2019 PGA Tour Latinoamérica

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

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.

Schedule

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

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$)		 Winner[a] OWGR
points
Mar 30 Buenaventura Classic Panama 175,000 United States Jared Wolfe (3) 6
Apr 14 Molino Cañuelas Championship Argentina 175,000 Colombia Andrés Echavarría (2) 6
Apr 21 Abierto de Chile Chile 175,000 United States John Somers (1) 7
Apr 28 Abierto OSDE del Centro Argentina 175,000 United States Tom Whitney (1) 6
May 5 Puerto Plata Open Dominican Republic 175,000 Chile Cristóbal del Solar (2) 6
May 19 BMW Jamaica Classic Jamaica 175,000 United States Evan Harmeling (1) 6
May 26 Abierto Mexicano de Golf Mexico 175,000 Canada Drew Nesbitt (1) 6
Jun 2 Bupa Match Play Mexico 125,000 United States Patrick Flavin (1) 6
Sep 22 São Paulo Golf Club Championship Brazil 175,000 United States Chandler Blanchet (1) 6
Sep 29 JHSF Aberto do Brasil Brazil 175,000 United States Shad Tuten (1) 6
Oct 6 Banco del Pacifico Open Ecuador 175,000 Argentina Augusto Núñez (2) 6
Oct 20 Diners Club Peru Open Peru 175,000 Argentina Leandro Marelli (1) 6
Nov 3 Termas de Río Hondo Invitational Argentina 175,000 Argentina Alejandro Tosti (1) 6
Nov 10 Neuquen Argentina Classic Argentina 175,000 Argentina Emilio Domínguez (1) 6
Nov 17 Visa Open de Argentina Argentina 175,000 Colombia Ricardo Celia (1) 6
Dec 8 Shell Championship United States 175,000 Argentina 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]

Position Player Prize money ($)
1 Argentina Augusto Núñez 148,734
2 United States Tom Whitney 86,860
3 United States Jared Wolfe 83,250
4 United States Evan Harmeling 70,789
5 United States John Somers 69,099

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 FinalArgentina 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]

Date Tournament Host country Purse Winner[b] Main
tour[c]
Jan 27 Abierto Rocas de Santo Domingo Chile CLP$17,500,000 Chile Mito Pereira CHL
Feb 17 Abierto del Sur Argentina Arg$900,000 Argentina Estanislao Goya TPG
Mar 31 Abierto Norpatagónico Argentina Arg$900,000 Argentina Mateo Fernández de Oliveira (a) TPG
May 12 Sheriff's Invitational Mexico Mex$3,000,000 Mexico Sebastián Vázquez GGPM
May 26 Abierto del Norte Argentina Arg$900,000 Argentina César Costilla TPG
Jun 15 Abierto Termas de Río Hondo Argentina Arg$1,300,000 Argentina Clodomiro Carranza TPG
Jul 6 Venezuela Open Venezuela US$20,000 Venezuela George Trujillo (2)
Jul 7 Abierto Club Campestre de Bucaramanga Colombia Col$90,000,000 Colombia Diego Vanegas COL
Jul 28 Abierto Club El Rodeo Colombia Col$90,000,000 Argentina Augusto Núñez COL
Oct 13 Abierto Hacienda Chicureo Chile US$25,000 Chile Benjamín Alvarado CHL
Oct 26 Abierto del Litoral Argentina Arg$1,200,000 Argentina César Costilla TPG
Nov 10 Abierto de Ecuador Ecuador US$35,000 Ecuador José Andrés Miranda (1)
Nov 24 Amanali Classic Mexico Mex$1,600,000 Mexico Sebastián Vázquez GGPM
Dec 1 Andrés Romero Invitational Argentina Arg$900,000 Argentina Emilio Domínguez TPG
Dec 8 Copa Puro Sinaloa Mexico Mex$1,600,000 Mexico Juan Carlos Benítez GGPM
Dec 15 Samsung Classic Dev Series Final Peru US$40,000 Argentina 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]

Place Player Score To par
1 Argentina Franco Romero 62-66-73-71=272 −16
2 Colombia Juan Pablo Luna 71-71-65-65=272
3 Argentina César Costilla 67-73-74-61=275 −13
T4 United States Matt Hutchins 69-73-69-68=279 −9
Ecuador José Andrés Miranda 71-70-70-68=279
United States Eric Steger 70-70-72-67=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.