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2018 PGA Tour Latinoamérica

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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

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The following table lists official events during the 2018 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$)
Winner[a] OWGR
points
Mar 18 Guatemala Stella Artois Open Guatemala 175,000 United States Ben Polland (1) 6
Mar 25 Abierto Mexicano de Golf Mexico 175,000 United States Austin Smotherman (1) 6
Apr 15 Abierto OSDE del Centro Argentina 175,000 Chile Cristóbal del Solar (1) 6
Apr 23 Molino Cañuelas Championship Argentina 175,000 Argentina Thomas Baik (1) 6
May 6 BMW Jamaica Classic Jamaica 175,000 United States Michael Buttacavoli (3) 6
May 13 Costa Rica Classic Costa Rica 175,000 United States Tyson Alexander (1) 6
May 20 Puerto Plata Dominican Republic Open Dominican Republic 175,000 Argentina Andrés Gallegos (1) 6
Jun 3 Quito Open Ecuador 175,000 Chile Horacio León (1) 6
Jun 10 Bupa Match Play Mexico 125,000 Finland Toni Hakula (1) 6
Sep 16 Sao Paulo Golf Club Championship Brazil 175,000 Colombia Nico Echavarría (1) 6
Sep 23 JHSF Aberto do Brasil Brazil 175,000 Colombia Marcelo Rozo (3) 6
Oct 7 San Luis Championship Mexico 175,000 Colombia Nico Echavarría (2) 6
Oct 14 Volvo Abierto de Chile Chile 175,000 United States Jared Wolfe (2) 6
Oct 21 Diners Club Peru Open Peru 175,000 United States Harry Higgs (1) 6
Nov 11 Neuquen Argentina Classic Argentina 175,000 Argentina Clodomiro Carranza (2) 6
Nov 18 Visa Open de Argentina Argentina 175,000 Mexico Isidro Benítez (1) 6
Dec 2 Shell Championship United States 175,000 United States Michael Buttacavoli (4) 6

Unofficial events

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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 15 Go Vacaciones Cozumel Cup Mexico 120,000 PGA Tour Latinoamérica n/a

Order of Merit

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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]

Position Player Prize money ($)
1 United States Harry Higgs 101,336
2 Colombia Nico Echavarría 101,272
3 United States Michael Buttacavoli 84,286
4 United States Austin Smotherman 84,064
5 Colombia Marcelo Rozo 83,989

Developmental Series

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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

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The following table lists official events during the 2018 season.[4]

Date Tournament Host country Purse Winner[b] Main
tour[c]
Dec 17 Abierto del Caribe Colombia Col$125,000,000 Colombia Santiago Gómez COL
Dec 17 Copa Puro Sinaloa Mexico Mex$1,600,000 Mexico Sebastián Vázquez GGPM
Jan 28 Abierto del Sur Argentina Arg$700,000 Argentina Ricardo González TPG
Feb 25 Copa Tequila Azulejos Mexico Mex$2,000,000 Mexico Rodolfo Cazaubón GGPM
Apr 8 Bosque Real Classic Mexico Mex$1,600,000 Mexico Gonzalo Rubio GGPM
Apr 15 Venezuela Open Venezuela US$30,000 Venezuela George Trujillo (1)
Apr 29 Abierto Norpatagónico Argentina Arg$700,000 Argentina Leandro Marelli TPG
Jun 16 Abierto Termas de Río Hondo Argentina Arg$1,000,000 Uruguay Juan Álvarez TPG
Aug 20 Abierto Club Campestre de Medellín Colombia Col$100,000,000 Colombia Nico Echavarría COL
Sep 9 Abierto del Club Los Lagartos Colombia Col$100,000,000 Colombia Manuel Villegas COL
Sep 23 Abierto de Ecuador Ecuador US$35,000 Ecuador Juan Moncayo (a) (1)
Sep 30 Abierto Hacienda Chicureo Chile US$25,000 Chile Felipe Aguilar CHL
Nov 25 Andrés Romero Invitational Argentina Arg$500,000 Chile Mito Pereira TPG
Dec 8 Malinalco Classic Dev Series Final Mexico US$40,000 Venezuela Alfredo Adrián Ploch (1)

Dev Series Final

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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]

Place Player Score To par
1 Venezuela Alfredo Adrián Ploch 67-70-68-65=270 −18
2 Mexico Nicholas Maruri 70-67-66-68=271 −17
3 Australia Ryan Ruffels 69-70-68-66=273 −15
T4 South Africa Victor Lange 67-71-68-68=274 −14
Mexico Alejandro Villasana 71-67-70-66=274

See also

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Notes

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

References

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  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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