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]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(US$)
Winner[lower-alpha 1]OWGR
points
Mar 30Buenaventura Classic Panama175,000United States Jared Wolfe (3)6
Apr 14Molino Cañuelas ChampionshipArgentina175,000Colombia Andrés Echavarría (2)6
Apr 21Abierto de ChileChile175,000United States John Somers (1)7
Apr 28Abierto OSDE del CentroArgentina175,000United States Tom Whitney (1)6
May 5Puerto Plata OpenDominican Republic175,000Chile Cristóbal del Solar (2)6
May 19BMW Jamaica ClassicJamaica175,000United States Evan Harmeling (1)6
May 26Abierto Mexicano de GolfMexico175,000Canada Drew Nesbitt (1)6
Jun 2Bupa Match PlayMexico125,000United States Patrick Flavin (1)6
Sep 22São Paulo Golf Club ChampionshipBrazil175,000United States Chandler Blanchet (1)6
Sep 29JHSF Aberto do BrasilBrazil175,000United States Shad Tuten (1)6
Oct 6Banco del Pacifico OpenEcuador175,000Argentina Augusto Núñez (2)6
Oct 20Diners Club Peru OpenPeru175,000Argentina Leandro Marelli (1)6
Nov 3Termas de Río Hondo InvitationalArgentina175,000Argentina Alejandro Tosti (1)6
Nov 10Neuquen Argentina ClassicArgentina175,000Argentina Emilio Domínguez (1)6
Nov 17Visa Open de ArgentinaArgentina175,000Colombia Ricardo Celia (1)6
Dec 8Shell ChampionshipUnited States175,000Argentina 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]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1Argentina Augusto Núñez148,734
2United States Tom Whitney86,860
3United States Jared Wolfe83,250
4United States Evan Harmeling70,789
5United States John Somers69,099

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]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
($)
Winner[lower-alpha 2]Main
tour[lower-alpha 3]
Jan 27Abierto Rocas de Santo DomingoChile22,000Chile Mito Pereira (1)
Feb 17Abierto del SurArgentinaArg$900,000Argentina Estanislao GoyaTPG
Mar 31Abierto NorpatagónicoArgentinaArg$900,000Argentina Mateo Fernández de Oliveira (a)TPG
May 12Sheriff's InvitationalMexicoMex$3,000,000Mexico Sebastián VázquezGGPM
May 26Abierto del NorteArgentinaArg$900,000Argentina César CostillaTPG
Jun 15Abierto Termas de Río HondoArgentinaArg$1,300,000Argentina Clodomiro CarranzaTPG
Jul 6Venezuela OpenVenezuela20,000Venezuela George Trujillo (2)
Jul 7Abierto Club Campestre de BucaramangaColombia25,000Colombia Diego Vanegas (1)
Jul 28Abierto Club El RodeoColombia25,000Argentina Augusto Núñez (1)
Oct 13Abierto Hacienda ChicureoChile25,000Chile Benjamín Alvarado (1)
Oct 26Abierto del LitoralArgentinaArg$1,200,000Argentina César CostillaTPG
Nov 10Ecuador OpenEcuador35,000Ecuador José Andrés Miranda (1)
Nov 24Amanali ClassicMexicoMex$1,600,000Mexico Sebastián VázquezGGPM
Dec 1Andrés Romero InvitationalArgentinaArg$900,000Argentina Emilio DomínguezTPG
Dec 8Copa Puro SinaloaMexicoMex$1,600,000Mexico Juan Carlos BenítezGGPM
Dec 15Samsung Classic Dev Series FinalPeru40,000Argentina 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]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Argentina Franco Romero62-66-73-71=272−16
2Colombia Juan Pablo Luna71-71-65-65=272
3Argentina César Costilla67-73-74-61=275−13
T4United States Matt Hutchins69-73-69-68=279−9
Ecuador José Andrés Miranda71-70-70-68=279
United States Eric Steger70-70-72-67=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. 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.
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