2012 Tour de las Américas

2012 Tour de las Américas season
Duration15 March 2012 (2012-03-15) – 3 June 2012 (2012-06-03)
Number of official events6
Most winsParaguay Marco Ruiz (2)
Order of MeritParaguay Marco Ruiz
← 2011

The 2012 Tour de las Américas was the 21st and final 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.

Final season

The 2012 season proved to be the last season of the Tour de las Américas, as it was superseded by PGA Tour Latinoamérica, which began in September 2012.[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2012 season.[2]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$) 		Winner[a] OWGR
points 		Other
tours[b]
18 Mar Abierto de Golf Los Lirios Chile 40,000 Argentina Julián Etulain (4) 6
25 Mar International Open La Vitalicia Venezuela 120,000 Colombia Rafael Romero (1) 6
15 Apr Abierto del Centro Argentina Arg$350,000 Argentina César Costilla (3) 6 TPG
19 May Abierto del Nordeste Argentina Arg$280,000 Argentina Luciano Dodda (2) 6 TPG
27 May Televisa TLA Players Championship Mexico 70,000 Paraguay Marco Ruiz (3) n/a
3 Jun Taca Airlines Open Peru 50,000 Paraguay Marco Ruiz (4) 6

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
($)		 Winners OWGR
points
30 Mar Challenge Latinoamericano Copa La Vitalicia Venezuela 64,000 Team Venezuela n/a

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[3][4] The top 10 players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2012 PGA Tour Latinoamérica.[4]

Position Player Points
1 Paraguay Marco Ruiz 26,884
2 Colombia Rafael Romero 22,060
3 Puerto Rico Rafael Campos 17,588
4 Argentina Julián Etulain 16,258
5 Argentina Daniel Barbetti 13,574

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. ^ TPG − TPG Tour.

References

  1. ^ "PGA Tour Latinoamérica to launch in 2012". PGA Tour. 20 October 2011. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  2. ^ "2012 Tournament schedule" (in Spanish). Tour de las Américas. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  3. ^ "2012 Order of Merit" (in Spanish). Tour de las Américas. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  4. ^ a b Villalobos, Gregory (3 June 2012). "Marco Ruiz fue la estrella en el cierre del Tour de las Américas" [Marco Ruiz was the star at the end of the Tour de las Américas]. Crónica Golf (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 March 2024. Con Ruiz a la cabeza, el grupo de diez jugadores que por medio de la Orden de Mérito del TLA 2012 aseguraron hoy el derecho a jugar la temporada inaugural del PGA Tour Latinoamérica lo completan en el orden en que se clasificaron: Rafael Campos (PR), Jesús Amaya (COL), Julio Zapata (ARG), Ariel Cañete (ARG), Mauricio Azcué (MEX), Tommy Cocha (ARG), Nicolás Geyger (CHI), Clodomiro Carranza (ARG) y Otto Solís (VEN). [With Ruiz at the helm, the group of ten players who through the 2012 TLA Order of Merit secured the right to play the inaugural season of PGA Tour Latinoamérica is completed in the order in which they qualified: Rafael Campos (PR), Jesús Amaya (COL), Julio Zapata (ARG), Ariel Cañete (ARG), Mauricio Azcué (MEX), Tommy Cocha (ARG), Nicolás Geyger (CHI), Clodomiro Carranza (ARG) and Otto Solís (VEN).]