LONDON, March 9 (Reuters) - Next month’s Portuguese Open has been pushed back until June, the European Tour said in a news release on Tuesday.

The Estoril tournament was originally due to be held between April 1-4 but has now been switched to June 10-13, the week previously occupied by the Austrian Open which has been moved to Sept. 16-19.

“The opportunity to move … to a new summer date has been welcomed by all parties and will showcase (the) Penha Longa (course) and the Estoril region in the height of the golfing summer,” said the tour’s chief operating officer Keith Waters.

(Writing by Tony Jimenez, editing by Justin Palmer; To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)

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