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2008 Tour de las Américas

Golf tour season

Field	Value
year	2008
tour	Tour de las Américas
regular_season	–
no_of_events	15
most_wins	ARG Rafael Gómez (3)
honor1	Order of Merit
honoree1	ARG Estanislao Goya
prevseason	2007
nextseason	2009

The 2008 Tour de las Américas was the 17th 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

The following table lists official events during the 2008 season.

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse
(US$)	Winner	OWGR
points	Other
tours
30 Mar	Abierto del Centro	Argentina	200,000	ARG Estanislao Goya (1)	12	CHA, TPG
6 Apr	Abierto Visa de la República	Argentina	200,000	FIN Antti Ahokas (n/a)	12	CHA, TPG
13 Apr	Club Colombia Masters	Colombia	180,000	NED Wil Besseling (n/a)	12	CHA
20 Apr	Abierto de Chile	Chile	70,000	CHI Felipe Aguilar (1)	n/a
17 May	Copa 3 Diamantes Mitsubishi	Venezuela	Bs.F170,000	ARG Sebastián Saavedra (1)	n/a
25 May	Televisa Players Championship	Mexico	70,000	ARG Rafael Gómez (6)	n/a
14 Sep	Canal i Abierto de Venezuela	Venezuela	70,000	COL Ángel Romero (3)	n/a
11 Oct	Taurus Abierto de Peru	Peru	70,000	ARG Alan Wagner (1)	n/a
26 Oct	Carlos Franco Invitational	Paraguay	40,000	ARG Clodomiro Carranza (1)	n/a	TPG
9 Nov	Abierto de San Luis	Argentina	Arg$200,000	ARG Rafael Gómez (7)	n/a	TPG
16 Nov	Abierto del Litoral	Argentina	Arg$150,000	ARG Andrés Romero (5)	n/a	TPG
23 Nov	Roberto De Vicenzo Classic	Argentina	Arg$135,000	ARG Paulo Pinto (2)	n/a	TPG
30 Nov	Sports Frances Open	Chile	160,000	ARG Rafael Gómez (8)	6	CAN
7 Dec	Torneo de Maestros	Argentina	140,000	ARG Fabián Gómez (2)	14	CAN, TPG
14 Dec	Costa Rica Classic	Costa Rica	125,000	ARG Mauricio Molina (1)	6	CAN

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	ARG Estanislao Goya	58,105
2	ARG Rafael Gómez	57,583
3	ARG Mauricio Molina	34,963
4	ARG Clodomiro Carranza	34,499
5	ARG Sebastián Saavedra	28,372

Notes

References

"2008 Tournament schedule". Tour de las Américas.
"2008 Order of Merit". Tour de las Américas.
Vargas, Dinia. (29 December 2008). "Solo golf: TLA despidió la temporada". La República.

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