2017 PGA Tour Latinoamérica

The 2017 PGA Tour Latinoamérica was the sixth season of PGA Tour Latinoamérica, the main professional golf tour in Latin America, operated and run by the PGA Tour.

2017 PGA Tour Latinoamérica season

Duration	February 16, 2017 (2017-02-16) – December 3, 2017 (2017-12-03)
Number of official events	18
Most wins	José de Jesús Rodríguez (2) Brady Schnell (2)
Order of Merit	José de Jesús Rodríguez
← 2016 2018 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2017 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (US$)	Winner^[a]	OWGR points
Feb 19	Avianca Colombia Open	Colombia	175,000	José de Jesús Rodríguez (3)	6
Mar 12	Molino Cañuelas Championship	Argentina	175,000	Brandon Matthews (1)	6
Mar 19	Guatemala Stella Artois Open	Guatemala	175,000	Cristián Espinoza (n/a)^[b]	n/a
Mar 26	Honduras Open	Honduras	175,000	Patrick Newcomb (1)	6
Apr 23	Abierto OSDE del Centro	Argentina	175,000	Nelson Ledesma (1)	6
May 7	Essential Costa Rica Classic	Costa Rica	175,000	José Toledo (1)	6
Jun 4	Quito Open	Ecuador	175,000	Curtis Yonke (1)	6
Jun 11	Puerto Plata Dominican Republic Open	Dominican Republic	175,000	Tee-K Kelly (1)	6
Jun 18	BMW Jamaica Classic	Jamaica	175,000	Jared Wolfe (1)	6
Aug 20	Abierto del Paraguay-Copa NEC	Paraguay	175,000	José de Jesús Rodríguez (4)	7
Sep 3	Flor de Caña Open	Nicaragua	175,000	Michael Buttacavoli (2)	6
Sep 10	San Luis Championship	Mexico	175,000	Óscar Fraustro (2)	6
Oct 15	Aberto do Brasil	Brazil	175,000	Rodolfo Cazaubón (4)	6
Oct 22	Lexus Peru Open	Peru	175,000	Charlie Saxon (1)	4
Oct 29	Roberto De Vicenzo Punta del Este Open Copa NEC	Uruguay	175,000	Brian Richey (1)	6
Nov 12	NEC Argentina Classic	Argentina	175,000	Julián Etulain (4)	6
Nov 19	Visa Open de Argentina	Argentina	175,000	Brady Schnell (1)	7
Dec 3	Shell Championship	United States	175,000	Brady Schnell (2)	6

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 ($)	Winner	OWGR points
Dec 16	Aruba Cup	Aruba	120,000	PGA Tour Canada	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 2018 Web.com Tour.^[3]

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	José de Jesús Rodríguez	119,001
2	Jared Wolfe	93,035
3	Brian Richey	77,486
4	José Toledo	74,171
5	Nelson Ledesma	70,604

Developmental Series

2017 PGA Tour Latinoamérica Developmental Series season

Duration	15 December 2016 (2016-12-15) – 10 December 2017 (2017-12-10)
Number of official events	16
Dev Series Final	Horacio León
← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 PGA Tour Latinoamérica Developmental Series was the fifth 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 2017 season.^[4]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse ($)	Winner^[c]	Main tour^[d]
Dec 18	Abierto del Caribe	Colombia	40,000	Daniel Zuluaga (2)
Feb 11	Abierto del Sur	Argentina	Arg$550,000	Marcos Montenegro	TPG
Apr 2	Abierto Norpatagónico	Argentina	Arg$550,000	Maximiliano Godoy	TPG
May 13	Abierto del Norte	Argentina	Arg$550,000	César Costilla	TPG
May 21	Abierto CC El Carmel	Colombia	35,000	Omar Beltrán (2)
May 29	Bosque Real Championship	Mexico	Mex$1,600,000	Carlos Ortiz	GGPM
Jul 16	Abierto Club Militar	Colombia	35,000	Diego Velásquez (1)
Aug 13	Abierto Club Campestre de Medellín	Colombia	35,000	Marcelo Rozo (1)
Aug 27	Mayakoba Open	Mexico	Mex$1,600,000	José de Jesús Rodríguez	GGPM
Sep 17	Bolivia Open Mitsuba	Bolivia	50,000	Juan Álvarez (1)
Oct 7	Carlos Franco Invitational	Paraguay	40,000	Franco Romero	TPG
Oct 22	La Vista Championship	Mexico	Mex$2,000,000	Armando Villarreal	GGPM
Nov 26	Abierto Sambil	Venezuela	30,000	Felipe Velázquez (1)
Nov 26	Andrés Romero Invitational	Argentina	Arg$600,000	Augusto Núñez	TPG
Dec 3	Abierto del Litoral	Argentina	Arg$550,000	Sebastián Bergagna	TPG
Dec 10	Malinalco Classic Dev Series Final	Mexico	40,000	Horacio León (2)

Dev Series Final

The Dev Series Final was made up of the top-five finishers of each tournament during the season.^[5] The top five finishers in the Dev Series Final earned status to play on the 2018 PGA Tour Latinoamérica.^[6]

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Horacio León	72-69-65-68=274	−14
2	Benjamín Alvarado	69-71-67-67=274
T3	Pablo Rincón	67-69-73-66=275	−13
	Cristian Romero	71-66-70-68=275
5	Leandro Marelli	70-68-69-69=276	−12

See also

• 2017 PGA Tour Canada

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. Shortened to 18 holes due to weather. Due to the event's length, this win is not officially recognized as a PGA Tour Latinoamérica victory.
3. 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.
4. GGPM − Gira de Golf Profesional Mexicana; TPG − TPG Tour.

References

1. . PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 12, 2017. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
2. "Congrats to veteran Jose de Jesus Rodriguez on winning the PGA Tour Latinoamérica Order of Merit and securing full 2018 #WebTour membership!". Korn Ferry Tour. December 4, 2017. Retrieved June 26, 2023 – via Facebook.
3. "'Camarón' Rodríguez de lo mejor en Latinoamérica en 2017" ['Camarón' Rodríguez of the best in Latin America in 2017] (in Spanish). PGA of Mexico. December 31, 2017. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
4. . PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 28, 2022. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
5. "2017 Dev Series Final". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
6. "Horacio León se impone en el II Malinalco Classic" [Horacio León wins the II Malinalco Classic]. Fairway Argentina (in Spanish). December 11, 2017. Retrieved November 8, 2023.

External links

• Official website