2011 Tour de las Américas

2011 Tour de las Américas season
Duration3 March 2011 (2011-03-03) – 18 December 2011 (2011-12-18)
Number of official events17
Most winsChile Benjamín Alvarado (2)
Order of MeritArgentina Joaquín Estévez
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The 2011 Tour de las Américas was the 20th season of the Tour de las Américas (formerly the South American Tour), the main professional golf tour in Latin America since it was formed in 1991.

OWGR inclusion

In August 2010, it was announced that all Tour de las Américas events, beginning in 2011, would receive Official World Golf Ranking points at the minimum level of 6 points for the winner of a 72-hole event.[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2011 season.[2]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$) 		Winner[a] OWGR
points 		Other
tours[b]
6 Mar Abierto de Chile Chile 40,000 Chile Benjamín Alvarado (1) 6
13 Mar Abierto Internacional de Golf Copa Antioquia Colombia 230,000 Argentina Joaquín Estévez (1) 12 CHA
20 Mar Pacific Colombia Tour Barranquilla Colombia 100,000 United States Cody Slover (n/a) 6 CAN
27 Mar Pacific Colombia Tour Championship Colombia 130,000 Canada Adam Hadwin (n/a) 6 CAN
23 Apr Abierto del Centro Argentina Arg$300,000 Paraguay Héctor Céspedes (1) 6 TPG
22 May Televisa TLA Players Championship Mexico 70,000 Argentina Julián Etulain (3) n/a
29 May Toyota Peru Open Peru 100,000 Chile Benjamín Alvarado (2) 6
10 Jul Abierto de Golf Ciudad de Bucaramanga Colombia 50,000 Colombia Álvaro Arizabaleta (1) 6
17 Jul Abierto Internacional de Golf Copa Sura Colombia 50,000 Argentina César Costilla (2) 6
9 Oct Aberto do Brasil Brazil 160,000 Colombia Óscar David Álvarez (3) 6
16 Oct Abierto Internacional de Golf Hacienda Chicureo Copa Claro Chile 40,000 Argentina Paulo Pinto (4) 6
30 Oct Abierto del Nordeste Argentina Arg$250,000 Argentina Emilio Domínguez (2) 6 TPG
6 Nov Carlos Franco Invitational Paraguay 40,000 Paraguay Fabrizio Zanotti (2) 6 TPG
20 Nov Roberto De Vicenzo Classic Argentina 40,000 Argentina Nelson Ledesma (1) 6 TPG
4 Dec Torneo de Maestros Argentina Arg$400,000 Argentina José Cóceres (1) 6 TPG
11 Dec Visa Open de Argentina Argentina 115,000 Argentina Maximiliano Godoy (1) 6 TPG
18 Dec Abierto Sport Francés Copa Nissan Chile 80,000 Chile Francisco Cerda (1) 6

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[3][4]

Position Player Points
1 Argentina Joaquín Estévez 51,970
2 Chile Benjamín Alvarado 48,800
3 Argentina César Costilla 45,006
4 Colombia Diego Vanegas 42,883
5 Argentina Julián Etulain 39,233

Notes

  1. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Tour de las Américas events they had won up to and including that tournament.
  2. ^ CAN − Canadian Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour; TPG − TPG Tour.

References

  1. ^ "Official World Golf Ranking board announces new directives". Official World Golf Ranking. 23 August 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2023. The Board also agreed that the KPGA (Korean Golf Tour) and the TLA (Tour de Las Americas) should also be incorporated into the Ranking system from January 1 2011 on the same basis once the Technical Committee has liaised with the Tours concerned to establish their player listings and schedules.
  2. ^ "2011 Tournament schedule" (in Spanish). Tour de las Américas. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
  3. ^ "2011 Order of Merit" (PDF) (in Spanish). Tour de las Américas. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  4. ^ Villalobos, Gregory (18 December 2011). "Chileno Francisco Cerda sorpresivo campeón en el Sport Francés" [Chile's Francisco Cerda surprises champion at Sport Francés]. Golf Report Latino (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 March 2024. Tal y como se esperaba el argentino Joaquín Estévez culminó la temporada como el No. 1 de la Orden de Mérito... [As expected, Argentina's Joaquin Estevez finished the season as No. 1 on the Order of Merit...]