2009 Tour de las Américas

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2009 Tour de las Américas season
Duration12 March 2009 (2009-03-12) – 13 December 2009 (2009-12-13)
Number of official events14
Most winsArgentina Fabián Gómez (2)
Argentina Agustín Jauretche (2)
Order of MeritSweden Peter Gustafsson
2008
2010

The 2009 Tour de las Américas was the 18th 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.

Schedule[edit]

The following table lists official events during the 2009 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$)
Winner[a] OWGR
points
Other
tours[b]
15 Mar Abierto Internacional de Golf Copa Antioquia Colombia 130,000 Sweden Peter Gustafsson (1) n/a
22 Mar Club Colombia Masters Colombia 200,000 Argentina Alan Wagner (2) 12 CHA
19 Apr Abierto del Centro Argentina Arg$200,000 Argentina Fabián Gómez (3) n/a TPG
26 Apr Televisa TLA Players Championship Mexico 70,000 Colombia Eduardo Herrera (2) n/a
23 May Copa 3 Diamantes Mitsubishi Venezuela Bs.F225,000 Argentina Paulo Pinto (3) n/a
27 Jun Venezuela Open Venezuela 60,000 Argentina Daniel Barbetti (2) n/a
5 Jul Abierto Internacional Ciudad de Bucaramanga Colombia 50,000 Colombia Óscar David Álvarez (1) n/a
19 Jul Abierto Internacional de Golf Copa Suramericana Colombia 45,000 Colombia José Manuel Garrido (1) n/a
12 Oct Abierto de Chile Copa BCI Chile 30,000 Argentina Agustín Jauretche (1) n/a
18 Oct Abierto Hacienda Chicureo Chile 30,000 Argentina Luciano Giometti (2) n/a
8 Nov Carlos Franco Invitational Paraguay 30,000 Argentina Agustín Jauretche (2) n/a TPG
22 Nov Roberto De Vicenzo Classic Argentina Arg$135,000 Argentina Fabián Gómez (4) n/a TPG
6 Dec Torneo de Maestros Argentina Arg$350,000 United States Tom Lehman (n/a) n/a TPG
13 Dec Abierto Visa de la República Argentina 80,000 Argentina César Costilla (1) n/a TPG

Order of Merit[edit]

The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[2][3]

Position Player Points
1 Sweden Peter Gustafsson 40,934
2 Argentina Julio Zapata 28,023
3 Argentina Daniel Barbetti 26,780
4 Argentina Paulo Pinto 25,650
5 Colombia Eduardo Herrera 21,100

Notes[edit]

  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. ^ CHA − Challenge Tour; TPG − TPG Tour.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2009 Tournament schedule" (in Spanish). Tour de las Américas. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  2. ^ "2009 Order of Merit" (PDF) (in Spanish). Tour de las Américas. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  3. ^ "Peter Gustafsson ganador Orden al Merito 2009 en el Tour de Las Americas" [Peter Gustafsson winner of the 2009 Order of Merit at the Tour de las Americas]. Golf Report Latino (in Spanish). 17 December 2009. Retrieved 20 March 2024.

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