2019 PGA Tour Latinoamérica

The 2019 PGA Tour Latinoamérica was the eighth season of PGA Tour Latinoamérica, the main professional golf tour in Latin America, operated and run by the PGA Tour.

2019 PGA Tour Latinoamérica season
DurationMarch 27, 2019 (2019-03-27) – December 8, 2019 (2019-12-08)
Number of official events16
Most wins Augusto Núñez (2)
Order of Merit Augusto Núñez
2018

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2019 season.[1]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(US$)
Winner[lower-alpha 1]OWGR
points
Mar 30Buenaventura Classic Panama175,000 Jared Wolfe (3)6
Apr 14Molino Cañuelas ChampionshipArgentina175,000 Andrés Echavarría (2)6
Apr 21Abierto de ChileChile175,000 John Somers (1)7
Apr 28Abierto OSDE del CentroArgentina175,000 Tom Whitney (1)6
May 5Puerto Plata OpenDominican Republic175,000 Cristóbal del Solar (2)6
May 19BMW Jamaica ClassicJamaica175,000 Evan Harmeling (1)6
May 26Abierto Mexicano de GolfMexico175,000 Drew Nesbitt (1)6
Jun 2Bupa Match PlayMexico125,000 Patrick Flavin (1)6
Sep 22São Paulo Golf Club ChampionshipBrazil175,000 Chandler Blanchet (1)6
Sep 29JHSF Aberto do BrasilBrazil175,000 Shad Tuten (1)6
Oct 6Banco del Pacifico OpenEcuador175,000 Augusto Núñez (2)6
Oct 20Diners Club Peru OpenPeru175,000 Leandro Marelli (1)6
Nov 3Termas de Río Hondo InvitationalArgentina175,000 Alejandro Tosti (1)6
Nov 10Neuquen Argentina ClassicArgentina175,000 Emilio Domínguez (1)6
Nov 17Visa Open de ArgentinaArgentina175,000 Ricardo Celia (1)6
Dec 8Shell ChampionshipUnited States175,000 Augusto Núñez (3)6

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 2020–21 Korn Ferry Tour.[3]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1 Augusto Núñez148,734
2 Tom Whitney86,860
3 Jared Wolfe83,250
4 Evan Harmeling70,789
5 John Somers69,099

Developmental Series

2019 PGA Tour Latinoamérica Developmental Series season
Duration24 January 2019 (2019-01-24) – 15 December 2019 (2019-12-15)
Number of official events16
Dev Series Final Franco Romero
2018

The 2019 PGA Tour Latinoamérica Developmental Series was the seventh 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 2019 season.[4]

DateTournamentHost countryPurseWinner[lower-alpha 2]Main
tour[lower-alpha 3]
Jan 27Abierto Rocas de Santo DomingoChileCLP$17,500,000 Mito PereiraCHL
Feb 17Abierto del SurArgentinaArg$900,000 Estanislao GoyaTPG
Mar 31Abierto NorpatagónicoArgentinaArg$900,000 Mateo Fernández de Oliveira (a)TPG
May 12Sheriff's InvitationalMexicoMex$3,000,000 Sebastián VázquezGGPM
May 26Abierto del NorteArgentinaArg$900,000 César CostillaTPG
Jun 15Abierto Termas de Río HondoArgentinaArg$1,300,000 Clodomiro CarranzaTPG
Jul 6Venezuela OpenVenezuelaUS$20,000 George Trujillo (2)
Jul 7Abierto Club Campestre de BucaramangaColombiaCol$80,000,000 Diego VanegasCOL
Jul 28Abierto Club El RodeoColombiaCol$80,000,000 Augusto NúñezCOL
Oct 13Abierto Hacienda ChicureoChileUS$25,000 Benjamín AlvaradoCHL
Oct 26Abierto del LitoralArgentinaArg$1,200,000 César CostillaTPG
Nov 10Abierto de EcuadorEcuadorUS$35,000 José Andrés Miranda (1)
Nov 24Amanali ClassicMexicoMex$1,600,000 Sebastián VázquezGGPM
Dec 1Andrés Romero InvitationalArgentinaArg$900,000 Emilio DomínguezTPG
Dec 8Copa Puro SinaloaMexicoMex$1,600,000 Juan Carlos BenítezGGPM
Dec 15Samsung Classic Dev Series FinalPeruUS$40,000 Franco Romero (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 six finishers in the Dev Series Final earned status to play on the 2020–21 PGA Tour Latinoamérica.[6]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Franco Romero62-66-73-71=272−16
2 Juan Pablo Luna71-71-65-65=272
3 César Costilla67-73-74-61=275−13
T4 Matt Hutchins69-73-69-68=279−9
José Andrés Miranda71-70-70-68=279
Eric Steger70-70-72-67=279

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 Korn Ferry 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. "2019 Tournament Schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on April 2, 2019. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
  2. "2019 Order of Merit". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on February 20, 2020. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
  3. "Núñez takes Order of Merit title as four others will join him on 2020 Korn Ferry Tour". PGA Tour. December 8, 2019. Archived from the original on March 11, 2022. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  4. "2019 Dev Series schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 28, 2022. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
  5. "2019 Dev Series Final". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
  6. "Romero gana la Copa Samsung en desempate" [Romero wins Samsung Cup in playoff]. Fairway Argentina (in Spanish). December 15, 2019. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
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