Year: | 2018 |
Tour: | PGA Tour Latinoamérica |
Regular Season: | – |
No Of Events: | 15 |
Most Wins: | Michael Buttacavoli (2) Nico Echavarría (2) |
Honor1: | Order of Merit |
Honoree1: | Harry Higgs |
Prevseason: | 2017 |
Nextseason: | 2019 |
The 2018 PGA Tour Latinoamérica was the seventh season of PGA Tour Latinoamérica, the main professional golf tour in Latin America, operated and run by the PGA Tour.
The following table lists official events during the 2018 season.[1]
Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (US$) | Winner | OWGR points | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 18 | Guatemala | 175,000 | Ben Polland (1) | 6 | ||
Mar 25 | Mexico | 175,000 | Austin Smotherman (1) | 6 | ||
Apr 15 | Argentina | 175,000 | Cristóbal del Solar (1) | 6 | ||
Apr 23 | Argentina | 175,000 | Thomas Baik (1) | 6 | ||
May 6 | Jamaica | 175,000 | Michael Buttacavoli (3) | 6 | ||
May 13 | Costa Rica | 175,000 | Tyson Alexander (1) | 6 | ||
May 20 | Dominican Republic | 175,000 | Andrés Gallegos (1) | 6 | ||
Jun 3 | Ecuador | 175,000 | Horacio León (1) | 6 | ||
Jun 10 | Mexico | 125,000 | Toni Hakula (1) | 6 | ||
Sep 16 | Brazil | 175,000 | Nico Echavarría (1) | 6 | ||
Sep 23 | Brazil | 175,000 | Marcelo Rozo (3) | 6 | ||
Oct 7 | Mexico | 175,000 | Nico Echavarría (2) | 6 | ||
Oct 14 | Chile | 175,000 | Jared Wolfe (2) | 6 | ||
Oct 21 | Peru | 175,000 | Harry Higgs (1) | 6 | ||
Nov 11 | Argentina | 175,000 | Clodomiro Carranza (2) | 6 | ||
Nov 18 | Argentina | 175,000 | Isidro Benítez (1) | 6 | ||
Dec 2 | United States | 175,000 | Michael Buttacavoli (4) | 6 |
The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour Latinoamérica, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[2] The top five players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2019 Korn Ferry Tour.[3]
Position | Player | Prize money ($) | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 101,336 | ||
2 | 101,272 | ||
3 | 84,286 | ||
4 | 84,064 | ||
5 | 83,989 |
Year: | 2018 |
Tour: | PGA Tour Latinoamérica Developmental Series |
Regular Season: | – |
No Of Events: | 14 |
Honor1: | Dev Series Final |
Honoree1: | Alfredo Adrián Ploch |
Prevseason: | 2017 |
Nextseason: | 2019 |
The 2018 PGA Tour Latinoamérica Developmental Series was the sixth season of the PGA Tour Latinoamérica Developmental Series, the official development tour to the PGA Tour Latinoamérica between 2013 and 2023.
The following table lists official events during the 2018 season.[4]
Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse | Winner | Main tour | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 17 | Abierto del Caribe | Colombia | Col$125,000,000 | COL | ||
Dec 17 | Copa Puro Sinaloa | Mexico | Mex$1,600,000 | GGPM | ||
Jan 28 | Argentina | Arg$700,000 | TPG | |||
Feb 25 | Copa Tequila Azulejos | Mexico | Mex$2,000,000 | GGPM | ||
Apr 8 | Bosque Real Classic | Mexico | Mex$1,600,000 | GGPM | ||
Apr 15 | Venezuela | US$30,000 | George Trujillo (1) | |||
Apr 29 | Argentina | Arg$700,000 | TPG | |||
Jun 16 | Abierto Termas de Río Hondo | Argentina | Arg$1,000,000 | TPG | ||
Aug 20 | Abierto Club Campestre de Medellín | Colombia | Col$100,000,000 | COL | ||
Sep 9 | Abierto del Club Los Lagartos | Colombia | Col$100,000,000 | COL | ||
Sep 23 | Ecuador | US$35,000 | Juan Moncayo (a) (1) | |||
Sep 30 | Abierto Hacienda Chicureo | Chile | US$25,000 | CHL | ||
Nov 25 | Andrés Romero Invitational | Argentina | Arg$500,000 | TPG | ||
Dec 8 | Malinalco Classic Dev Series Final | Mexico | US$40,000 | Alfredo Adrián Ploch (1) |
The Dev Series Final was made up of the top-five finishers of each tournament during the season.[5] The top five finishers in the Dev Series Final earned status to play on the 2019 PGA Tour Latinoamérica.[6]
Place | Player | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 67-70-68-65=270 | −18 | |
2 | 70-67-66-68=271 | −17 | |
3 | 69-70-68-66=273 | −15 | |
T4 | 67-71-68-68=274 | −14 | |
71-67-70-66=274 |