2014 PGA Tour Latinoamérica

2014 PGA Tour Latinoamérica
League PGA Tour Latinoamérica
Sport Golf
Duration February 20 – December 7
Order of Merit
Winner Julián Etulain

The 2014 PGA Tour Latinoamérica was the third season of the PGA Tour Latinoamérica, having converted from the Tour de las Américas which ceased to operate in 2012. The PGA Tour Latinoamérica is operated and run by the PGA Tour.

Schedule changes

The number of tournaments increased from 14 to 18, events added to the schedule included: Stella Artois Open, Lexus Panama Classic, Ecuador Open, TransAmerican Power Products CRV Mazatlán Open, and Bridgestone America's Golf Cup. The Puerto Rico Classic was dropped from the schedule having previously been played in both the 2012 and 2013 seasons.

Schedule

The table below shows the 2014 schedule. "Date" is the ending date of each event.The season is also split into two sections; seven events in the first half of the year (March to June), and seven events in the latter half (October to December). The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on tour up to and including that event. OWGR is the number of Official World Golf Ranking points awarded for that tournament.[1] All tournaments have a purse of US$150,000 with the exception of the Bridgestone America's Golf Cup which has a purse of $600,000 and is an unofficial money event.[2]

Date Tournament Country Winner OWGR pts
Feb 23 Arturo Calle Colombian Open Colombia Colombia David Vanegas (1) 6
Mar 23 TransAmerican Power Products CRV Open Mexico Colombia Marcelo Rozo (2) 6
Mar 30 Stella Artois Open Guatemala Mexico Armando Favela (1) 6
Apr 6 Mundo Maya Open Mexico United States Daniel Mazziotta (1) 6
Apr 20 Abierto del Centro Argentina United States William Kropp (1) 6
Apr 27 Roberto De Vicenzo Invitational Copa NEC Uruguay United States Ty Capps (1) 6
May 18 Dominican Republic Open Dominican Republic United States Michael Buttacavoli (1) 6
May 25 Lexus Panama Classic Panama Argentina Julián Etulain (2) 6
Sep 28 Ecuador Open Ecuador United States Tyler McCumber (1) 6
Oct 5 Arturo Calle Colombian Classic Colombia United States Nicholas Lindheim (1) 6
Oct 12 TransAmerican Power Products CRV Mazatlán Open Mexico United States Tyler McCumber (2) 6
Oct 19 TransAmerican Power Products CRV Mexico Open Mexico Colombia Óscar David Álvarez (1) 6
Oct 26 Bridgestone America's Golf Cup Argentina Argentina Emilio Dominguez &
Argentina Rafael Echenique 		n/a
Nov 2 Lexus Peru Open Peru Argentina Julián Etulain (3) 6
Nov 9 Aberto do Brasil Brazil Brazil Rafael Becker (1) 6
Nov 16 Hyundai - BBVA Abierto de Chile Chile Argentina Jorge Fernández-Valdés (2) 6
Dec 1 Personal Classic Argentina Argentina Fabián Gómez (2) 6
Dec 7 Visa Open de Argentina Argentina Argentina Emiliano Grillo (1) 8

Order of Merit

As in previous seasons the top 5 players on the tour, known as 'Los Cinco', earned status to play on the 2015 Web.com Tour. This was based on the leaders on the Order of Merit after the conclusion of the season.

PositionNameCountryEarnings (US$)
1 Julián Etulain  Argentina 92,394
2 Marcelo Rozo  Colombia 89,117
3 Tyler McCumber  United States 86,164
4 Brad Hopfinger  United States 68,719
5 Jorge Fernández-Valdés  Argentina 67,523

See also

References

  1. ↑ Each tournament is allocated a certain number of Official World Golf Ranking points for its champion, and points for lower finishes are based on a sliding scale.
  2. ↑ "Woods, Kuchar commit to America's Golf Cup". PGA Tour. August 11, 2014.
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