2013 PGA Tour Latinoamérica


The 2013 PGA Tour Latinoamérica was the second season of PGA Tour Latinoamérica, having converted from the Tour de las Américas which ceased to operate in 2012. PGA Tour Latinoamérica is operated and run by the PGA Tour.

Schedule changes

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.

Schedule

The table below shows the 2013 schedule. "Date" is the ending date of each event. The tour added three events to the schedule for the 2013 season. The season is also split into two sections; seven events in the first half of the year, and seven events in the latter half. The tour also expanded by two countries, introducing tournaments in Uruguay and Chile. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on tour up to and including that event. OWGR is the number of Official World Golf Ranking points awarded for that tournament. All tournaments have a purse of US$150,000.
DateTournamentCountryWinnerOWGR pts
Mar 17Abierto Mexicano de GolfMexico Ted Purdy 6
Mar 24TransAmerican Power Products CRV OpenMexico Manuel Villegas 6
Apr 21Abierto del CentroArgentina Ángel Cabrera 8
Apr 28Roberto De Vicenzo Invitational Copa NECUruguay José de Jesús Rodríguez 6
May 5Arturo Calle Colombian OpenColombia Timothy O'Neal 6
May 19Mundo Maya OpenMexico Jorge Fernández-Valdés 6
Jun 1Dominican Republic OpenDominican Republic Ryan Blaum 6
Oct 13Puerto Rico ClassicPuerto Rico Ryan Sullivan 6
Oct 20Brazil OpenBrazil Ryan Blaum 6
Nov 3Arturo Calle Colombian ClassicColombia José de Jesús Rodríguez 6
Nov 10Lexus Peru OpenPeru Julián Etulain 6
Nov 24Abierto de ChileChile Timothy O'Neal 6
Dec 1Personal ClassicArgentina Fabián Gómez 6
Dec 8Visa Open de ArgentinaArgentina Marcelo Rozo 8

Order of Merit

In 2013 as in 2012 the top 5 players on the tour, known as 'Los Cinco', earned status to play on the Web.com Tour for the 2014 season. In 2013 the top 5 finishes on the order of merit qualifying for the Web.com Tour were:
PositionNameCountryEarnings
1Ryan Blaum99,135
2José de Jesús Rodríguez98,383
3Timothy O'Neal90,015
4Jorge Fernández-Valdés65,178
5Manuel Villegas60,671