2014 PGA Tour Latinoamérica


The 2014 PGA Tour Latinoamérica was the third 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 number of tournaments increased from 14 to 18, events added to the schedule included: Stella Artois Open, Lexus Panama Classic, Ecuador Open, TransAmerican Power Products CRV Mazatlán Open, and Bridgestone America's Golf Cup. The Puerto Rico Classic was dropped from the schedule having previously been played in both the 2012 and 2013 seasons.

Schedule

The table below shows the 2014 schedule. "Date" is the ending date of each event. 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 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 with the exception of the Bridgestone America's Golf Cup which has a purse of $600,000 and is an unofficial money event.
DateTournamentCountryWinnerOWGR pts
Feb 23Arturo Calle Colombian OpenColombia David Vanegas 6
Mar 23TransAmerican Power Products CRV OpenMexico Marcelo Rozo 6
Mar 30Stella Artois OpenGuatemala Armando Favela 6
Apr 6Mundo Maya OpenMexico Daniel Mazziotta 6
Apr 20Abierto del CentroArgentina William Kropp 6
Apr 27Roberto De Vicenzo Invitational Copa NECUruguay Ty Capps 6
May 18Dominican Republic OpenDominican Republic Michael Buttacavoli 6
May 25Lexus Panama ClassicPanama Julián Etulain 6
Sep 28Ecuador OpenEcuador Tyler McCumber 6
Oct 5Arturo Calle Colombian ClassicColombia Nicholas Lindheim 6
Oct 12TransAmerican Power Products CRV Mazatlán OpenMexico Tyler McCumber 6
Oct 19TransAmerican Power Products CRV Mexico OpenMexico Óscar David Álvarez 6
Oct 26Bridgestone America's Golf CupArgentina Emilio Dominguez &
Rafael Echenique
n/a
Nov 2Lexus Peru OpenPeru Julián Etulain 6
Nov 9Aberto do BrasilBrazil Rafael Becker 6
Nov 16Hyundai - BBVA Abierto de ChileChile Jorge Fernández-Valdés 6
Dec 1Personal ClassicArgentina Fabián Gómez 6
Dec 7Visa Open de ArgentinaArgentina Emiliano Grillo 8

Order of Merit

As in previous seasons the top 5 players on the tour, known as 'Los Cinco', earned status to play on the 2015 Web.com Tour. This was based on the leaders on the Order of Merit after the conclusion of the season.
PositionNameCountryEarnings
1Julián Etulain92,394
2Marcelo Rozo89,117
3Tyler McCumber86,164
4Brad Hopfinger68,719
5Jorge Fernández-Valdés67,523