2013 PGA Tour Latinoamérica

2013 PGA Tour Latinoamérica season
DurationApril 18, 2013 (2013-04-18) – November 24, 2013 (2013-11-24)
Number of official events14
Most winsUnited States Ryan Blaum (2)
United States Timothy O'Neal (2)
Mexico José de Jesús Rodríguez (2)
Order of MeritUnited States Ryan Blaum
← 2012
2014 →

The 2013 PGA Tour Latinoamérica, titled as the 2013 NEC Series-PGA Tour Latinoamérica for sponsorship reasons, was the second season of PGA Tour Latinoamérica, the main professional golf tour in Latin America, operated and run by the PGA Tour.

Changes for 2013

The 2013 season was the first full season on the tour with the 2012 season having only operated for four months in 2012. The 2013 schedule was divided into two distinct swings, the first with events played from March through May, followed by the remainder of events in the October through December. The number of events increased from 11 in 2012 to 14 with, new events for the 2013 season were, Abierto Mexicano de Golf, Abierto del Centro and Abierto de Chile.

It was also the first season in which the Developmental Series was introduced.

NEC title sponsorship

In April, it was announced that the tour had signed a title sponsorship agreement with NEC, being renamed as the NEC Series-PGA Tour Latinoamérica.[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2013 season.[2]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$)		 Winner[a] OWGR
points
Mar 17 Abierto Mexicano de Golf Mexico 150,000 United States Ted Purdy (1) 6
Mar 24 TransAmerican Power Products CRV Open Mexico 150,000 Colombia Manuel Villegas (1) 6
Apr 21 Abierto del Centro Argentina 150,000 Argentina Ángel Cabrera (2) 8
Apr 28 Roberto De Vicenzo Invitational Copa NEC Uruguay 150,000 Mexico José de Jesús Rodríguez (1) 6
May 5 Arturo Calle Colombian Open Colombia 150,000 United States Timothy O'Neal (1) 6
May 19 Mundo Maya Open Mexico 150,000 Argentina Jorge Fernández-Valdés (1) 6
Jun 1 Dominican Republic Open Dominican Republic 150,000 United States Ryan Blaum (1) 6
Oct 13 Puerto Rico Classic Puerto Rico 150,000 United States Ryan Sullivan (1) 6
Oct 20 Aberto do Brasil Brazil 150,000 United States Ryan Blaum (2) 6
Nov 3 Arturo Calle Colombian Classic Colombia 150,000 Mexico José de Jesús Rodríguez (2) 6
Nov 10 Lexus Peru Open Peru 150,000 Argentina Julián Etulain (1) 6
Nov 24 Abierto de Chile Chile 150,000 United States Timothy O'Neal (2) 6
Dec 1 Personal Classic Argentina 150,000 Argentina Fabián Gómez (1) 6
Dec 8 Visa Open de Argentina Argentina 150,000 Colombia Marcelo Rozo (1) 8

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[3] The top five players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2014 Web.com Tour.[4]

Position Player Prize money ($)
1 United States Ryan Blaum 99,135
2 Mexico José de Jesús Rodríguez 98,383
3 United States Timothy O'Neal 90,015
4 Argentina Jorge Fernández-Valdés 65,178
5 Colombia Manuel Villegas 60,671

Developmental Series

2013 PGA Tour Latinoamérica Developmental Series season
Duration4 April 2013 (2013-04-04) – 21 December 2013 (2013-12-21)
Number of official events12
Dev Series FinalBrazil Felipe Navarro
2014 →

The 2013 PGA Tour Latinoamérica Developmental Series was the inaugural 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 2013 season.[5]

Date Tournament Host country Purse Winner[b] Main
tour[c]
Apr 7 Abierto Los Lirios Chile US$50,000 Argentina Mauricio Molina CHL
Sep 8 Abierto del Club Campestre Farallones Colombia Col$90,000,000 Colombia Andrés Echavarría COL
Sep 14 Copa Clube de Campo São Paulo Brazil US$50,000 Brazil Philippe Gasnier (1)
Oct 13 San Eliseo Copa Gangoni Argentina Arg$300,000 Argentina Miguel Guzmán TPG
Oct 20 Abierto del Club Serrezuela Colombia Col$90,000,000 Colombia José Manuel Garrido COL
Oct 27 Abierto Internacional de Golf Hacienda de Chicureo Chile CLP$25,000,000 Argentina Mauricio Molina CHL
Nov 17 Venezuela National Championship Venezuela US$50,000 Venezuela Alejandro Garmendia (1)
Nov 24 Abierto del Litoral Argentina Arg$300,000 Argentina Ricardo González TPG
Nov 30 Abierto Sambil Venezuela US$50,000 Venezuela Otto Solís (1)
Dec 14 Ángel Cabrera Classic Argentina Arg$300,000 Argentina Ángel Cabrera TPG
Dec 21 Copa Samsung Dev Series Final Peru US$50,000 Brazil Felipe Navarro (1)

Dev Series Final

The Dev Series Final was made up of the top-five finishers of each tournament during the season. The top five finishers in the Dev Series Final earned status to play on the 2014 PGA Tour Latinoamérica.[6]

Place Player Score To par
1 Brazil Felipe Navarro 282 −6
2 Colombia Diego Vanegas 283 −5
3 Paraguay Marco Ruiz 284 −4
4 Venezuela Otto Solís 285 −3
5 Brazil Rafael Becker 286 −2

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. ^ CHL − Chilean Tour; COL − Colombian Tour; TPG − TPG Tour.

References

  1. ^ "NEC becomes umbrella sponsor of PGA Tour Latinoamérica". PGA Tour. April 24, 2013. Archived from the original on October 10, 2014. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
  2. ^ "2013 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on August 22, 2017. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  3. ^ "2013 Orden de Mérito" [2013 Order of Merit] (in Spanish). PGA Tour. Archived from the original on November 25, 2014. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
  4. ^ "Resumen Temporada 2013: NEC Series-PGA Tour Latinoamérica" [2013 Season Recap: NEC Series-PGA Tour Latinoamérica] (in Spanish). PGA Tour. Archived from the original on February 7, 2014. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  5. ^ "Calendario de la Serie de Desarrollo 2013" [2013 Development Series Calendar] (in Spanish). PGA Tour Latinoamérica. Archived from the original on November 26, 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  6. ^ "Brasileño Felipe Navarro triunfa en la Final de la Serie de Desarrollo" [Brazil's Felipe Navarro triumphs in Development Series Final]. Fairway Argentina (in Spanish). December 21, 2013. Retrieved November 8, 2023.