2012_Tour_de_las_Américas
2012 Tour de las Américas
Golf tour season
The 2012 Tour de las Américas was the 21st season of the Tour de las Américas (formerly the South American Tour), the main professional golf tour in Latin America since it was formed in 1991.
| Duration | 15 March 2012 (2012-03-15) – 3 June 2012 (2012-06-03) |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 6 |
| Most wins |  Marco Ruiz (2) |
| Order of Merit | Marco Ruiz |
← 2011 | |
The 2012 season proved to be the last season of the Tour de las Américas, as it was superseded by PGA Tour Latinoamérica, which began in September 2012.[1]
The following table lists official events during the 2012 season.[2]
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (US$) |
Winner[lower-alpha 1] | OWGR points |
Other tours[lower-alpha 2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Mar | Abierto de Golf Los Lirios | Chile | 40,000 |  Julián Etulain (4) |
6 | |
| 25 Mar | International Open La Vitalicia | Venezuela | 120,000 |  Rafael Romero (1) |
6 | |
| 15 Apr | Abierto del Centro | Argentina | Arg$350,000 | César Costilla (3) |
6 | TPG |
| 19 May | Abierto del Nordeste | Argentina | Arg$280,000 | Luciano Dodda (2) |
6 | TPG |
| 27 May | Televisa TLA Players Championship | Mexico | 70,000 | Marco Ruiz (3) |
n/a | |
| 3 Jun | Taca Airlines Open | Peru | 50,000 | Marco Ruiz (4) |
6 |
Unofficial events
The following events were sanctioned by the Tour de las Américas, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse ($) | Winners | OWGR points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Mar | Challenge Latinoamericano Copa La Vitalicia | Venezuela | 64,000 |  Team Venezuela |
n/a |
The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[3][4] The top 10 players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2012 PGA Tour Latinoamérica.[4]
| Position | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marco Ruiz | 26,884 |
| 2 | Rafael Romero | 22,060 |
| 3 |  Rafael Campos | 17,588 |
| 4 | Julián Etulain | 16,258 |
| 5 | Daniel Barbetti | 13,574 |
- TPG − TPG Tour.
- "PGA Tour Latinoamérica to launch in 2012". PGA Tour. 20 October 2011. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- "2012 Tournament schedule" (in Spanish). Tour de las Américas. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- "2012 Order of Merit" (in Spanish). Tour de las Américas. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
- Villalobos, Gregory (3 June 2012). "Marco Ruiz fue la estrella en el cierre del Tour de las Américas" [Marco Ruiz was the star at the end of the Tour de las Américas]. Crónica Golf (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 March 2024.
Con Ruiz a la cabeza, el grupo de diez jugadores que por medio de la Orden de Mérito del TLA 2012 aseguraron hoy el derecho a jugar la temporada inaugural del PGA Tour Latinoamérica lo completan en el orden en que se clasificaron: Rafael Campos (PR), Jesús Amaya (COL), Julio Zapata (ARG), Ariel Cañete (ARG), Mauricio Azcué (MEX), Tommy Cocha (ARG), Nicolás Geyger (CHI), Clodomiro Carranza (ARG) y Otto Solís (VEN).
[With Ruiz at the helm, the group of ten players who through the 2012 TLA Order of Merit secured the right to play the inaugural season of PGA Tour Latinoamérica is completed in the order in which they qualified: Rafael Campos (PR), Jesús Amaya (COL), Julio Zapata (ARG), Ariel Cañete (ARG), Mauricio Azcué (MEX), Tommy Cocha (ARG), Nicolás Geyger (CHI), Clodomiro Carranza (ARG) and Otto Solís (VEN).]
- Official website (in Spanish)