2014 PGA Tour Latinoamérica

2014 PGA Tour Latinoamérica season
DurationFebruary 20, 2014 (2014-02-20) – December 7, 2014 (2014-12-07)
Number of official events17
Most winsArgentina Julián Etulain (2)
United States Tyler McCumber (2)
Order of MeritArgentina Julián Etulain
← 2013
2015 →

The 2014 PGA Tour Latinoamérica was the third season of PGA Tour Latinoamérica, the main professional golf tour in Latin America, operated and run by the PGA Tour.

Schedule changes

The number of tournaments increased from 14 to 18. Events that were added to the schedule included; the Stella Artois Open, Lexus Panama Classic, Ecuador Open, TransAmerican Power Products CRV Mazatlán Open and the Bridgestone America's Golf Cup. The Puerto Rico Classic was dropped from the schedule having previously been played in both the 2012 and 2013 seasons.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2014 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$)		 Winner[a] OWGR
points
Feb 23 Arturo Calle Colombian Open Colombia 150,000 Colombia David Vanegas (1) 6
Mar 23 TransAmerican Power Products CRV Open Mexico 150,000 Colombia Marcelo Rozo (2) 6
Mar 30 Stella Artois Open Guatemala 150,000 Mexico Armando Favela (1) 6
Apr 6 Mundo Maya Open Mexico 150,000 United States Daniel Mazziotta (1) 6
Apr 20 Abierto del Centro Argentina 150,000 United States William Kropp (1) 6
Apr 27 Roberto De Vicenzo Invitational Copa NEC Uruguay 150,000 United States Ty Capps (1) 6
May 18 Dominican Republic Open Dominican Republic 150,000 United States Michael Buttacavoli (1) 6
May 25 Lexus Panama Classic Panama 150,000 Argentina Julián Etulain (2) 6
Sep 28 Ecuador Open Ecuador 150,000 United States Tyler McCumber (1) 6
Oct 5 Arturo Calle Colombian Classic Colombia 150,000 United States Nicholas Lindheim (1) 6
Oct 12 TransAmerican Power Products CRV Mazatlán Open Mexico 150,000 United States Tyler McCumber (2) 6
Oct 19 TransAmerican Power Products CRV Mexico Open Mexico 150,000 Colombia Óscar David Álvarez (1) 6
Nov 2 Lexus Peru Open Peru 150,000 Argentina Julián Etulain (3) 6
Nov 9 Aberto do Brasil Brazil 150,000 Brazil Rafael Becker (1) 6
Nov 16 Hyundai - BBVA Abierto de Chile Chile 150,000 Argentina Jorge Fernández-Valdés (2) 6
Dec 1 Personal Classic Argentina 150,000 Argentina Fabián Gómez (2) 6
Dec 7 Visa Open de Argentina Argentina 150,000 Argentina Emiliano Grillo (1) 8

Unofficial events

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

Date Tournament Host country Purse
($)		 Winners OWGR
points
Oct 26 Bridgestone America's Golf Cup Argentina 600,000 Argentina Emilio Domínguez and
Argentina Rafael Echenique		 n/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 2015 Web.com Tour.[3]

Position Player Prize money ($)
1 Argentina Julián Etulain 92,394
2 Colombia Marcelo Rozo 89,117
3 United States Tyler McCumber 86,164
4 United States Brad Hopfinger 68,719
5 Argentina Jorge Fernández-Valdés 67,523

Developmental Series

2014 PGA Tour Latinoamérica Developmental Series season
Duration8 January 2014 (2014-01-08) – 18 January 2015 (2015-01-18)
Number of official events12
Dev Series FinalColombia Jesús Rivas
← 2013
2015 →

The 2014 PGA Tour Latinoamérica Developmental Series was the second 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 2014 season.[4]

Date Tournament Host country Purse Winner[b] Main
tour[c]
Jan 11 Abierto del Sur Argentina Arg$315,000 Argentina Nelson Ledesma TPG
Apr 6 Abierto de Golf Copa Ciudad de Barranquilla Colombia Col$90,000,000 Colombia Álvaro Pinedo COL
Apr 12 Abierto Norpatagónico Argentina Arg$400,000 Argentina Sebastián Saavedra TPG
May 31 Venezuela Open Venezuela US$40,000 Venezuela Diego Larrazábal (1)
Jul 13 Abierto del Club Campestre de Bucaramanga Colombia Col$90,000,000 Colombia Santiago Rivas COL
Aug 23 CBG Pro Tour Porto Alegre Brazil US$50,000 Brazil Rafael Becker (1)
Sep 14 Copa Samsung Carlos Franco Invitational Paraguay US$40,000 Argentina Andrés Romero TPG
Sep 21 Bolivia Open Mitsuba Bolivia US$50,000 Bolivia Sebastian MacLean (1)
Sep 28 Abierto de Barquisimeto Venezuela US$40,000 Venezuela José Daniel Ortega (1)
Oct 26 Samsung Open Peru US$50,000 Argentina Francisco Bidé (1)
Nov 23 Abierto del Litoral Argentina Arg$425,000 Argentina Miguel Ángel Carballo TPG
Jan 18 Copa Mitad del Mundo Dev Series Final Ecuador US$50,000 Colombia Jesús Rivas (1)

Dev Series Final

The Dev Series Final was made up of the top-five finishers of each tournament during the season. The top five finishers in the Dev Series Final earned status to play on the 2015 PGA Tour Latinoamérica.[5]

Place Player Score To par
1 Colombia Jesús Rivas 276 −8
2 United States Sean McNamara 277 −7
T3 Colombia José Manuel Garrido 278 −6
Argentina Luciano Giometti 278
Argentina Rafael Gómez 278

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. ^ COL − Colombian Tour; TPG − TPG Tour.

References

  1. ^ "2014 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on December 24, 2014. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  2. ^ "2014 Order of Merit". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on December 24, 2014. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  3. ^ "A look back at the 2014 PGA Tour Latinoamérica season". PGA Tour. December 23, 2014. Archived from the original on December 31, 2014. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  4. ^ "La Serie de Desarrollo toma impulso en el 2014" [Development Series Gains Momentum in 2014] (in Spanish). PGA Tour. Archived from the original on November 25, 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  5. ^ "Colombiano Jesús Rivas triunfó en Final de la Serie de Desarrollo" [Colombia's Jesús Rivas triumphed in Development Series Final]. Fairway Argentina (in Spanish). January 18, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2023.