2020–21 PGA Tour Latinoamérica

The 2020–21 PGA Tour Latinoamérica was the ninth season of PGA Tour Latinoamérica, the main professional golf tour in Latin America, operated and run by the PGA Tour.

2020–21 PGA Tour Latinoamérica season
DurationMarch 5, 2020 (2020-03-05) – July 25, 2021 (2021-07-25)
Number of official events8[a]
Most winsUnited States Brandon Matthews (2)
Order of MeritUnited States Brandon Matthews
2019
2022

In-season changes

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The season began in early March 2020 at the Estrella del Mar Open in Mexico. Soon after, the schedule was put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with all tournaments being postponed to mid-May.[1]

With the season remaining suspended, the PGA Tour created an eight tournament LocaliQ Series based in the United States in which tour members, along with members of those of the cancelled 2020 PGA Tour Canada and 2020 PGA Tour China seasons, would be eligible to compete.[2]

On October 1, 2020, the tour announced that the season would resume in December and run through to July 2021.[3]

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2020–21 season.[4]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$)
Winner[b] OWGR
points
Mar 8, 2020 Estrella del Mar Open Mexico 175,000   Alexandre Rocha (2) 6
Mar 29, 2020 Buenos Aires Championship Argentina Postponed[1]
Apr 5, 2020 Termas de Río Hondo Invitational Argentina Postponed[1]
Apr 19, 2020 Abierto OSDE del Centro Argentina Postponed[1]
Apr 25, 2020 Itau Abierto de Chile Chile Postponed[1]
May 17, 2020 Banco del Pacifico Open Ecuador Postponed
May 24, 2020 Abierto Mexicano de Golf Mexico Postponed
May 31, 2020 Bupa Match Play TBC Postponed
Sep 6, 2020 Diners Club Peru Open Peru Postponed
Sep 13, 2020 Colombia Classic Colombia Postponed
Oct 4, 2020 PGA Tour Latinoamérica Tour Championship TBC Postponed
Dec 13, 2020 Shell Open United States 175,000   M. J. Maguire (1) 6
Dec 20, 2020
May 10, 2020
Puerto Plata Open Dominican Republic 175,000   Brandon Matthews (2) 6
Mar 28, 2021 Abierto Mexicano de Golf Mexico 175,000   Álvaro Ortiz (1) 6
Jun 13, 2021 The Club at Weston Hills Open United States 175,000   Brandon Matthews (3) 6
Jun 20, 2021 Holcim Colombia Classic Colombia 175,000   Sam Stevens (1) 6
Jun 27, 2021 Banco del Pacifico Open Ecuador 175,000   Conner Godsey (1) 6
Jul 25, 2021 Bupa Championship Mexico 175,000   Patrick Newcomb (2) 6

Order of Merit

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The Order of Merit was titled as the Points List and was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[5] The top five players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2022 Korn Ferry Tour.[6]

Position Player Points
1   Brandon Matthews 1,191
2   Sam Stevens 1,067
3   Conner Godsey 1,041
4   Álvaro Ortiz 888
5   M. J. Maguire 860

Developmental Series

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2020–21 PGA Tour Latinoamérica Developmental Series season
Duration23 January 2020 (2020-01-23) – 10 October 2021 (2021-10-10)
Number of official events16
Dev Series Final  Roland Massimino
2019

The 2020–21 PGA Tour Latinoamérica Developmental Series was the eighth season of the PGA Tour Latinoamérica Developmental Series, the official development tour to PGA Tour Latinoamérica between 2013 and 2023.

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2020–21 season.[7]

Date Tournament Host country Purse Winner[c] Main
tour[d]
Jan 26, 2020 Abierto del Sur Argentina Arg$1,200,000   Jorge Fernández-Valdés TPG
Mar 15, 2020 Abierto Norpatagónico Argentina Arg$1,200,000   Andrés Gallegos
  Ricardo González
TPG
Mar 15, 2020 Wipas Invitational Mexico Mex$1,600,000   Armando Favela GGPM
Nov 29, 2020 Pro-Am Ventanas de San Miguel Mexico Mex$1,600,000   Sebastián Vázquez GGPM
Jan 17, 2021 Copa Puro Sinaloa Mexico Mex$3,000,000   Rodolfo Cazaubón GGPM
Feb 7, 2021 Abierto Buenos Aires Classic Argentina Arg$1,600,000   Andrés Gallegos TPG
Mar 7, 2021 Copa Tequila Azulejos Mexico Mex$1,600,000   José de Jesús Rodríguez GGPM
Mar 14, 2021 Allocco Classic Argentina Arg$1,600,000   Matías Simaski TPG
Apr 3, 2021 Abierto OSDE del Centro Argentina Arg$3,500,000   César Costilla TPG
Apr 24, 2021 Copa Prissa Mexico Mex$1,600,000   José Toledo GGPM
May 9, 2021 Copa Multimedios Mexico Mex$1,600,000   José Toledo GGPM
Jun 5, 2021 Amanali Classic Mexico Mex$1,600,000   José de Jesús Rodríguez GGPM
Jul 4, 2021 Torneo Pro-Am Mexico Mex$1,600,000   José Toledo GGPM
Aug 1, 2021 Abierto de Colombia Colombia Col$200,000,000   Jesús Amaya COL
Sep 4, 2021 Venezuela Open Venezuela US$50,000   Iván Camilo Ramírez (1)
Oct 10, 2021 Dev Series Final Mexico US$40,000   Roland Massimino (1)

Dev Series Final

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The Dev Series Final was made up of the top-five finishers of each tournament during the season.[8] The top five finishers in the Dev Series Final earned status to play on the 2022 PGA Tour Latinoamérica.[9]

Place Player Score To par
1   Roland Massimino 69-72-65-66=272 −16
2   Jaime López Rivarola 66-68-68-70=272
3   José Narro 68-68-68-69=273 −15
4   Joel Thelen 69-73-63-69=274 −14
5   Iván Camilo Ramírez 70-67-68-70=275 −13

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ A further twelve tournaments were scheduled but were postponed.
  2. ^ 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 PGA Tour Latinoamérica as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the Korn Ferry Tour.
  3. ^ The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour Latinoamérica Developmental Series events they had won up to and including that tournament. As most Developmental Series events are incorporated from regional tour schedules, details of these wins are displayed there instead.
  4. ^ COL − Colombian Tour; GGPM − Gira de Golf Profesional Mexicana; TPG − TPG Tour.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "PGA Tour statement regarding additional tournament cancellations". PGA Tour. March 17, 2020. Archived from the original on March 17, 2020. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  2. ^ Wacker, Brian (July 14, 2020). "PGA Tour announces eight-tournament series for players from smaller circuits". Golf Digest. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  3. ^ "PGA Tour Latinoamérica announces amended 2020 plans". PGA Tour. October 1, 2020. Archived from the original on October 6, 2022. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  4. ^ "2020 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on March 31, 2020. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  5. ^ "2020–21 Points List". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on July 26, 2021. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  6. ^ Villalobos, Gregory (July 26, 2021). "Matthews wins 2020–21 Player of the Year honors". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on March 11, 2022. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  7. ^ "2020–21 Dev Series Calendar". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 17, 2021. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  8. ^ "2021 Dev Series Final". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
  9. ^ Olivo, Félix (October 11, 2021). "Massimino se lleva la Dev Series Final en desempate" [Massimino wins the Dev Series Final in tiebreaker]. Fibre de Golf (in Spanish). Retrieved November 7, 2023.
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