2018 PGA Tour Latinoamérica

The 2018 PGA Tour Latinoamérica was the seventh season of PGA Tour Latinoamérica, the main professional golf tour in Latin America, operated and run by the PGA Tour.

2018 PGA Tour Latinoamérica season

Duration	March 15, 2018 (2018-03-15) – December 2, 2018 (2018-12-02)
Number of official events	15
Most wins	Michael Buttacavoli (2) Nico Echavarría (2)
Order of Merit	Harry Higgs
← 2017 2019 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2018 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (US$)	Winner[a]	OWGR points
Mar 18	Guatemala Stella Artois Open	Guatemala	175,000	Ben Polland (1)	6
Mar 25	Abierto Mexicano de Golf	Mexico	175,000	Austin Smotherman (1)	6
Apr 15	Abierto OSDE del Centro	Argentina	175,000	Cristóbal del Solar (1)	6
Apr 23	Molino Cañuelas Championship	Argentina	175,000	Thomas Baik (1)	6
May 6	BMW Jamaica Classic	Jamaica	175,000	Michael Buttacavoli (3)	6
May 13	Costa Rica Classic	Costa Rica	175,000	Tyson Alexander (1)	6
May 20	Puerto Plata Dominican Republic Open	Dominican Republic	175,000	Andrés Gallegos (1)	6
Jun 3	Quito Open	Ecuador	175,000	Horacio León (1)	6
Jun 10	Bupa Match Play	Mexico	125,000	Toni Hakula (1)	6
Sep 16	Sao Paulo Golf Club Championship	Brazil	175,000	Nico Echavarría (1)	6
Sep 23	JHSF Aberto do Brasil	Brazil	175,000	Marcelo Rozo (3)	6
Oct 7	San Luis Championship	Mexico	175,000	Nico Echavarría (2)	6
Oct 14	Volvo Abierto de Chile	Chile	175,000	Jared Wolfe (2)	6
Oct 21	Diners Club Peru Open	Peru	175,000	Harry Higgs (1)	6
Nov 11	Neuquen Argentina Classic	Argentina	175,000	Clodomiro Carranza (2)	6
Nov 18	Visa Open de Argentina	Argentina	175,000	Isidro Benítez (1)	6
Dec 2	Shell Championship	United States	175,000	Michael Buttacavoli (4)	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 15	Go Vacaciones Cozumel Cup	Mexico	120,000	PGA Tour Latinoamérica	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 2019 Korn Ferry Tour.^[3]

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	Harry Higgs	101,336
2	Nico Echavarría	101,272
3	Michael Buttacavoli	84,286
4	Austin Smotherman	84,064
5	Marcelo Rozo	83,989

Developmental Series

2018 PGA Tour Latinoamérica Developmental Series season

Duration	14 December 2017 (2017-12-14) – 8 December 2018 (2018-12-08)
Number of official events	14
Dev Series Final	Alfredo Adrián Ploch
← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 PGA Tour Latinoamérica Developmental Series was the sixth 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 2018 season.^[4]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse	Winner[b]	Main tour[c]
Dec 17	Abierto del Caribe	Colombia	Col$125,000,000	Santiago Gómez	COL
Dec 17	Copa Puro Sinaloa	Mexico	Mex$1,600,000	Sebastián Vázquez	GGPM
Jan 28	Abierto del Sur	Argentina	Arg$700,000	Ricardo González	TPG
Feb 25	Copa Tequila Azulejos	Mexico	Mex$2,000,000	Rodolfo Cazaubón	GGPM
Apr 8	Bosque Real Classic	Mexico	Mex$1,600,000	Gonzalo Rubio	GGPM
Apr 15	Venezuela Open	Venezuela	US$30,000	George Trujillo (1)
Apr 29	Abierto Norpatagónico	Argentina	Arg$700,000	Leandro Marelli	TPG
Jun 16	Abierto Termas de Río Hondo	Argentina	Arg$1,000,000	Juan Álvarez	TPG
Aug 20	Abierto Club Campestre de Medellín	Colombia	Col$100,000,000	Nico Echavarría	COL
Sep 9	Abierto del Club Los Lagartos	Colombia	Col$100,000,000	Manuel Villegas	COL
Sep 23	Abierto de Ecuador	Ecuador	US$35,000	Juan Moncayo (a) (1)
Sep 30	Abierto Hacienda Chicureo	Chile	US$25,000	Felipe Aguilar	CHL
Nov 25	Andrés Romero Invitational	Argentina	Arg$500,000	Mito Pereira	TPG
Dec 8	Malinalco Classic Dev Series Final	Mexico	US$40,000	Alfredo Adrián Ploch (1)

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 2019 PGA Tour Latinoamérica.^[6]

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Alfredo Adrián Ploch	67-70-68-65=270	−18
2	Nicholas Maruri	70-67-66-68=271	−17
3	Ryan Ruffels	69-70-68-66=273	−15
T4	Victor Lange	67-71-68-68=274	−14
	Alejandro Villasana	71-67-70-66=274

See also

• 2018 PGA Tour Canada
• 2018 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. CHL − Chilean Tour; COL − Colombian Tour; GGPM − Gira de Golf Profesional Mexicana; TPG − TPG Tour.