2020–21 PGA Tour Latinoamérica

The 2020–21 PGA Tour Latinoamérica was the ninth season of the PGA Tour Latinoamérica, the principal men's professional golf tour in Latin America, operated and run by the PGA Tour.

2020–21 PGA Tour Latinoamérica season
DurationMarch 5, 2020 (2020-03-05) – July 25, 2021 (2021-07-25)
Number of official events8[lower-alpha 1]
Most winsUnited States Brandon Matthews (2)
Order of MeritUnited States Brandon Matthews
← 2019
2022 →

In-season changes

The season began in early March 2020 at the Estrella del Mar Open in Mexico. Soon after, the schedule was put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with all tournaments being postponed to mid-May.[1]

With the season remaining suspended, the PGA Tour created an eight tournament LocaliQ Series based in the United States in which tour members, along with members of those of the cancelled 2020 PGA Tour Canada and 2020 PGA Tour China seasons, would be eligible to compete.[2]

On October 1, 2020, the tour announced that the season would resume in December and run through to July 2021.[3]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2020–21 season.[4]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(US$)		Winner[lower-alpha 2]OWGR
points
Mar 8Estrella del Mar OpenMexico175,000Brazil Alexandre Rocha (2)6
Mar 29Buenos Aires ChampionshipArgentina–Postponed[1]–
Apr 5Termas de Río Hondo InvitationalArgentina–Postponed[1]–
Apr 19Abierto OSDE del CentroArgentina–Postponed[1]–
Apr 25Itau Abierto de ChileChile–Postponed[1]–
May 17Banco del Pacifico OpenEcuador–Postponed–
May 24Abierto Mexicano de GolfMexico–Postponed–
May 31Bupa Match PlayTBC–Postponed–
Sep 6Diners Club Peru OpenPeru–Postponed–
Sep 13Colombia ClassicColombia–Postponed–
Oct 4PGA Tour Latinoamérica Tour ChampionshipTBC–Postponed–
Dec 13Shell OpenUnited States175,000United States M. J. Maguire (1)6
Dec 20
May 10		Puerto Plata OpenDominican Republic175,000United States Brandon Matthews (2)6
Mar 28Abierto Mexicano de GolfMexico175,000Mexico Álvaro Ortiz (1)6
Jun 13The Club at Weston Hills OpenUnited States175,000United States Brandon Matthews (3)6
Jun 20Holcim Colombia ClassicColombia175,000United States Sam Stevens (1)6
Jun 27Banco del Pacifico OpenEcuador175,000United States Conner Godsey (1)6
Jul 25Bupa ChampionshipMexico175,000United States Patrick Newcomb (2)6

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was titled as the Points List and was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[5] The top five players on the tour earned status to play on the 2022 Korn Ferry Tour.[6]

PositionPlayerPoints
1United States Brandon Matthews1,191
2United States Sam Stevens1,067
3United States Conner Godsey1,041
4Mexico Álvaro Ortiz888
5United States M. J. Maguire860

Developmental Series

The following table lists Developmental Series events during the 2020–21 season.[7]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
($)		Winner[lower-alpha 3]Main
tour[lower-alpha 4]
Jan 26Abierto del SurArgentinaArg$1,200,000Argentina Jorge Fernández-ValdésTPG
Mar 15Abierto NorpatagónicoArgentinaArg$1,200,000Argentina Andrés Gallegos
Argentina Ricardo González		TPG
Mar 15Wipas InvitationalMexicoMex$1,600,000Mexico Armando FavelaGGPM
Nov 29Pro-Am Ventanas de San MiguelMexicoMex$1,600,000Mexico Sebastián VázquezGGPM
Jan 17Copa Puro SinaloaMexicoMex$3,000,000Mexico Rodolfo CazaubónGGPM
Feb 7Abierto Buenos Aires ClassicArgentinaArg$1,600,000Argentina Andrés GallegosTPG
Mar 7Copa Tequila AzulejosMexicoMex$1,600,000Mexico José de Jesús RodríguezGGPM
Mar 14Allocco ClassicArgentinaArg$1,600,000Argentina Matías SimaskiTPG
Apr 3Abierto OSDE del CentroArgentinaArg$3,500,000Argentina César CostillaTPG
Apr 24Copa PrissaMexicoMex$1,600,000Guatemala José ToledoGGPM
May 9Copa MultimediosMexicoMex$1,600,000Guatemala José ToledoGGPM
Jun 5Amanali ClassicMexicoMex$1,600,000Mexico José de Jesús RodríguezGGPM
Jul 4Torneo Pro-AmMexicoMex$1,600,000Guatemala José ToledoGGPM
Aug 1Colombian OpenColombia55,000Colombia Jesús AmayaCOL
Sep 4Venezuela OpenVenezuela50,000Colombia Iván Camilo Ramírez (1)
Oct 10Dev Series FinalMexico40,000United States Roland Massimino (1)

See also

Notes
  1. A further twelve tournaments were scheduled but were postponed.
  2. 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 Korn Ferry Tour.
  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. COL − Colombian Tour; GGPM − Gira de Golf Profesional Mexicana; TPG − TPG Tour.

References
  1. "PGA Tour statement regarding additional tournament cancellations". PGA Tour. March 17, 2020. Archived from the original on March 17, 2020. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  2. Wacker, Brian (July 14, 2020). "PGA Tour announces eight-tournament series for players from smaller circuits". Golf Digest. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  3. "PGA Tour Latinoamérica announces amended 2020 plans". PGA Tour. October 1, 2020. Archived from the original on October 6, 2022. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  4. "2020 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on March 31, 2020. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  5. "2020–21 Points List". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on July 26, 2021. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  6. Villalobos, Gregory (July 26, 2021). "Matthews wins 2020–21 Player of the Year honors". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on March 11, 2022. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  7. "2020–21 Dev Series Calendar". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 17, 2021. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
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