2018 PGA Tour Latinoamérica

The 2018 PGA Tour Latinoamérica was the seventh season of PGA Tour Latinoamérica, the main professional golf tour in Latin America, operated and run by the PGA Tour.

2018 PGA Tour Latinoamérica season
DurationMarch 15, 2018 (2018-03-15) – December 2, 2018 (2018-12-02)
Number of official events15
Most wins Michael Buttacavoli (2)
Nico Echavarría (2)
Order of Merit Harry Higgs
← 2017
2019 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2018 season.[1]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(US$)		Winner[lower-alpha 1]OWGR
points
Mar 18Guatemala Stella Artois OpenGuatemala175,000 Ben Polland (1)6
Mar 25Abierto Mexicano de GolfMexico175,000 Austin Smotherman (1)6
Apr 15Abierto OSDE del CentroArgentina175,000 Cristóbal del Solar (1)6
Apr 23Molino Cañuelas ChampionshipArgentina175,000 Thomas Baik (1)6
May 6BMW Jamaica ClassicJamaica175,000 Michael Buttacavoli (3)6
May 13Costa Rica ClassicCosta Rica175,000 Tyson Alexander (1)6
May 20Puerto Plata Dominican Republic OpenDominican Republic175,000 Andrés Gallegos (1)6
Jun 3Quito OpenEcuador175,000 Horacio León (1)6
Jun 10Bupa Match PlayMexico125,000 Toni Hakula (1)6
Sep 16Sao Paulo Golf Club ChampionshipBrazil175,000 Nico Echavarría (1)6
Sep 23JHSF Aberto do BrasilBrazil175,000 Marcelo Rozo (3)6
Oct 7San Luis ChampionshipMexico175,000 Nico Echavarría (2)6
Oct 14Volvo Abierto de ChileChile175,000 Jared Wolfe (2)6
Oct 21Diners Club Peru OpenPeru175,000 Harry Higgs (1)6
Nov 11Neuquen Argentina ClassicArgentina175,000 Clodomiro Carranza (2)6
Nov 18Visa Open de ArgentinaArgentina175,000 Isidro Benítez (1)6
Dec 2Shell ChampionshipUnited States175,000 Michael Buttacavoli (4)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 15Go Vacaciones Cozumel CupMexico120,000PGA 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 2019 Korn Ferry Tour.[3]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1 Harry Higgs101,336
2 Nico Echavarría101,272
3 Michael Buttacavoli84,286
4 Austin Smotherman84,064
5 Marcelo Rozo83,989

Developmental Series
2018 PGA Tour Latinoamérica Developmental Series season
Duration14 December 2017 (2017-12-14) – 8 December 2018 (2018-12-08)
Number of official events14
Dev Series Final Alfredo Adrián Ploch
← 2017
2019 →

The 2018 PGA Tour Latinoamérica Developmental Series was the sixth 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 2018 season.[4]

DateTournamentHost countryPurseWinner[lower-alpha 2]Main
tour[lower-alpha 3]
Dec 17Abierto del CaribeColombiaCol$125,000,000 Santiago GómezCOL
Dec 17Copa Puro SinaloaMexicoMex$1,600,000 Sebastián VázquezGGPM
Jan 28Abierto del SurArgentinaArg$700,000 Ricardo GonzálezTPG
Feb 25Copa Tequila AzulejosMexicoMex$2,000,000 Rodolfo CazaubónGGPM
Apr 8Bosque Real ClassicMexicoMex$1,600,000 Gonzalo RubioGGPM
Apr 15Venezuela OpenVenezuelaUS$30,000 George Trujillo (1)
Apr 29Abierto NorpatagónicoArgentinaArg$700,000 Leandro MarelliTPG
Jun 16Abierto Termas de Río HondoArgentinaArg$1,000,000 Juan ÁlvarezTPG
Aug 20Abierto Club Campestre de MedellínColombiaCol$100,000,000 Nico EchavarríaCOL
Sep 9Abierto del Club Los LagartosColombiaCol$100,000,000 Manuel VillegasCOL
Sep 23Abierto de EcuadorEcuadorUS$35,000 Juan Moncayo (a) (1)
Sep 30Abierto Hacienda ChicureoChileUS$25,000 Felipe AguilarCHL
Nov 25Andrés Romero InvitationalArgentinaArg$500,000 Mito PereiraTPG
Dec 8Malinalco Classic Dev Series FinalMexicoUS$40,000 Alfredo Adrián Ploch (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 2019 PGA Tour Latinoamérica.[6]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Alfredo Adrián Ploch67-70-68-65=270−18
2 Nicholas Maruri70-67-66-68=271−17
3 Ryan Ruffels69-70-68-66=273−15
T4 Victor Lange67-71-68-68=274−14
Alejandro Villasana71-67-70-66=274

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; GGPM − Gira de Golf Profesional Mexicana; TPG − TPG Tour.

References
  1. "2018 Tournament Schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on December 17, 2018. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
  2. "2018 Order of Merit". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on December 20, 2018. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
  3. Wacker, Brian (December 3, 2018). "There isn't much glamour on the PGA Tour Latinoamerica. But there is plenty of hope". Golf Digest. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
  4. "2018 Dev Series schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 28, 2022. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
  5. "2018 Dev Series Final". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  6. "Alfredo Adrián Ploch vence al final del III Malinalco Classic" [Alfredo Adrián Ploch wins at the end of the III Malinalco Classic]. Golf Report Latino (in Spanish). December 8, 2018. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
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