2004 Tour de las Américas

The 2004 Tour de las Américas, titled as the 2004 American Express Tour de las Américas for sponsorship reasons, was the 13th season of the Tour de las Américas (formerly the South American Tour), the main professional golf tour in Latin America since it was formed in 1991.

2004 Tour de las Américas season
Duration7 January 2004 (2004-01-07) – 12 December 2004 (2004-12-12)
Number of official events12
Order of Merit Rafael Gómez
2003
2005

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2004 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$)
Winner[lower-alpha 1] OWGR
points
Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]
10 JanCaribbean OpenBahamas40,000 Tim Conley (1)n/a
1 FebAbierto del SurArgentina50,000 Ángel Cabrera (4)n/aARG
15 FebSummit Panama MastersPanama100,000 Miguel Fernández (1)6CHA
22 FebCosta Rica OpenCosta Rica110,000 Alessandro Tadini (n/a)6CHA
29 FebAbierto TelefónicaGuatemala110,000 Daniel Vancsik (2)6CHA
21 MarAmerican Express Puerto Rico OpenPuerto Rico110,000 Rodolfo González (1)n/a
27 MarAmerican Express Dominican Republic OpenDominican Republic70,000 Wilfredo Morales (1)n/a
29 MayAcapulco FestMexico50,000 Rafael Ponce (1)n/a
6 JunCANTV Venezuela OpenVenezuela50,000 Miguel Martinez (1)n/a
28 NovAbierto Mexicano de GolfMexico300,000 Rafael Gómez (4)6CHA
5 DecPanasonic Panama OpenPanama200,000 Richard McEvoy (n/a)6CHA
12 DecTIM Peru OpenPeru168,000 Brad Sutterfield (n/a)6CHA

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the Tour de las Américas, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date Tournament Host country Purse
($)
Winner
3 Oct Paradise Village Nations Cup Mexico n/a Pablo del Olmo and
Alejandro Quiroz

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[3][2]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1 Rafael Gómez59,220
2 Rodolfo González41,030
3 Miguel Fernández28,462
4 Eduardo Argiró28,301
5 Mauricio Molina23,996

Notes

  1. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Tour de las Américas events they had won up to and including that tournament.
  2. ARG − Argentine Professional Golf Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour.

References

  1. "2004 Tournament schedule" (in Spanish). Tour de las Américas. Archived from the original on 4 January 2006. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  2. Norwood, Bev (2005). The World of Professional Golf 2005. IMG. pp. 164–166, 503–511. ISBN 1878843419. Retrieved 23 March 2024 via Archive.org.
  3. "2004 Order of Merit after Mexican Open". Tour de las Américas. Archived from the original on 29 December 2004. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
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