2018 PGA Tour Latinoamérica
| 2018 PGA Tour Latinoamérica | |
|---|---|
| League | PGA Tour Latinoamérica |
| Sport | Golf |
| Duration | March 15 – December 15 |
The 2018 PGA Tour Latinoamérica was the seventh season of PGA Tour Latinoamérica. PGA Tour Latinoamérica was operated and run by the PGA Tour. The season began in March at the Stella Artois Open in Antigua, Guatemala and concluded in December at the Shell Championship at Trump National Doral Miami, marking the return of a PGA Tour-sanctioned event to the Miami resort that hosted events from 1962 to 2016.
Schedule
The table below shows the 2018 schedule. "Date" is the ending date of each event. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on tour up to and including that event. OWGR is the number of Official World Golf Ranking points awarded for that tournament.[1] All tournaments had a purse of US$175,000, except the Bupa Match Play which has a purse of $125,000.[2]
Order of Merit
As in previous seasons, the top five players on the tour, known as 'Los Cinco', earned status to play on the 2019 Web.com Tour. This was based on the leaders on the Order of Merit after the conclusion of the season.
| Position | Name | Country | Earnings (US$) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry Higgs |  United States |
101,336 |
| 2 | Nicolás Echavarría |  Colombia |
101,272 |
| 3 | Michael Buttacavoli | United States |
84,286 |
| 4 | Austin Smotherman | United States |
84,064 |
| 5 | Marcelo Rozo | Colombia |
83,989 |
References
- ^ Each tournament is allocated a certain number of Official World Golf Ranking points for its champion, and points for lower finishes are based on a sliding scale.
- ^ "2018 Tournament Schedule". PGA Tour Latinoamérica. Retrieved April 11, 2018.