Roberto De Vicenzo Punta del Este Open Copa NEC

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

Roberto De Vicenzo Punta del Este Open Copa NEC
Tournament information
LocationMaldonado, Uruguay
Established2005
Course(s)Club del Lago Golf
Par72
Length7,206 yards (6,589 m)
Tour(s)PGA Tour Latinoamérica
Tour de las Américas
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$175,000
Month playedOctober
Final year2017
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Mito Pereira (2016)
264 Brian Richey (2017)
To par−16 as above
Final champion
United States Brian Richey
Location map
Club del Lago Golf is located in Uruguay
Club del Lago Golf
Club del Lago Golf
Location in Uruguay

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

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Year Tour(s)[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Roberto De Vicenzo Punta del Este Open Copa NEC
2017 PGATLA   Brian Richey 264 −16 4 strokes   Tommy Cocha
2016 PGATLA   Mito Pereira 264 −16 5 strokes   Tom Whitney
2015 PTGALA   Lanto Griffin 271 −9 2 strokes   Rafael Campos
Roberto De Vicenzo Invitational Copa NEC
2014 PGATLA   Ty Capps 272 −16 Playoff   Tommy Cocha
2013 PGATLA   José de Jesús Rodríguez 271 −17 Playoff   Timothy O'Neal
  Sebastián Saavedra
2012 PGATLA   Alan Wagner 273 −15 2 strokes   Ariel Cañete
  Óscar Fraustro
Roberto De Vicenzo Classic
2011 TLA, TPG   Nelson Ledesma 280 −8 Playoff   Rafael Gómez
  Fernando Zacarias
2010 TLA, TPG   Daniel Barbetti 280 −8 1 stroke   Mauricio Molina
2009 TLA, TPG   Fabián Gómez 279 −9 2 strokes   Sebastián Fernández
2008 TLA, TPG   Paulo Pinto 284 −4 Playoff   Sebastián Fernández
2007 TLA, TPG   Miguel Guzmán 284 −4 Playoff   Sergio Acevedo
2006   Rodolfo González   Luciano Giometti
2005 TLA   Andrés Romero 205 −11 4 strokes   Hernán Rey

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "One of golf's greats honored as the Tour makes it to Argentina". PGA Tour. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
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