2011 Tour de las Américas season
Duration3 March 2011 (2011-03-03) – 18 December 2011 (2011-12-18)
Number of official events17
Most winsChile Benjamín Alvarado (2)
Order of MeritArgentina Joaquín Estévez
2010
2012

The 2011 Tour de las Américas was the 11th season of the Tour de las Américas, the main professional golf tour in Latin America since it was established in 2000.

The tour continued its close association with the European Tour, with three events being co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour, Europe's official development tour.

The Order of Merit was won by Argentina's Joaquín Estévez.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2011 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$)
Winner[lower-alpha 1] OWGR
points
Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]
6 Mar Abierto de Chile Chile 40,000 Chile Benjamín Alvarado (1) 6
13 Mar Abierto Internacional de Golf Copa Antioquia Colombia 230,000 Argentina Joaquín Estévez (1) 12 CHA
20 Mar Pacific Colombia Tour Barranquilla Colombia 100,000 United States Cody Slover (n/a) 6 CAN
27 Mar Pacific Colombia Tour Championship Colombia 130,000 Canada Adam Hadwin (n/a) 6 CAN
23 Apr Abierto del Centro Argentina Arg$300,000 Paraguay Héctor Céspedes (1) 6 TPG
22 May TLA Televisa Players Championship Mexico 70,000 Argentina Julián Etulain (3) n/a
29 May Toyota Peru Open Peru 100,000 Chile Benjamín Alvarado (2) 6
10 Jul Abierto de Golf Ciudad de Bucaramanga Colombia 50,000 Colombia Alvaro Jose Arizabaleta (1) 6
17 Jul Abierto Internacional de Golf Copa Sura Colombia 50,000 Argentina César Costilla (2) 6
9 Oct Aberto do Brasil Brazil 160,000 Colombia Óscar David Álvarez (3) 6
16 Oct Abierto Internacional de Golf Hacienda Chicureo Copa Claro Chile 40,000 Argentina Paulo Pinto (4) 6
30 Oct Abierto del Nordeste Argentina Arg$250,000 Argentina Emilio Domínguez (2) 6 TPG
6 Nov Carlos Franco Invitational Paraguay 40,000 Paraguay Fabrizio Zanotti (2) 6 TPG
20 Nov Roberto De Vicenzo Classic Argentina 40,000 Argentina Nelson Ledesma (1) 6 TPG
4 Dec Torneo de Maestros Argentina Arg$400,000 Argentina José Cóceres (1) 6 TPG
11 Dec Visa Open de Argentina Argentina 115,000 Argentina Maximiliano Godoy (1) 6 TPG
18 Dec Abierto Sport Frances Copa Nissan Chile 80,000 Chile Francisco Cerda (1) 6

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[2]

PositionPlayerPoints
1Argentina Joaquín Estévez51,970
2Chile Benjamín Alvarado48,800
3Argentina César Costilla45,006
4Colombia Diego Vanegas42,883
5Argentina Julián Etulain39,233

Notes

  1. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Tour de las Américas events they had won up to and including that tournament.
  2. CAN − Canadian Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour; TPG − TPG Tour.

References

  1. "Tournaments Schedule". Tour de las Americas. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
  2. "Temporada / Season 2011". Tour de las Americas. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
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