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2007 Tour de las Américas

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2007 Tour de las Américas season
Duration1 February 2007 (2007-02-01) – 9 December 2007 (2007-12-09)
Number of official events10
Most winsArgentina Ángel Cabrera (2)
Argentina Miguel Rodríguez (2)
Order of MeritArgentina Miguel Rodríguez
2006
2008

The 2007 Tour de las Américas was the 16th 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

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The following table lists official events during the 2007 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$)
Winner[a] OWGR
points
Other
tours[b]
4 Feb Club Colombia Masters Colombia 175,000 Italy Edoardo Molinari (n/a) 12 CHA
11 Feb Kai Fieberg Costa Rica Open Costa Rica 175,000 Argentina Miguel Rodríguez (2) 12 CHA
18 Feb Abierto Telefónica de Guatemala Guatemala 150,000 Wales Jamie Donaldson (n/a) 12 CHA
15 Apr Abierto Visa del Centro Argentina Arg$200,000 Argentina Ángel Cabrera (7) n/a TPG
6 May Canal i Abierto de Venezuela Venezuela 70,000 Colombia Jesús Amaya (6) n/a
27 Oct Torneo de Maestros Argentina Arg$420,000 Argentina Ángel Cabrera (8) n/a TPG
4 Nov Abierto de Chile Chile 60,000 Chile Ángel Fernández (1) n/a
25 Nov Abierto de San Luis Argentina Arg$450,000 Argentina Emilio Domínguez (1) n/a TPG
2 Dec Abierto del Litoral Personal Argentina 170,000 Argentina Miguel Rodríguez (3) 12 CHA, TPG
9 Dec Abierto Visa de la República Argentina 200,000 Paraguay Marco Ruiz (2) 12 CHA, TPG

Unofficial events

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The following events were sanctioned by the Tour de las Américas, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date Tournament Host country Purse
($)
Winner
12 May Copa 3 Diamantes Mitsubishi Venezuela Bs140,000,000 Argentina Sebastián Saavedra

Order of Merit

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The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[3][4]

Position Player Prize money ($)
1 Argentina Miguel Rodríguez 60,181
2 Argentina Emilio Domínguez 43,123
3 Argentina Gustavo Acosta 37,182
4 Argentina Rafael Gómez 36,116
5 Paraguay Marco Ruiz 35,162

Notes

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  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

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  1. ^ "2007 Tournament schedule" (in Spanish). Tour de las Américas. Archived from the original on 26 December 2008. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  2. ^ Norwood, Bev (2008). The World of Professional Golf 2008. IMG. pp. 156–157, 439–444. ISBN 9781878843524. Retrieved 22 March 2024 – via Archive.org.
  3. ^ "2007 Order of Merit". Tour de las Américas. Archived from the original on 24 December 2007. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  4. ^ Williams, Cristian (28 December 2007). "Miguel Rodríguez el mejor del TLA" [Miguel Rodríguez, the best of the TLA]. La República (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 March 2024.
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