Great start for Adam Svensson at the Barbasol Championhsip. In the US, after the first round of the tournament organized in combination by PGA Tour and DP World Tour, the Canadian leads the ranking with a score of 62 (-10), the result of two eagles, seven birdies and a bogey. In Nicholasville (Kentucky), the 28-year-old from Surrey boasts two shots clear of Portuguese Ricardo Gouveia and Frenchman Robin Roussel, both 2 / i with 64 (-8).
Adam Svensson, statementsThe only blue in the race, on the course of the Keene Trace Golf Club (par 72) Renato Paratore's test did not start at its best, only 144 / o with 75 (+3). An eagle, two birdies, two bogeys, a double and a triple bogey for the swinging Roman.
The third player in the history of the competition to register this run in the first 18 holes - before him there were Troy Merritt in 2018 and James Tyree Poston in 2019 -, the 28-year-old Svensson chases his first career success in an event (which puts up for grabs 3,700,000 dollars) by PGA Tour and DP World Tour, after the three collected on the Korn Ferry Tour, the second American men's circuit. Short ranking in the United States, where eight competitors are in 4th place with 65 (-7), including Colombian Camilo Villegas and German Matti Schmid.
Ricardo Maria de Brito e Cunha de Mello Gouveia (born 6 August 1991 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese professional golfer.
Ricardo Maria de Brito e Cunha de Mello Gouveia was born on August 6, 1991, in Lisbon.
Son of Tomás Vieira da Cruz de Mello Gouveia (April 6, 1961), great-grandson of a first cousin of the 1st Viscount of Miranda do Corvo, great-great-nephew of the 1st Count of Penha Longa and 1st Viscount of Gandarinha and of the father of the 2nd Viscount of Olivais jure uxoris and 1st Count of Olivais, these paternal uncles of the deputy[need to clarify] Licínio Pinto Leite, and of his wife (29 September 1990) Maria Teresa Pablos de Brito e Cunha (November 14, 1967), great-granddaughter of a Spaniard and great-granddaughter of a Sephardic Jew, great-granddaughter of the 1st Count of Vilas Boas and great-niece of the 1st Viscount of São Torquato.
He grew up playing at the same club as Ricardo Santos (Clube de Golfe de Vilamoura) which Melo Gouveia considered "a good inspiration".
Ricardo Melo Gouveia turned professional in the sport in 2014.
Winner of the European Challenge Tour in 2015 (Road to Oman), he was the first Portuguese to win the second European golf league.
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