2022 PGA Tour Latinoamérica

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2022 PGA Tour Latinoamérica season
DurationDecember 2, 2021 (2021-12-02) – June 26, 2022 (2022-06-26)
Number of official events12
Order of MeritUnited States Mitchell Meissner
2023

The 2022 PGA Tour Latinoamérica was the tenth season of PGA Tour Latinoamérica, the main professional golf tour in Latin America, operated and run by the PGA Tour.

Changes for 2022[edit]

Following a disrupted 2020–21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tour announced 12 events for the 2022 season.[1]

Order of Merit name change[edit]

It was the first season in which the Order of Merit was rebranded as the Totalplay Cup.[2]

Schedule[edit]

The following table lists official events during the 2022 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$)
Winner[a] OWGR
points
Dec 5 Visa Open de Argentina Argentina 175,000 Argentina Jorge Fernández-Valdés (4) 6
Dec 12 Scotia Wealth Management Chile Open Chile 175,000 Argentina Alan Wagner (2) 6
Feb 20 Estrella del Mar Open Mexico 175,000 United States Matt Ryan (1) 6
Mar 27 Termas de Río Hondo Invitational Argentina 175,000 United States Kevin Velo (1) 6
Apr 3 Abierto del Centro Argentina 175,000 Argentina Alejandro Tosti (2) 6
Apr 24 JHSF Aberto do Brasil Brazil 175,000 Argentina Jaime López Rivarola (1) 6
May 1 Diners Club Peru Open Peru 175,000 Guatemala José Toledo (2) 6
May 8 Quito Open Ecuador 175,000 United States Manav Shah (1) 6
May 29 Jalisco Open GDL Mexico 175,000 Mexico José de Jesús Rodríguez (5) 6
Jun 5 Volvo Golf Championship Colombia 175,000 Chile Cristóbal del Solar (3) 6
Jun 12 Fortox Colombia Classic Colombia 175,000 Argentina Tommy Cocha (4) 6
Jun 26 Bupa Tour Championship Mexico 175,000 Argentina Jesús Montenegro (1) 6

Order of Merit[edit]

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.[3][4] The top five players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2023 Korn Ferry Tour.[5]

Position Player Points
1 United States Mitchell Meissner 1,528
2 Chile Cristóbal del Solar 1,377
3 Argentina Jorge Fernández-Valdés 1,262
4 United States Kevin Velo 1,169
5 Argentina Alejandro Tosti 1,034

Developmental Series[edit]

2021–22 PGA Tour Latinoamérica Developmental Series season
DurationOctober 27, 2021 (2021-10-27) – July 17, 2022 (2022-07-17)
Number of official events14
Dev Series FinalUnited States Josh Goldenberg

The 2021–22 PGA Tour Latinoamérica Developmental Series was the ninth season of the PGA Tour Latinoamérica Developmental Series, the official development tour to PGA Tour Latinoamérica between 2013 and 2023.

Schedule[edit]

The following table lists official events during the 2021–22 season.[6]

Date Tournament Host country Purse Winner[b] Main
tour[c]
Oct 30 Etapa 6 Mexico Mex$1,600,000 Venezuela Manuel Torres GGPM
Dec 18 Abierto del Litoral Argentina Arg$5,000,000 Argentina Martín Contini TPG
Dec 19 Etapa 7 Mexico Mex$1,600,000 Mexico Aarón Terrazas GGPM
Feb 12 El Campanario Classic Mexico Mex$1,600,000 Mexico Gonzalo Rubio GGPM
Mar 12 Copa Prissa Mexico Mex$1,600,000 Mexico Isidro Benítez GGPM
Mar 13 Abierto de San Luis Argentina Arg$5,000,000 Argentina Félix Córdoba TPG
Apr 10 Abierto Norpatagónico Argentina Arg$3,000,000 Argentina Andrés Gallegos TPG
Apr 24 Abierto de Golf Los Lirios Chile CLP$25,000,000 Chile Felipe Aguilar CHL
Apr 24 Etapa 10 Mexico Mex$1,600,000 Mexico Sebastián Vázquez GGPM
Apr 30 Venezuela Open Venezuela US$50,000 Venezuela Virgilio Paz (a) (1)
May 14 Abierto Roberto De Vicenzo Argentina Arg$3,000,000 Argentina César Costilla TPG
Jun 18 Abierto de Termas Río Hondo Argentina Arg$4,500,000 Argentina Clodomiro Carranza TPG
Jun 19 Etapa Final Mexico Mex$3,000,000 Mexico José de Jesús Rodríguez GGPM
Jul 17 Dev Series Final Mexico US$40,000 United States Josh Goldenberg (1)

Dev Series Final[edit]

The Dev Series Final was made up of the top-five finishers of each tournament during the season.[7] The top five finishers in the Dev Series Final earned status to play on the 2023 PGA Tour Latinoamérica.[8]

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Josh Goldenberg 65-68-67-67=267 −21
2 New Zealand Charlie Hillier 71-66-67-66=270 −18
T3 United States Andrew Alligood 70-69-67-65=271 −17
Peru Luis Fernando Barco 69-69-63-70=271
United States Brax McCarthy 66-67-71-67=271

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  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. ^ CHL − Chilean Tour; GGPM − Gira de Golf Profesional Mexicana; TPG − TPG Tour.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "2022 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 14, 2022. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  2. ^ "Totalplay Cup to measure PGA Tour Latinoamérica players' success starting in 2021-22". PGA Tour. July 19, 2021. Archived from the original on February 6, 2023. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  3. ^ "2022 Totalplay Cup". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 28, 2022. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  4. ^ "Meissner captures Totalplay Cup, named Player of the Year". PGA Tour. June 26, 2022. Archived from the original on August 15, 2022. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  5. ^ "Four secure 2023 Korn Ferry Tour membership". PGA Tour. June 26, 2022. Archived from the original on June 27, 2022. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  6. ^ "2021–22 Dev Series Calendar". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 28, 2022. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  7. ^ "2022 Dev Series Final". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
  8. ^ "Estos cinco jugadores lograron condiciones completas para la próxima temporada de PGA Tour Latinoamérica" [These five players achieved full conditions for the upcoming PGA Tour Latinoamérica season.] (in Spanish). PGA Tour Americas. July 18, 2022. Retrieved November 7, 2023 – via Facebook.

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