2014 PGA Tour Latinoamérica

The 2014 PGA Tour Latinoamérica was the third season of PGA Tour Latinoamérica, the main professional golf tour in Latin America, operated and run by the PGA Tour.

2014 PGA Tour Latinoamérica season

Duration	February 20, 2014 (2014-02-20) – December 7, 2014 (2014-12-07)
Number of official events	17
Most wins	Julián Etulain (2) Tyler McCumber (2)
Order of Merit	Julián Etulain
← 2013 2015 →

Schedule changes

The number of tournaments increased from 14 to 18. Events that were added to the schedule included; the Stella Artois Open, Lexus Panama Classic, Ecuador Open, TransAmerican Power Products CRV Mazatlán Open and the 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 following table lists official events during the 2014 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (US$)	Winner^[a]	OWGR points
Feb 23	Arturo Calle Colombian Open	Colombia	150,000	David Vanegas (1)	6
Mar 23	TransAmerican Power Products CRV Open	Mexico	150,000	Marcelo Rozo (2)	6
Mar 30	Stella Artois Open	Guatemala	150,000	Armando Favela (1)	6
Apr 6	Mundo Maya Open	Mexico	150,000	Daniel Mazziotta (1)	6
Apr 20	Abierto del Centro	Argentina	150,000	William Kropp (1)	6
Apr 27	Roberto De Vicenzo Invitational Copa NEC	Uruguay	150,000	Ty Capps (1)	6
May 18	Dominican Republic Open	Dominican Republic	150,000	Michael Buttacavoli (1)	6
May 25	Lexus Panama Classic	Panama	150,000	Julián Etulain (2)	6
Sep 28	Ecuador Open	Ecuador	150,000	Tyler McCumber (1)	6
Oct 5	Arturo Calle Colombian Classic	Colombia	150,000	Nicholas Lindheim (1)	6
Oct 12	TransAmerican Power Products CRV Mazatlán Open	Mexico	150,000	Tyler McCumber (2)	6
Oct 19	TransAmerican Power Products CRV Mexico Open	Mexico	150,000	Óscar David Álvarez (1)	6
Nov 2	Lexus Peru Open	Peru	150,000	Julián Etulain (3)	6
Nov 9	Aberto do Brasil	Brazil	150,000	Rafael Becker (1)	6
Nov 16	Hyundai - BBVA Abierto de Chile	Chile	150,000	Jorge Fernández-Valdés (2)	6
Dec 1	Personal Classic	Argentina	150,000	Fabián Gómez (2)	6
Dec 7	Visa Open de Argentina	Argentina	150,000	Emiliano Grillo (1)	8

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour Latinoamérica, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse ($)	Winners	OWGR points
Oct 26	Bridgestone America's Golf Cup	Argentina	600,000	Emilio Domínguez and   Rafael Echenique	n/a

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.^[2] The top five players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2015 Web.com Tour.^[3]

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	Julián Etulain	92,394
2	Marcelo Rozo	89,117
3	Tyler McCumber	86,164
4	Brad Hopfinger	68,719
5	Jorge Fernández-Valdés	67,523

Developmental Series

2014 PGA Tour Latinoamérica Developmental Series season

Duration	8 January 2014 (2014-01-08) – 18 January 2015 (2015-01-18)
Number of official events	12
Dev Series Final	Jesús Rivas
← 2013 2015 →

The 2014 PGA Tour Latinoamérica Developmental Series was the second season of the PGA Tour Latinoamérica Developmental Series, the official development tour to the PGA Tour Latinoamérica between 2013 and 2023.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2014 season.^[4]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse	Winner^[b]	Main tour^[c]
Jan 11	Abierto del Sur	Argentina	Arg$315,000	Nelson Ledesma	TPG
Apr 6	Abierto de Golf Copa Ciudad de Barranquilla	Colombia	Col$90,000,000	Álvaro Pinedo	COL
Apr 12	Abierto Norpatagónico	Argentina	Arg$400,000	Sebastián Saavedra	TPG
May 31	Venezuela Open	Venezuela	US$40,000	Diego Larrazábal (1)
Jul 13	Abierto del Club Campestre de Bucaramanga	Colombia	Col$90,000,000	Santiago Rivas	COL
Aug 23	CBG Pro Tour Porto Alegre	Brazil	US$50,000	Rafael Becker (1)
Sep 14	Copa Samsung Carlos Franco Invitational	Paraguay	US$40,000	Andrés Romero	TPG
Sep 21	Bolivia Open Mitsuba	Bolivia	US$50,000	Sebastian MacLean (1)
Sep 28	Abierto de Barquisimeto	Venezuela	US$40,000	José Daniel Ortega (1)
Oct 26	Samsung Open	Peru	US$50,000	Francisco Bidé (1)
Nov 23	Abierto del Litoral	Argentina	Arg$425,000	Miguel Ángel Carballo	TPG
Jan 18	Copa Mitad del Mundo Dev Series Final	Ecuador	US$50,000	Jesús Rivas (1)

Dev Series Final

The Dev Series Final was made up of the top-five finishers of each tournament during the season. The top five finishers in the Dev Series Final earned status to play on the 2015 PGA Tour Latinoamérica.^[5]

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Jesús Rivas	276	−8
2	Sean McNamara	277	−7
T3	José Manuel Garrido	278	−6
	Luciano Giometti	278
	Rafael Gómez	278

See also

• 2014 PGA Tour Canada
• 2014 PGA Tour China

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 the PGA Tour Latinoamérica as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the Web.com 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; TPG − TPG Tour.

References

1. . PGA Tour. Archived from the original on December 24, 2014. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
2. . PGA Tour. Archived from the original on December 24, 2014. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
3. . PGA Tour. December 23, 2014. Archived from the original on December 31, 2014. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
4. [Development Series Gains Momentum in 2014] (in Spanish). PGA Tour. Archived from the original on November 25, 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
5. "Colombiano Jesús Rivas triunfó en Final de la Serie de Desarrollo" [Colombia's Jesús Rivas triumphed in Development Series Final]. Fairway Argentina (in Spanish). January 18, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2023.

External links

• Official website