2013 PGA Tour Latinoamérica explained

Year:2013
Tour:PGA Tour Latinoamérica
Regular Season:
No Of Events:14
Honor1:Order of Merit
Honoree1: Ryan Blaum
Prevseason:2012
Nextseason: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 OWGR
points
Mar 17 Mexico 150,000 Ted Purdy (1) 6
Mar 24 Mexico 150,000 Manuel Villegas (1) 6
Apr 21 Argentina 150,000 Ángel Cabrera (2) 8
Apr 28 Uruguay 150,000 José de Jesús Rodríguez (1) 6
May 5 Colombia 150,000 Timothy O'Neal (1) 6
May 19 Mexico 150,000 Jorge Fernández-Valdés (1) 6
Jun 1 Dominican Republic 150,000 Ryan Blaum (1) 6
Oct 13 Puerto Rico 150,000 Ryan Sullivan (1) 6
Oct 20 Brazil 150,000 Ryan Blaum (2) 6
Nov 3 Colombia 150,000 José de Jesús Rodríguez (2) 6
Nov 10 Peru 150,000 Julián Etulain (1) 6
Nov 24 Chile 150,000 Timothy O'Neal (2) 6
Dec 1 Argentina 150,000 Fabián Gómez (1) 6
Dec 8 Argentina 150,000 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]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1 99,135
2 98,383
3 90,015
4 65,178
5 60,671

Developmental Series

Year:2013
Tour:PGA Tour Latinoamérica Developmental Series
Regular Season:
No Of Events:12
Honor1:Dev Series Final
Honoree1: Felipe Navarro
Nextseason: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 WinnerMain
tour
Apr 7 Abierto Los Lirios Chile US$50,000 CHL
Sep 8 Abierto del Club Campestre Farallones Colombia Col$90,000,000 COL
Sep 14 Copa Clube de Campo São Paulo Brazil US$50,000 Philippe Gasnier (1)
Oct 13 San Eliseo Copa Gangoni Argentina Arg$300,000 TPG
Oct 20 Abierto del Club Serrezuela Colombia Col$90,000,000 COL
Oct 27 Abierto Internacional de Golf Hacienda de Chicureo Chile CLP$25,000,000 CHL
Nov 17 Venezuela National Championship Venezuela US$50,000 Alejandro Garmendia (1)
Nov 24 Argentina Arg$300,000 TPG
Nov 30 Abierto Sambil Venezuela US$50,000 Otto Solís (1)
Dec 14 Argentina Arg$300,000 TPG
Dec 21 Copa Samsung Dev Series Final Peru US$50,000 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]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 282 −6
2 283 −5
3 284 −4
4 285 −3
5 286 −2

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NEC becomes umbrella sponsor of PGA Tour Latinoamérica . PGA Tour . April 24, 2013 . July 2, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141010105449/http://www.pgatour.com/news/2013/04/24/nec-latinoamerica.html . 10 October 2014.
  2. Web site: 2013 Tournament schedule . PGA Tour . 27 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170822151440/http://pgatourla.plus.golf/tournaments/2013/ . 22 August 2017.
  3. Web site: 2013 Orden de Mérito . 2013 Order of Merit . PGA Tour . November 25, 2014 . June 27, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141125211713/http://www.pgatourla.com/orderofmerit/2013/#.VHTx6hXP25c . Spanish.
  4. Web site: Resumen Temporada 2013: NEC Series-PGA Tour Latinoamérica . 2013 Season Recap: NEC Series-PGA Tour Latinoamérica . PGA Tour . 7 February 2014 . June 27, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140207233820/http://www.pgatourla.com/news/1707/#.UvVuc8XP25c . Spanish.
  5. Web site: Calendario de la Serie de Desarrollo 2013 . 2013 Development Series Calendar . PGA Tour Latinoamérica . November 26, 2014 . June 28, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141126232046/http://www.pgatourla.com/devseries/2013/ . Spanish.
  6. Brasileño Felipe Navarro triunfa en la Final de la Serie de Desarrollo . Brazil's Felipe Navarro triumphs in Development Series Final . es . Fairway Argentina . 21 December 2013 . 8 November 2023.