2023 PGA Tour Latinoamérica season
DurationDecember 1, 2022 (2022-12-01) – July 2, 2023 (2023-07-02)
Number of official events12
Most winsUnited States Chandler Blanchet (2)
Order of MeritUnited States Chandler Blanchet
← 2022

The 2023 PGA Tour Latinoamérica was the 11th and final season of PGA Tour Latinoamérica, the main professional golf tour in Latin America, operated and run by the PGA Tour.

In April, the PGA Tour announced that the 2023 season would be the last, as from 2024 the tour would merge with PGA Tour Canada, creating PGA Tour Americas.[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2023 season.[2][3]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(US$)		Winner[lower-alpha 1]OWGR
points
Dec 4Visa Open de ArgentinaArgentina175,000United States Zack Fischer (1)3.99
Dec 11Neuquen Argentina ClassicArgentina175,000Chile Cristóbal del Solar (4)3.13
Dec 18Scotia Wealth Management Chile OpenChile175,000United States Matt Ryan (2)2.91
Mar 19Termas de Río Hondo InvitationalArgentina175,000United States Jake McCrory (1)2.36
Mar 26Roberto De Vicenzo MemorialArgentina175,000United States Chandler Blanchet (2)2.73
Apr 2JHSF Aberto do BrasilBrazil175,000New Zealand Charlie Hillier (1)2.74
Apr 30Diners Club Peru OpenPeru175,000Argentina Marcos Montenegro (1)3.05
May 7Kia OpenEcuador175,000Finland Toni Hakula (2)3.34
May 28Colombia ClassicColombia175,000United States Walker Lee (1)3.06
Jun 4Inter Rapidisimo Golf ChampionshipColombia175,000Canada Myles Creighton (1)3.01
Jun 25Jalisco Open GDLMexico175,000Mexico José de Jesús Rodríguez (6)3.24
Jul 2Bupa Tour ChampionshipMexico200,000United States Chandler Blanchet (3)2.18

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was titled as the Totalplay Cup and was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[4][5] The top five players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour.[6]

PositionPlayerPoints
1United States Chandler Blanchet1,539
2Canada Myles Creighton1,146
3United States Walker Lee1,014
4United States Austin Hitt897
5New Zealand Charlie Hillier889

Developmental Series

2022–23 PGA Tour Latinoamérica Developmental Series season
DurationJuly 28, 2022 (2022-07-28) – November 4, 2023 (2023-11-04)
Number of official events17
Dev Series FinalUnited States Joel Thelen

The 2022–23 PGA Tour Latinoamérica Developmental Series was the 10th and final season of the PGA Tour Latinoamérica Developmental Series, the official development tour to PGA Tour Latinoamérica between 2013 and 2023.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2022–23 season.[7]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
($)		Winner[lower-alpha 2]Main
tour[lower-alpha 3]
Jul 31Abierto de ColombiaColombia50,000Colombia Camilo AguadoCOL
Aug 20Amanali ClassicMexicoMex$1,600,000United States Joel ThelenGGPM
Sep 3Andrés Romero InvitationalArgentinaArg$4,000,000Argentina Leandro MarelliTPG
Sep 11Abierto de EcuadorEcuador20,000Ecuador Juan Moncayo (2)
Oct 8Abierto del BajíoMexicoMex$1,600,000Mexico Isidro BenítezGGPM
Nov 12Copa MultimediosMexicoMex$1,600,000Mexico Raúl PeredaGGPM
Jan 22Abierto Rocas de Santo DomingoChile20,000Chile Felipe Aguilar (4)
Jan 29El Campanario ClassicMexicoMex$1,600,000Mexico José Cristóbal Islas (a)GGPM
Feb 11Tabachines ClassicMexicoMex$1,600,000Guatemala José ToledoGGPM
Mar 5Abierto de San LuisArgentinaArg$8,000,000Argentina Emilio DomínguezTPG
Mar 18Abierto de VenezuelaVenezuela50,000Argentina Julián Etulain (1)
Apr 8Abierto del CentroArgentinaArg$8,000,000Argentina Nelson LedesmaTPG
Apr 15Abierto de AguascalientesMexicoMex$1,600,000Mexico Luis GarzaGGPM
May 20Altozano OpenMexicoMex$1,600,000Mexico José de Jesús RodríguezGGPM
Jun 17Abierto Termas de Río HondoArgentinaArg$9,200,000Argentina Andrés RomeroTPG
Jul 16Gran Final Tres Vidas AcapulcoMexicoMex$3,000,000Guatemala José ToledoGGPM
Nov 4Dev Series FinalMexico40,000United States Joel Thelen (1)

Dev Series Final

The Dev Series Final was made up of the top-five finishers of each tournament during the season.[8] The top three finishers in the Dev Series Final earned status to play on the 2024 PGA Tour Americas.[9]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Joel Thelen65-62-67-69=263−21
T2United States Samuel Anderson66-67-67-64=264−20
Costa Rica Paul Chaplet67-69-64-64=264

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ COL − Colombian Tour; GGPM − Gira de Golf Profesional Mexicana; TPG − TPG Tour.

References

  1. ↑ "PGA Tour announces formation of PGA Tour Americas". PGA Tour. April 25, 2023. Archived from the original on April 25, 2023. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
  2. ↑ "2023 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
  3. ↑ "PGA Tour Latinoamérica announces 2022–23 schedule". PGA Tour. October 5, 2022. Archived from the original on October 5, 2022. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
  4. ↑ "2023 Totalplay Cup". PGA Tour. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Blanchet captures Totalplay Cup after stellar season". PGA Tour. July 2, 2023. Archived from the original on July 2, 2023. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Five secure 2024 Korn Ferry Tour privileges". PGA Tour. July 2, 2023. Archived from the original on July 3, 2023. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
  7. ↑ "2022–23 Dev Series Calendar". PGA Tour. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  8. ↑ "2023 Dev Series Final". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Thelen wins Dev Series Final, secures 2024 PGA Tour Americas card". PGA Tour. November 5, 2023. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
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