2016 PGA Tour Latinoamérica

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

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.

Schedule

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

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$)		 Winner[a] OWGR
points
Feb 28 Avianca Colombia Open Colombia 175,000 United States Justin Hueber (2) 6
Mar 20 Lexus Panama Classic Panama 175,000 United States Derek Rende (1) 6
Apr 17 Abierto del Centro Argentina 175,000 United States Anthony Paolucci (1) 6
Apr 24 Guatemala Stella Artois Open Guatemala 175,000 United States John Young Kim (1) 6
May 8 Honduras Open Honduras 175,000 United States Sam Fidone (1) 6
May 14 Casa de Campo Dominican Republic Open Dominican Republic 175,000 United States Timothy O'Neal (3) 6
May 22 Mexico Open Mexico 175,000 Mexico Sebastián Vázquez (2) 6
May 29 Mazatlán Open Mexico 175,000 United States Martin Trainer (1) 6
Sep 4 Flor de Caña Open Nicaragua 175,000 Argentina Augusto Núñez (1) 6
Sep 11 San Luis Championship Mexico 175,000 United States Nate Lashley (1) 6
Sep 18 Copa Diners Club International Ecuador 175,000 United States Nate Lashley (2) 6
Sep 25 Aberto do Brasil Brazil 175,000 Argentina Jorge Fernández-Valdés (3) 6
Oct 16 Roberto De Vicenzo Punta del Este Open Copa NEC Uruguay 175,000 Chile Mito Pereira (1) 6
Oct 23 Lexus Peru Open Peru 175,000 United States Tyler McCumber (3) 6
Oct 30 Colombia Classic Colombia 175,000 Colombia Andrés Echavarría (1) 6
Nov 13 Argentina Classic Argentina 175,000 Spain Samuel Del Val (1) 6
Nov 20 Visa Open de Argentina Argentina 175,000 United States Kent Bulle (2) 7
Dec 4 Shell Championship United States 175,000 United States 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.

Date Tournament Host country Purse
($)		 Winner OWGR
points
Dec 17 Aruba Cup Aruba 120,000 PGA Tour Latinoamérica 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 2017 Web.com Tour.[3]

Position Player Prize money ($)
1 United States Nate Lashley 140,897
2 Argentina Augusto Núñez 121,373
3 Chile Mito Pereira 104,784
4 Argentina Emilio Domínguez 82,404
5 Spain Samuel Del Val 80,547

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 FinalColombia 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]

Date Tournament Host country Purse Winner[b] Main
tour[c]
Feb 14 Abierto del Sur Argentina Arg$550,000 Argentina Francisco Bidé TPG
Apr 10 Abierto Norpatagónico Argentina Arg$550,000 Argentina Sebastián Saavedra TPG
Apr 17 Venezuela Open Venezuela US$30,000 Venezuela Denis Meneghini (2)
May 29 Abierto del Carmel Colombia Col$90,000,000 Colombia Jesús Rivas COL
Aug 21 Abierto del Paraguay Paraguay US$40,000 Chile Horacio León (1)
Aug 21 Abierto Campestre de Medellín Colombia Col$90,000,000 Colombia Santiago Tobón COL
Oct 9 Bolivia Open Mitsuba Bolivia US$50,000 Bolivia Sebastian MacLean (2)
Oct 22 Abierto de Valle Arriba Venezuela US$30,000 Venezuela Otto Solís (1)
Oct 23 Abierto de Serrezuela Colombia Col$70,000,000 Colombia Ómar Beltrán COL
Nov 27 Abierto del Litoral Argentina Arg$550,000 Argentina Thomas Baik TPG
Dec 4 Abierto de Chile Chile US$40,000 Chile Felipe Aguilar CHL
Dec 4 Andrés Romero Invitational Argentina Arg$500,000 Argentina Fabián Gómez TPG
Dec 10 Malinalco Classic Dev Series Final Mexico US$40,000 Colombia 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]

Place Player Score To par
1 Colombia Marcelo Rozo 66-70-71-69=276 −12
2 Japan Eric Sugimoto 69-68-68-71=276
T3 Colombia Nico Echavarría (a) 64-70-71-73=279 −9
Argentina Julián Lerda 68-66-69-76=279
5 United States Brad Brunner 72-73-69-66=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.