2018 PGA Tour Latinoamérica
| Duration | March 15, 2018 – December 2, 2018 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 15 |
| Most wins | 2: Michael Buttacavoli Nicolás Echavarría |
| Order of Merit | Harry Higgs |
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The 2018 PGA Tour Latinoamérica was the seventh season of PGA Tour Latinoamérica. PGA Tour Latinoamérica was operated and run by the PGA Tour. The season began in March at the Stella Artois Open in Antigua, Guatemala and concluded in December at the Shell Championship at Trump National Doral Miami, marking the return of a PGA Tour-sanctioned event to the Miami resort that hosted events from 1962 to 2016.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2018 season.[1]
Unofficial events
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 (US$) |
Winner | OWGR points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15 | Go Vacaciones Cozumel Cup | Mexico | 120,000 | PGA Tour Latinoamérica | n/a |
Order of Merit
The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars. The top five players on the tour earned status to play on the 2019 Korn Ferry Tour.
| Position | Player | Prize money ($) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry Higgs |
101,336 |
| 2 | Nicolás Echavarría |
101,272 |
| 3 | Michael Buttacavoli |
84,286 |
| 4 | Austin Smotherman |
84,064 |
| 5 | Marcelo Rozo |
83,989 |
Developmental Series
The following table lists Developmental Series events during the 2018 season.[2]
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (US$) |
Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17 | Abierto del Caribe | Colombia | 40,000 | Santiago Gómez (1)
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| Dec 17 | Copa Puro Sinaloa | Mexico | 90,000 |  Sebastián Vázquez (1)
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| Jan 28 | Abierto del Sur | Argentina | 40,000 |  Ricardo González (2)
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| Feb 25 | Copa Tequila Azulejos | Mexico | 110,000 | Rodolfo Cazaubón (1)
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| Apr 8 | Bosque Real Classic | Mexico | 90,000 | Gonzalo Rubio (1)
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| Apr 15 | Venezuela Open | Venezuela | 30,000 |  George Trujillo (1)
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| Apr 29 | Abierto Norpatagonico | Argentina | 35,000 | Leandro Marelli (1)
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| Jun 16 | Abierto Termas de Río Hondo | Argentina | 40,000 |  Juan Álvarez (2)
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| Aug 20 | Abierto Club Campestre de Medellin | Colombia | 35,000 | Nicolás Echavarría (1)
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| Sep 9 | Abierto del Club Los Lagartos | Colombia | 35,000 | Manuel Villegas (1)
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| Sep 23 | Ecuador Open | Ecuador | 35,000 |  Juan Moncayo (1)
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| Sep 30 | Abierto Hacienda Chicureo | Chile | 25,000 |  Felipe Aguilar (2)
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| Nov 25 | Andrés Romero Invitational | Argentina | 40,000 | Mito Pereira (1)
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| Dec 8 | Malinalco Classic Dev Series Final | Mexico | 40,000 | Alfredo Adrián Ploch (1)
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Notes
- ^ 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
- ^ "2018 Tournament Schedule". PGA Tour Latinoamérica. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
- ^ "2018 Dev Series schedule". PGA Tour. Retrieved June 28, 2022.