{"id":658523,"date":"2026-05-08T21:47:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T21:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/658523\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T21:47:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T21:47:44","slug":"portugal-premiere-of-porsche-golf-cup-world-final-thrills-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/658523\/","title":{"rendered":"Portugal premiere of Porsche Golf Cup World Final thrills Community"},"content":{"rendered":"


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06\/05\/2026<\/p>\n

The 2026\u00a0Porsche\u00a0Golf Cup World Final reached a special milestone with its tenth edition \u2013 and on new shores. After nine stagings in Mallorca, the season\u2019s finale of the exclusive amateur customer tournament series, which was inaugurated in 1988, is held for the first time in Portugal. The 71 finalists savoured high-class golf courses, a wide range of side events and the special Community spirit around Lisbon.<\/p>\n

At a glance<\/p>\n

\tTenth staging of the\u00a0Porsche\u00a0Golf Cup World Final takes the extraordinary golf and\u00a0Porsche\u00a0experience to Portugal for the first time.
\n\tPlayed around the Penha Longa Atlantic and Oitavos Dunes courses, one of the most successful international customer events of the\u00a0Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG\u00a0celebrates an atmosphere-laden season-ending tournament.
\n\tTeam Germany wins the World Final Team Trophy for the first time after a high-class competition.
\n\tThe top 71 golfers of the current\u00a0Porsche\u00a0Golf Cup season also enjoyed a wide variety of off-course side events together with the Community.
\n\tAbout 19,000\u00a0Porsche\u00a0customers competed worldwide in over 240 qualifying tournaments for a place in the 2026 World Final.<\/p>\n

The highlight of the\u00a0Porsche\u00a0Golf Cup season featured thrilling top-class golf, attractive\u00a0Porsche\u00a0moments, international encounters and atmosphere-laden evening events. A high-class competition for the overall titles at the World Final was served up by the international\u00a0Porsche\u00a0Golf Community around the tough Penha Longa Atlantic and Oitavos Dunes courses from 27 to 30 April. The title in the prestigious World Final Team Trophy was secured for the first time by Team Germany \u2013 a special winner of the tenth staging. The\u00a0Porsche\u00a0Golf Cup was launched in Germany in 1988 and has since become one of\u00a0Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG\u2019s\u00a0most successful international customer engagement initiatives.<\/p>\n

71 golfers advanced to the World Final after 240 worldwide qualifying tournaments contested by about 19,000 players in 20 markets. The winners were determined \u2013 using Stableford scoring \u2013 in the World Final Team Trophy and in five individual classes (gross women and men plus three mixed net classes). \u201cOur\u00a0Porsche\u00a0Golf Cups are more than a tournament \u2013 they are the expression of a worldwide Golf Circle community. When we come together at the World Final, it\u2019s not just about competition; it\u2019s about creating lasting memories and building connections that extend far beyond the course,\u201d says Carolin Kunz, Global Community Management of the\u00a0Porsche AG.<\/p>\n


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Team Germany, winner of the World Final Team Trophy, with their team captains and Carolin Kunz, Porsche AG (l)<\/p>\n

In the 2026\u00a0Porsche\u00a0Golf Cup World Final team event, Team Germany finished first ahead of Team Chinese Taipei and Team Mexico and was, like all podium placers, honoured at a festive gala on the concluding evening. The gross classes were won by Charlotte Wille (Team Germany; HCP 3.9) in the women\u2019s and Claes Nilsson (Team Sweden, HCP -1.6) in the men\u2019s after posting a 3-under-par score on the first day in Penha Longa. The net classes went to Ke Ma (Team China, Net A), Juan Manuel Ortega Valles (Team Mexico, Net B) and Benjamin Levieux (Team Belgium, Net C).<\/p>\n


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Winners Road to World Final Challenge<\/p>\n

\u201cThe\u00a0Porsche\u00a0Golf Cup World Final was an incredibly beautiful experience. We, Team Germany, only qualified about three weeks ago and it\u2019s sensational that we\u2019re now standing here as winners. The team spirit was incredible and kept me motivated to give it my all the whole time. I\u2019m grateful to all the wonderful people from all over the world whom I had the chance to meet,\u201d says the two-fold victor Charlotte Wille. Gross winner Claes Nilsson added: \u201cI was truly impressed by the whole event \u2013 a fantastic experience from start to finish. Penha Longa is a beautiful and challenging course, and I felt very confident on the greens throughout the round. I am especially happy to have won the gross prize. It\u2019s a special memory I\u2019ll carry with me for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n


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Winner Gross Ladies Charlotte Wille<\/p>\n

At the 2026 World Final, the finalists once again had the chance of winning a special hole-in-one prize. The reward for a dream shot on the Penha Longa Atlantic Course\u2019s 15th hole and the Oitavos Dunes\u2019 12th: six months driving the new\u00a0Porsche\u00a0Cayenne Electric. None of the participants however managed an ace over the two rounds. Another exclusive prize went to the World Final Team Trophy victors. The four Team Germany members each received a limited-edition\u00a0Porsche Design\u00a0Chronograph 1 All Titanium. Overjoyed winners were also produced by the Road to World Final Challenge \u2013 victory in the digital competition recognising the commitment of the participants before and during the World Final by awarding points was shared by the Australian and Austrian teams.<\/p>\n


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Porsche hole-in-one prize Oitavos Dunes with Winner Gross Men Claes Nilsson<\/p>\n

There was not only joy amongst the top three in each class. The powerful spirit at the World Final was prevalent amongst the circle of 154 guests including accompanying persons and team captains irrespective of golfing success in, amongst other places, the World Final Players\u2019 Lounge located at the Penha Longa Resort. The lounge served as the central meeting point during the whole event and offered participants the opportunity to get together in between the tournament rounds. A wide range of activities was also the order of the day for the accompanying persons \u2013 including their own tournament around the Penha Longa Atlantic Course and the chance to test drive the new\u00a0Porsche\u00a0Cayenne Electric when touring the Portuguese Riviera along winding coastal roads and through picturesque towns and villages.<\/p>\n


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Porsche Cayenne Electric Roadtour<\/p>\n

2026 Porsche Golf Cup World Final \u2013 winners and placings<\/p>\n

World Final Team Trophy:
1. Team Germany
2. Team Chinese Taipei
3. Team Mexico<\/p>\n

Individual:
\u2013 Gross women:
1. Charlotte Wille, Team Germany
2. Xiaobei Yuan, Team China
3. Pascale Gautron, Team France<\/p>\n

\u2013 Gross men:
1. Claes Nilsson, Team Sweden
2. Seiya Nagakura, Team Japan
3. Jan-Phillip Heyen, Team Germany<\/p>\n

\u2013 Net A mixed (HCP -3 \u2013 6.7):
1. Ke Ma, Team China
2. Jaroslaw Klicki, Team Poland
3. Martin Tschurtschenthaler, Team Italy<\/p>\n

\u2013 Net B mixed (HCP 6.8 \u2013 17.9):
1. Juan Manuel Ortega Valles, Team Mexico
2. Henrik Jansson, Team Sweden
3. Hao-Jan Chang, Team Chinese Taipei<\/p>\n

\u2013 Net C mixed (HCP 18.0 \u2013 28.0):
1. Benjamin Levieux, Team Belgium
2. Gerd Hofele, Team Germany
3. Nicoletta Ricci, Team Italy<\/p>\n


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Porsche in golf<\/p>\n

Porsche has been engaged in golf since 1988 through the\u00a0Porsche\u00a0Golf Cup, a successful international customer event welcoming more than 19,000 participants from roughly 240 qualifying tournaments worldwide. Launched in 2017, the\u00a0Porsche\u00a0Golf Circle extends this legacy by offering exclusive golf and professional sporting experiences for\u00a0Porsche enthusiasts.\u00a0Porsche\u00a0entered professional golf in 2015 as title sponsor of the prestigious\u00a0Porsche\u00a0European Open on the DP World Tour, later strengthening its international commitment as title partner of the\u00a0Porsche\u00a0Singapore Classic through 2025. Additionally,\u00a0Porsche\u00a0is official car partner of the Omega European Masters in Switzerland since 2019. As part of its internationalisation strategy,\u00a0Porsche\u00a0became involved in women\u2019s professional golf for the first time in 2024 as the Automotive and Mobility Partner of The Amundi Evian Championship. The only major played in Continental Europe is regarded as one of the most prestigious tournaments in women\u2019s golf.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"06\/05\/2026 The 2026\u00a0Porsche\u00a0Golf Cup World Final reached a special milestone with its tenth edition \u2013 and on new…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":658524,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-658523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658523\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/658524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}