2012 Tour de las Américas

The 2012 Tour de las Américas was the 21st and final 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.

2012 Tour de las Américas season

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

Final season

The 2012 season proved to be the last season of the Tour de las Américas, as it was superseded by PGA Tour Latinoamérica, which began in September 2012.^[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2012 season.^[2]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (US$)	Winner[a]	OWGR points	Other tours[b]
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

Order of Merit

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

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. TPG − TPG Tour.

References

1. "PGA Tour Latinoamérica to launch in 2012". PGA Tour. 20 October 2011. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
2. "2012 Tournament schedule" (in Spanish). Tour de las Américas. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
3. "2012 Order of Merit" (in Spanish). Tour de las Américas. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
4. 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).]

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)