2012 PGA Tour Latinoamérica

2012 PGA Tour Latinoamérica season
DurationSeptember 5, 2012 (2012-09-05) – December 16, 2012 (2012-12-16)
Number of official events11
Most winsArgentina Ariel Cañete (2)
Order of MeritArgentina Ariel Cañete
2013 →

The 2012 PGA Tour Latinoamérica was the inaugural season of PGA Tour Latinoamérica, the main professional golf tour in Latin America, operated and run by the PGA Tour. The tour was converted from the Tour de las Américas which ceased to operate in 2012.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2012 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$)		 Winner[a] OWGR
points
Sep 8 Mundo Maya Open Mexico 150,000 Argentina Tommy Cocha (1) 6
Sep 16 TransAmerican Power Products Open Mexico 150,000 Argentina Ariel Cañete (1) 6
Sep 23 Arturo Calle Colombian Open Colombia 125,000 Argentina Matías O'Curry (1) 6
Oct 6 Aberto do Brasil Brazil 130,000 Argentina Clodomiro Carranza (1) 6
Oct 14 Roberto De Vicenzo Invitational Copa NEC Argentina 125,000 Argentina Alan Wagner (1) 6
Nov 4 Lexus Peru Open Peru 125,000 Peru Sebastián Salem (1) 6
Nov 11 Dominican Republic Open Dominican Republic 125,000 Mexico Óscar Fraustro (1) 6
Nov 18 Puerto Rico Classic Puerto Rico 125,000 Mexico Sebastián Vázquez (1) 6
Dec 2 Arturo Calle Colombian Coffee Classic Colombia 125,000 Argentina Sebastián Fernández (1) 6
Dec 9 Olivos Golf Classic-Copa Personal Argentina 125,000 Argentina Ariel Cañete (2) 6
Dec 16 Visa Open de Argentina Argentina 125,000 Argentina Ángel Cabrera (1) 6

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[3][4] The top five players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2013 Web.com Tour.[5]

Position Player Prize money ($)
1 Argentina Ariel Cañete 91,396
2 Mexico Óscar Fraustro 70,915
3 Argentina Clodomiro Carranza 63,597
4 Argentina Matías O'Curry 54,285
5 Argentina Tommy Cocha 52,385

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.

References

  1. ^ "2012 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on August 22, 2017. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  2. ^ "PGA Tour Latinoamerica announces 2012 schedule". PGA Tour. May 2, 2012. Archived from the original on January 1, 2014. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  3. ^ "2012 Orden de Mérito" [2012 Order of Merit] (in Spanish). PGA Tour. Archived from the original on November 26, 2014. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
  4. ^ "El 1: Ariel Cañete" [The 1: Ariel Cañete] (in Spanish). PGA Tour. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  5. ^ "Los Cinco Ascensos…!" [The Five Ascents...!]. Revista Fairway (in Spanish). December 11, 2012. Retrieved October 29, 2024.