Carlos Ortiz Becerra (born 24 April 1991) is a Mexican professional golfer who has played on the

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and Web.com Tour. He won the 2020 Vivint Houston Open on the PGA Tour. He now plays in the LIV Golf League.

Early life

Ortiz was born in

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. He played college golf in the United States at the

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. At the 2011 Summer Universiade, he was on the team that won the bronze medal. He played in the Mexican team at the

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and again in

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where Mexico were runners-up. His younger brother Álvaro is a professional golfer who represented Mexico in the

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in 2014, 2016 and 2018 and won the 2019

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Professional career

Ortiz turned professional in 2013. He finished T-15 at the Web.com Tour

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after playing in the first, second and final stages. He then joined the Tour in 2014. He won the fourth event of the year, the

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. He won his second Web.com Tour event three weeks later at the

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and moved inside the top 200 in the Official World Golf Ranking. Ortiz was given a sponsor exemption to compete in the 2014

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, where he finished T-65 in his PGA Tour debut. He won his third Web.com event of the season at the

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, earning fully exempt status on the 2014−15 PGA Tour as a three-time, single-season winner. He was later voted the Web.com Tour Player of the Year. In his first full

season, Ortiz finished 93rd in the FedEx Cup and had a season-best finish of T9 at the

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. However he lost his place on the tour after a poor 2016 season. He played on the Web.com Tour in 2017 and 2018 and regained his place on the

after the 2018 season. He finished the

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season 113th in the FedEx Cup Playoffs with a best finish of tied for third place in the

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, played in late 2018. In November 2020, Ortiz won his first PGA Tour event at the Vivint Houston Open. He became the third Mexican winner on the PGA Tour after

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and

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. The last PGA Tour victory by a Mexican born player, before Ortiz' win, was 22 years earlier by Regalado at the 1978

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. The win by Ortiz qualified him for the 2021 Masters Tournament.

Professional wins (6)

PGA Tour wins (1)

Web.com Tour wins (3)

Gira de Golf Profesional Mexicana wins (2)

Playoff record

LIV Golf League playoff record (0–1)

Results in major championships

''Results not in chronological order in 2020.'' CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = No tournament due to

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Results in The Players Championship

CUT = missed the halfway cut
C = Cancelled after the first round due to the

Results in World Golf Championships

¹Cancelled due to

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pandemic
NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing Mexico): 2010,

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ortiz, Carlos Mexican male golfers PGA Tour golfers LIV Golf players Olympic golfers for Mexico Golfers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Korn Ferry Tour graduates North Texas Mean Green men's golfers Universiade medalists in golf Universiade bronze medalists for Mexico Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade Sportspeople from Guadalajara, Jalisco 1991 births Living people 21st-century Mexican people