2011 Tour de las Américas
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| Duration | 3 March 2011 – 18 December 2011 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 17 |
| Most wins |  Benjamín Alvarado (2) |
| Order of Merit |  Joaquín Estévez |
← 2010 2012 → | |
The 2011 Tour de las Américas was the 20th 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.
OWGR inclusion[edit]
In August 2010, it was announced that all Tour de las Américas events, beginning in 2011, would receive Official World Golf Ranking points at the minimum level of 6 points for the winner of a 72-hole event.[1]
Schedule[edit]
The following table lists official events during the 2011 season.[2]
Order of Merit[edit]
The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[3][4]
| Position | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joaquín Estévez | 51,970 |
| 2 | Benjamín Alvarado | 48,800 |
| 3 | César Costilla | 45,006 |
| 4 |  Diego Vanegas | 42,883 |
| 5 | Julián Etulain | 39,233 |
Notes[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ CAN − Canadian Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour; TPG − TPG Tour.
References[edit]
- ^ "Official World Golf Ranking board announces new directives". Official World Golf Ranking. 23 August 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
The Board also agreed that the KPGA (Korean Golf Tour) and the TLA (Tour de Las Americas) should also be incorporated into the Ranking system from January 1 2011 on the same basis once the Technical Committee has liaised with the Tours concerned to establish their player listings and schedules.
- ^ "2011 Tournament schedule" (in Spanish). Tour de las Américas. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
- ^ "2011 Order of Merit" (PDF) (in Spanish). Tour de las Américas. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ Villalobos, Gregory (18 December 2011). "Chileno Francisco Cerda sorpresivo campeón en el Sport Francés" [Chile's Francisco Cerda surprises champion at Sport Francés]. Golf Report Latino (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 March 2024.
Tal y como se esperaba el argentino Joaquín Estévez culminó la temporada como el No. 1 de la Orden de Mérito...
[As expected, Argentina's Joaquin Estevez finished the season as No. 1 on the Order of Merit...]
External links[edit]
- Official website (in Spanish)