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2011 Tour de las Américas

Golf tour season

Field	Value
year	2011
tour	Tour de las Américas
regular_season	–
no_of_events	17
most_wins	CHL Benjamín Alvarado (2)
honor1	Order of Merit
honoree1	ARG Joaquín Estévez
prevseason	2010
nextseason	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

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.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2011 season.

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse
(US$)	Winner	OWGR
points	Other
tours
6 Mar	Abierto de Chile	Chile	40,000	CHL Benjamín Alvarado (1)	6
13 Mar	Abierto Internacional de Golf Copa Antioquia	Colombia	230,000	ARG Joaquín Estévez (1)	12	CHA
20 Mar	Pacific Colombia Tour Barranquilla	Colombia	100,000	USA Cody Slover (n/a)	6	CAN
27 Mar	Pacific Colombia Tour Championship	Colombia	130,000	CAN Adam Hadwin (n/a)	6	CAN
23 Apr	Abierto del Centro	Argentina	Arg$300,000	PRY Héctor Céspedes (1)	6	TPG
22 May	Televisa TLA Players Championship	Mexico	70,000	ARG Julián Etulain (3)	n/a
29 May	Toyota Peru Open	Peru	100,000	CHL Benjamín Alvarado (2)	6
10 Jul	Abierto de Golf Ciudad de Bucaramanga	Colombia	50,000	COL Álvaro Arizabaleta (1)	6
17 Jul	Abierto Internacional de Golf Copa Sura	Colombia	50,000	ARG César Costilla (2)	6
9 Oct	Aberto do Brasil	Brazil	160,000	COL Óscar David Álvarez (3)	6
16 Oct	Abierto Internacional de Golf Hacienda Chicureo Copa Claro	Chile	40,000	ARG Paulo Pinto (4)	6
30 Oct	Abierto del Nordeste	Argentina	Arg$250,000	ARG Emilio Domínguez (2)	6	TPG
6 Nov	Carlos Franco Invitational	Paraguay	40,000	PRY Fabrizio Zanotti (2)	6	TPG
20 Nov	Roberto De Vicenzo Classic	Argentina	40,000	ARG Nelson Ledesma (1)	6	TPG
4 Dec	Torneo de Maestros	Argentina	Arg$400,000	ARG José Cóceres (1)	6	TPG
11 Dec	Visa Open de Argentina	Argentina	115,000	ARG Maximiliano Godoy (1)	6	TPG
18 Dec	Abierto Sport Francés Copa Nissan	Chile	80,000	CHL Francisco Cerda (1)	6

Order of Merit

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

Position	Player	Points
1	ARG Joaquín Estévez	51,970
2	CHL Benjamín Alvarado	48,800
3	ARG César Costilla	45,006
4	COL Diego Vanegas	42,883
5	ARG Julián Etulain	39,233

Notes

References

(23 August 2010). "Official World Golf Ranking board announces new directives". Official World Golf Ranking.
"2011 Tournament schedule". Tour de las Américas.
"2011 Order of Merit". Tour de las Américas.
Villalobos, Gregory. (18 December 2011). "Chileno Francisco Cerda sorpresivo campeón en el Sport Francés". Golf Report Latino.

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