2016 PGA Tour Latinoamérica

The 2016 PGA Tour Latinoamérica was the fifth season of PGA Tour Latinoamérica, the main professional golf tour in Latin America, operated and run by the PGA Tour.

2016 PGA Tour Latinoamérica season
DurationFebruary 25, 2016 (2016-02-25) – December 4, 2016 (2016-12-04)
Number of official events18
Most wins Nate Lashley (3)
Order of Merit Nate Lashley
2015
2017

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2016 season.[1]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(US$)
Winner[lower-alpha 1]OWGR
points
Feb 28Avianca Colombia OpenColombia175,000 Justin Hueber (2)6
Mar 20Lexus Panama ClassicPanama175,000 Derek Rende (1)6
Apr 17Abierto del CentroArgentina175,000 Anthony Paolucci (1)6
Apr 24Guatemala Stella Artois OpenGuatemala175,000 John Young Kim (1)6
May 8Honduras OpenHonduras175,000 Sam Fidone (1)6
May 14Casa de Campo Dominican Republic OpenDominican Republic175,000 Timothy O'Neal (3)6
May 22Mexico OpenMexico175,000 Sebastián Vázquez (2)6
May 29Mazatlán OpenMexico175,000 Martin Trainer (1)6
Sep 4Flor de Caña OpenNicaragua175,000 Augusto Núñez (1)6
Sep 11San Luis ChampionshipMexico175,000 Nate Lashley (1)6
Sep 18Copa Diners Club InternationalEcuador175,000 Nate Lashley (2)6
Sep 25Aberto do BrasilBrazil175,000 Jorge Fernández-Valdés (3)6
Oct 16Roberto De Vicenzo Punta del Este Open Copa NECUruguay175,000 Mito Pereira (1)6
Oct 23Lexus Peru OpenPeru175,000 Tyler McCumber (3)6
Oct 30Colombia ClassicColombia175,000 Andrés Echavarría (1)6
Nov 13Argentina ClassicArgentina175,000 Samuel Del Val (1)6
Nov 20Visa Open de ArgentinaArgentina175,000 Kent Bulle (2)7
Dec 4Shell ChampionshipUnited States175,000 Nate Lashley (3)6

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour Latinoamérica, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
($)
WinnerOWGR
points
Dec 17Aruba CupAruba120,000PGA Tour Latinoamérican/a

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[2] The top five players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2017 Web.com Tour.[3]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1 Nate Lashley140,897
2 Augusto Núñez121,373
3 Mito Pereira104,784
4 Emilio Domínguez82,404
5 Samuel Del Val80,547

Developmental Series

2016 PGA Tour Latinoamérica Developmental Series season
Duration11 February 2016 (2016-02-11) – 10 December 2016 (2016-12-10)
Number of official events13
Dev Series Final Marcelo Rozo
2015
2017

The 2016 PGA Tour Latinoamérica Developmental Series was the fourth season of the PGA Tour Latinoamérica Developmental Series, the official development tour to the PGA Tour Latinoamérica between 2013 and 2023.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2016 season.[4]

DateTournamentHost countryPurseWinner[lower-alpha 2]Main
tour[lower-alpha 3]
Feb 14Abierto del SurArgentinaArg$550,000 Francisco BidéTPG
Apr 10Abierto NorpatagónicoArgentinaArg$550,000 Sebastián SaavedraTPG
Apr 17Venezuela OpenVenezuelaUS$30,000 Denis Meneghini (2)
May 29Abierto del CarmelColombiaCol$90,000,000 Jesús RivasCOL
Aug 21Abierto del ParaguayParaguayUS$40,000 Horacio León (1)
Aug 21Abierto Campestre de MedellínColombiaCol$90,000,000 Santiago TobónCOL
Oct 9Bolivia Open MitsubaBoliviaUS$50,000 Sebastian MacLean (2)
Oct 22Abierto de Valle ArribaVenezuelaUS$30,000 Otto Solís (1)
Oct 23Abierto de SerrezuelaColombiaCol$70,000,000 Ómar BeltránCOL
Nov 27Abierto del LitoralArgentinaArg$550,000 Thomas BaikTPG
Dec 4Abierto de ChileChileUS$40,000 Felipe AguilarCHL
Dec 4Andrés Romero InvitationalArgentinaArg$500,000 Fabián GómezTPG
Dec 10Malinalco Classic Dev Series FinalMexicoUS$40,000 Marcelo Rozo (1)

Dev Series Final

The Dev Series Final was made up of the top-five finishers of each tournament during the season.[5] The top five finishers in the Dev Series Final earned status to play on the 2017 PGA Tour Latinoamérica.[6]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Marcelo Rozo66-70-71-69=276−12
2 Eric Sugimoto69-68-68-71=276
T3 Nico Echavarría (a)64-70-71-73=279−9
Julián Lerda68-66-69-76=279
5 Brad Brunner72-73-69-66=280−8

See also

Notes

  1. The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour Latinoamérica events they had won up to and including that tournament. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the PGA Tour Latinoamérica as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the Web.com Tour.
  2. The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour Latinoamérica Developmental Series events they had won up to and including that tournament. As most Developmental Series events are incorporated from regional tour schedules, details of these wins are displayed there instead.
  3. CHL − Chilean Tour; COL − Colombian Tour; TPG − TPG Tour.

References

  1. "2016 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on November 8, 2016. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  2. "2016 Order of Merit". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on December 6, 2016. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  3. "Lashley domina en Miami y se proclama Jugador del Año" [Lashley dominates in Miami and is proclaimed Player of the Year] (in Spanish). PGA Tour. Archived from the original on March 18, 2017. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  4. "2016 Calendar". PGA Tour. March 2, 2016. Archived from the original on October 27, 2022. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  5. "2016 Dev Series Final". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  6. "Marcelo Rozo se impone en desempate por el Malinalco Classic" [Marcelo Rozo wins in playoff for the Malinalco Classic]. Fairway Argentina (in Spanish). December 10, 2016. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
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