Roberto De Vicenzo Punta del Este Open Copa NEC explained

Roberto De Vicenzo Punta del Este Open Copa NEC
Location:Maldonado, Uruguay
Establishment:2005
Course:Club del Lago Golf
Par:72
Yardage:7206yd
Tour:PGA Tour Latinoamérica
Tour de las Américas
Format:Stroke play
Month Played:October
Final Year:2017
Aggregate:264 Mito Pereira (2016)
264 Brian Richey (2017)
To-Par:−16 as above
Final Champion: Brian Richey
Map:Uruguay
Map Label:Club del Lago Golf
Map Relief:yes
Map Size:200
Coordinates:-34.866°N -55.055°W

The Roberto De Vicenzo Punta del Este Open Copa NEC was a men's professional golf tournament.

First held in 2005 as the Roberto De Vicenzo Classic, it is named after one of Argentina's most successful golfers, Roberto De Vicenzo. The tournament has been held at the San Eliseo Golf Club in Buenos Aires, Argentina until 2012, and moved to the Club de Golf del Uruguay in Montevideo, Uruguay. In 2015, it moved to Club del Lago Golf in Maldonado, Uruguay. All three cities are on the Río de la Plata.

From 2007 to 2011, the tournament was part of the TPG Tour, the official professional golf tour in Argentina. In 2006 and from 2008 to 2010, it was included on the Tour de las Américas schedule. In 2012, it was included on the PGA Tour Latinoamérica schedule. For the 2018 season, it was downgraded to the PGA Tour Latinoamérica Dev Series.

It initially consisted of a pro-am fourball competition over the first two rounds, with just the professionals going on to play in the final two rounds. In 2012, it changed to a 144 player, stroke play tournament.[1]

Winners

YearTour(s)WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Roberto De Vicenzo Punta del Este Open Copa NEC
2017 264 −16 4 strokes Tommy Cocha
2016 264 −16 5 strokes Tom Whitney
2015 271 −9 2 strokes Rafael Campos
Roberto De Vicenzo Invitational Copa NEC
2014 272 −16 Playoff Tommy Cocha
2013 271 −17 Playoff Timothy O'Neal
Sebastián Saavedra
2012 273 −15 2 strokes Ariel Cañete
Óscar Fraustro
Roberto De Vicenzo Classic
2011 280 −8 Playoff Rafael Gómez
Fernando Zacarias
2010 280 −8 1 stroke Mauricio Molina
2009 279 −9 2 strokes Sebastián Fernández
2008 284 −4 Playoff Sebastián Fernández
2007 284 −4 Playoff Sergio Acevedo
2006 TLA Luciano Giometti
2005 TLA 205 −11 4 strokes Hernán Rey

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: One of golf's greats honored as the Tour makes it to Argentina . PGA Tour . 9 October 2012.