2018 PGA Tour Latinoamérica season
DurationMarch 15, 2018 (2018-03-15) – December 2, 2018 (2018-12-02)
Number of official events15
Most winsUnited States Michael Buttacavoli (2)
Colombia Nico Echavarría (2)
Order of MeritUnited States Harry Higgs
2017
2019

The 2018 PGA Tour Latinoamérica was the seventh 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 2018 season.[1]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(US$)
Winner[lower-alpha 1]OWGR
points
Mar 18Guatemala Stella Artois OpenGuatemala175,000United States Ben Polland (1)6
Mar 25Abierto Mexicano de GolfMexico175,000United States Austin Smotherman (1)6
Apr 15Abierto OSDE del CentroArgentina175,000Chile Cristóbal del Solar (1)6
Apr 23Molino Cañuelas ChampionshipArgentina175,000Argentina Thomas Baik (1)6
May 6BMW Jamaica ClassicJamaica175,000United States Michael Buttacavoli (3)6
May 13Costa Rica ClassicCosta Rica175,000United States Tyson Alexander (1)6
May 20Puerto Plata Dominican Republic OpenDominican Republic175,000Argentina Andrés Gallegos (1)6
Jun 3Quito OpenEcuador175,000Chile Horacio León (1)6
Jun 10Bupa Match PlayMexico125,000Finland Toni Hakula (1)6
Sep 16Sao Paulo Golf Club ChampionshipBrazil175,000Colombia Nico Echavarría (1)6
Sep 23JHSF Aberto do BrasilBrazil175,000Colombia Marcelo Rozo (3)6
Oct 7San Luis ChampionshipMexico175,000Colombia Nico Echavarría (2)6
Oct 14Volvo Abierto de ChileChile175,000United States Jared Wolfe (2)6
Oct 21Diners Club Peru OpenPeru175,000United States Harry Higgs (1)6
Nov 11Neuquen Argentina ClassicArgentina175,000Argentina Clodomiro Carranza (2)6
Nov 18Visa Open de ArgentinaArgentina175,000Mexico Isidro Benítez (1)6
Dec 2Shell ChampionshipUnited States175,000United States Michael Buttacavoli (4)6

Unofficial events

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

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
($)
WinnerOWGR
points
Dec 15Go Vacaciones Cozumel CupMexico120,000PGA Tour Latinoamérican/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 2019 Korn Ferry Tour.[3]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1United States Harry Higgs101,336
2Colombia Nico Echavarría101,272
3United States Michael Buttacavoli84,286
4United States Austin Smotherman84,064
5Colombia Marcelo Rozo83,989

Developmental Series

2018 PGA Tour Latinoamérica Developmental Series season
Duration14 December 2017 (2017-12-14) – 8 December 2018 (2018-12-08)
Number of official events14
Dev Series FinalVenezuela Alfredo Adrián Ploch
2017
2019

The 2018 PGA Tour Latinoamérica Developmental Series was the sixth 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 2018 season.[4]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
($)
Winner[lower-alpha 2]Main
tour[lower-alpha 3]
Dec 17Abierto del CaribeColombia40,000Colombia Santiago Gómez (1)
Dec 17Copa Puro SinaloaMexicoMex$1,600,000Mexico Sebastián VázquezGGPM
Jan 28Abierto del SurArgentinaArg$700,000Argentina Ricardo GonzálezTPG
Feb 25Copa Tequila AzulejosMexicoMex$2,000,000Mexico Rodolfo CazaubónGGPM
Apr 8Bosque Real ClassicMexicoMex$1,600,000Mexico Gonzalo RubioGGPM
Apr 15Venezuela OpenVenezuela30,000Venezuela George Trujillo (1)
Apr 29Abierto NorpatagónicoArgentinaArg$700,000Argentina Leandro MarelliTPG
Jun 16Abierto Termas de Río HondoArgentinaArg$1,000,000Uruguay Juan ÁlvarezTPG
Aug 20Abierto Club Campestre de MedellinColombia35,000Colombia Nico Echavarría (1)
Sep 9Abierto del Club Los LagartosColombia35,000Colombia Manuel Villegas (1)
Sep 23Ecuador OpenEcuador35,000Ecuador Juan Moncayo (1)
Sep 30Abierto Hacienda ChicureoChile25,000Chile Felipe Aguilar (2)
Nov 25Andrés Romero InvitationalArgentinaArg$500,000Chile Mito PereiraTPG
Dec 8Malinalco Classic Dev Series FinalMexico40,000Venezuela Alfredo Adrián Ploch (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 2019 PGA Tour Latinoamérica.[6]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Venezuela Alfredo Adrián Ploch67-70-68-65=270−18
2Mexico Nicholas Maruri70-67-66-68=271−17
3Australia Ryan Ruffels69-70-68-66=273−15
T4South Africa Victor Lange67-71-68-68=274−14
Mexico Alejandro Villasana71-67-70-66=274

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. GGPM − Gira de Golf Profesional Mexicana; TPG − TPG Tour.

References

  1. "2018 Tournament Schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on December 17, 2018. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
  2. "2018 Order of Merit". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on December 20, 2018. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
  3. Wacker, Brian (December 3, 2018). "There isn't much glamour on the PGA Tour Latinoamerica. But there is plenty of hope". Golf Digest. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
  4. "2018 Dev Series schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 28, 2022. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
  5. "2018 Dev Series Final". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  6. "Alfredo Adrián Ploch vence al final del III Malinalco Classic" [Alfredo Adrián Ploch wins at the end of the III Malinalco Classic]. Golf Report Latino (in Spanish). December 8, 2018. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
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