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Thu 03 Mar 2009McGrane heads up five-strong challenge
THIS MORNING players take to a new European Tour venue, Porto Santo, for the Madeira Islands Open BPI-Portugal. For the first time it is not being staged on Madeira, but on its neighbouring island at a new Seve Ballesteros-designed course.
In its own tourist literature Porto Santo is described as “one long beach with a bit of an island attached”. It has a permanent population of only around 5,000 and is less than eight miles long and four miles across at its widest point.
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