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Roberto De Vicenzo Punta del Este Open Copa NEC

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Roberto De Vicenzo Punta del Este Open Copa NEC
Tournament information
LocationMaldonado, Uruguay
Established2005
Course(s)Club del Lago Golf
Par72
Length7,206 yards (6,589 m)
Tour(s)PGA Tour Latinoamérica
Tour de las Américas
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$175,000
Month playedOctober
Final year2017
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Mito Pereira (2016)
264 Brian Richey (2017)
To par−16 as above
Final champion
United States Brian Richey
Location map
Club del Lago Golf is located in Uruguay
Club del Lago Golf
Club del Lago Golf
Location in Uruguay

The Roberto De Vicenzo Punta del Este Open Copa NEC was a men's professional golf tournament.

First held in 2005 as the Roberto De Vicenzo Classic, it is named after one of Argentina's most successful golfers, Roberto De Vicenzo. The tournament has been held at the San Eliseo Golf Club in Buenos Aires, Argentina until 2012, and moved to the Club de Golf del Uruguay in Montevideo, Uruguay. In 2015, it moved to Club del Lago Golf in Maldonado, Uruguay. All three cities are on the Río de la Plata.

From 2007 to 2011, the tournament was part of the TPG Tour, the official professional golf tour in Argentina. In 2006 and from 2008 to 2010, it was included on the Tour de las Américas schedule. In 2012, it was included on the PGA Tour Latinoamérica schedule. For the 2018 season, it was downgraded to the PGA Tour Latinoamérica Dev Series.

It initially consisted of a pro-am fourball competition over the first two rounds, with just the professionals going on to play in the final two rounds. In 2012, it changed to a 144 player, stroke play tournament.[1]

Winners

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Year Tour(s)[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Roberto De Vicenzo Punta del Este Open Copa NEC
2017 PGATLA United States Brian Richey 264 −16 4 strokes Argentina Tommy Cocha
2016 PGATLA Chile Mito Pereira 264 −16 5 strokes United States Tom Whitney
2015 PTGALA United States Lanto Griffin 271 −9 2 strokes Puerto Rico Rafael Campos
Roberto De Vicenzo Invitational Copa NEC
2014 PGATLA United States Ty Capps 272 −16 Playoff Argentina Tommy Cocha
2013 PGATLA Mexico José de Jesús Rodríguez 271 −17 Playoff United States Timothy O'Neal
Argentina Sebastián Saavedra
2012 PGATLA Argentina Alan Wagner 273 −15 2 strokes Argentina Ariel Cañete
Mexico Óscar Fraustro
Roberto De Vicenzo Classic
2011 TLA, TPG Argentina Nelson Ledesma 280 −8 Playoff Argentina Rafael Gómez
Argentina Fernando Zacarias
2010 TLA, TPG Argentina Daniel Barbetti 280 −8 1 stroke Argentina Mauricio Molina
2009 TLA, TPG Argentina Fabián Gómez 279 −9 2 strokes Argentina Sebastián Fernández
2008 TLA, TPG Argentina Paulo Pinto 284 −4 Playoff Argentina Sebastián Fernández
2007 TLA, TPG Argentina Miguel Guzmán 284 −4 Playoff Argentina Sergio Acevedo
2006 Argentina Rodolfo González Argentina Luciano Giometti
2005 TLA Argentina Andrés Romero 205 −11 4 strokes Argentina Hernán Rey

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "One of golf's greats honored as the Tour makes it to Argentina". PGA Tour. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
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