Three tournaments back on 2017 European Tour schedule

Reuters: Three tournaments will return to the European Tour schedule in 2017.

The Open de Portugal is back after an absence of seven years and will be played at the Morgado Golf Resort in Portimao from May 11-14, the tour said in a news release on Tuesday.

The Rocco Forte Open is to be staged a week later, marking the tour’s return to Sicily for the first time since 2012.

The Andalusia Valderrama Masters in October goes back to the scene of the 1997 Ryder Cup, as well as the previous two editions of the tournament in 2010 and 2011.