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2008 Tour De Las Américas ...
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. Order of Merit The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars. Notes References External links * {{Tour de las Américas seasons Tour de las Américas Tour de las Américas Tour de las Américas The Tour de las Américas (TLA) was the principal men's professional golf tour throughout Latin America and the Caribbean from 2000 through to 2012 when it was superseded by the PGA Tour Latinoamérica. History Top level tournament golf in Lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Gómez (golfer)
Rafael Faustino Gómez (born 27 December 1967) is an Argentine professional golfer. Career Gómez was born in Buenos Aires. He turned professional in 1990. He played on the European Challenge Tour in 2003 and from 2005 to 2007 and the European Tour from 2005 to 2007. He played on the U.S.-based Nationwide Tour in 2004 and a few events on the PGA Tour. His best finish on the PGA Tour was 38th place in The International (golf), The International in 2002. His best finish on the European Tour was 22nd place in the KLM Open in 2006. Gómez won the TPG Tour Order of Merit in 2007 and the Tour de las Americas Order of Merit in 2001/02 and 2004. He was second in Los Encinos Open in 2002, Mexican Open in 2006 and the Colombian Open in 2008. Gómez and Ángel Cabrera have the most tournament wins on the Tour de las Americas with eight victories. Gómez won the 2018 European Senior Tour qualifying school and currently plays on that tour. He finished runner-up in the 2018 Senior Italian Open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Club Colombia Masters
The Club Colombia Masters was a golf tournament co-sanctioned by the European Challenge Tour and the Tour de las Américas and was first played in 2007. The event was held at the Country Club de Bogotá, in Bogotá, Colombia. The tournament was organized by the Corporacion Internacional de Golf, managed by German Calle Jr. and Jorge Muñoz. This was the first golf tournament ever to be sanctioned by the European Challenge Tour in Colombia. In 2010 it was replaced on the schedule by the Copa Antioquia, held in Medellín. 2007 The first tournament was won by Edoardo Molinari from Italy. Molinari, the 2005 U.S. Amateur champion, had turned professional the year before and was trying to get onto a tour when he was invited to play in Bogotá. Molinari and Gustavo Mendoza, a local player, entered a sudden-death play-off which was settled on the second extra hole after their fourth round scores left them tied at the top of the leaderboard on five under par (269). For this first professi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abierto De San Luis
The San Luis Open, or the Abierto de San Luis, is a golf tournament on the TPG Tour, the official professional golf tour in Argentina. First held in 2002, it has always been held at the Villa Mercedes Golf Club, in Villa Mercedes, San Luis Province. The tournament was included on the Tour de las Americas from 2006 to 2008. Winners {, class=wikitable !Year!!Winner!!Score!!Runner-up , - !colspan=4, San Luis Open , - , 2013, , Julio Zapata, , 201 (−12), , Rafael Echenique, Mauricio Molina , - , 2012, , Julio Zapata, , 271 (−13), , Cesar Costilla , - , 2009–11, , colspan=3, ''No tournament'' , - , 2008, , Rafael Gómez*, , 276 (−8)PO, , Walter Rodriguez , - , 2007, , Emilio Dominguez, , 279 (−5), , Rafael Gómez, Cesar Costilla , - , 2006*, , Rafael Gómez, , 195 (−18), , Eduardo Romero, Mark Tullo , - !colspan=4, Villa Mercedes Open , - , 2005, , colspan=3, ''No tournament'' , - , 2004, , Fabián Gómez, , 132 (−8)PO, , Angel Monguzzi Jr , - , 2003, , Julio Za ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clodomiro Carranza
Clodomiro Carranza Mujica (born 26 April 1982) is an Argentinian professional golfer who has played predominantly on the European Tour, Web.com Tour, Tour de las Américas and various other worldwide tours. Professional career Carranza turned professional in 2002 and played much of his early career on the Argentine national professional golf tour. His first professional win came at the 2005 Acantilados Grand Prix on the PGA of Argentina Tour. In 2005 Carranza became a member of the Tour de las Américas and achieved his first win on the tour at the 2008 Carlos Franco Invitational. From 2005 to 2008 Carranza also played a limited number of events on the Challenge Tour before gaining playing rights for the European Tour for the 2010 and 2011 seasons. However Carranza failed to find success on the European Tour achieving just one top ten finish in 41 career events, eventually losing his tour card following the 2011 season. In 2012 Carranza joined PGA Tour Latinoamérica and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Franco Invitational
The Carlos Franco Invitational is a professional golf tournament held at the Carlos Franco Country & Golf Club, in Arroyos y Esteros, Paraguay. First held in 2004, the tournament was included in the TPG Tour schedule in 2007, which is the official professional golf tour in Argentina. The following year, it was also included on the Tour de las Americas calendar, the highest level tour in Latin America Latin America is the cultural region of the Americas where Romance languages are predominantly spoken, primarily Spanish language, Spanish and Portuguese language, Portuguese. Latin America is defined according to cultural identity, not geogr .... Winners PO – won following playoff External linksTour de las Americas– official siteTPG Tour– official site Golf tournaments in Paraguay Tour de las Américas events {{golf-tournament-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Wagner (golfer)
Alan Wagner (born 8 August 1989) is an Argentine professional golfer. As an amateur he won the Argentine Amateur Championship in 2005. Amateur wins *2005 Argentine Amateur Championship Professional wins (5) Challenge Tour wins (1) 1Co-sanctioned by the Tour de las Américas PGA Tour Latinoamérica wins (2) Tour de las Américas wins (2) 1Co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour Ángel Cabrera Tour wins (1) Team appearances Amateur * Eisenhower Trophy (representing Argentina): 2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ... * Copa de las Americas (representing Argentina): 2007 (individual winner) External links * * * Argentine male golfers PGA Tour Latinoamérica golfers European Tour golfers Golfers from Buenos Aires Argentine people of German descent 1989 bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taurus Abierto De Peru
The Peru Open, or Abierto de Perú, is the national open golf tournament of Peru. It was first played in 1982, although previous tournaments had previously been held using the same name. It was an event on the South American Tour from 1995 to 2000, and revived as a stop on the Tour de las Américas in 2004, when it was co-sanctioned by the European Challenge Tour, and 2008. It is currently an event on PGA Tour Latinoamérica. Winners Source: See also *Open golf tournament An open golf tournament usually refers to a golf tournament in which all golfers may compete regardless of their professional or amateur status. Often there will be certain restrictions, commonly based on ability. Some amateur-only tournaments are ... Notes References External linksCoverage on the PGA Tour Latinoamérica's official site {{PGA Tour Latinoamérica PGA Tour Americas events PGA Tour Latinoamérica events Former Challenge Tour events Former Tour de las Américas events Golf in Peru Recur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ángel Romero (golfer) (born 1979), Spanish writer and politician
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Ángel Romero may refer to: * Angel Romero (guitarist) (born 1956), Spanish guitarist * Ángel Romero (cyclist) (1932–2007), Mexican cyclist and politician * Ángel Romero (footballer) (born 1992), Paraguayan footballer * Ángel Romero Díaz Ángel Romero Díaz (born November 3, 1979, in Huelva) is a Spanish social worker, politician, columnist and writer. He is the secretary of social networks at the PSOE of Huelva. He is the director in the department of Institutional and Civil Relati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canal I Abierto De Venezuela
The Venezuela Open or Abierto de Venezuela is a men's professional golf tournament. It has only been staged intermittently since 1957, 2019 being the 35th edition of the event. Al Geiberger, Art Wall Jr., David Graham, Roberto De Vicenzo and Tony Jacklin are past champions. Since 2014, the Venezuela Open has been a fixture on the PGA Tour Latinoamérica Developmental Series. From 1979 to 2009 it made frequent appearances on the South American Tour, later known as the Tour de las Américas. Between 1961 and 1973 the tournament was a regular stop on the PGA-sponsored Caribbean Tour, when it was called the Caracas Open or Caracas Open Invitational. The second event in 1957 was co-sponsored by the PGA. The event has generally been played at three venues in Caracas: Caracas Country Club, Valle Arriba Golf Club and Lagunita Country Club. In 1999 it was held at Izcaragua Country Club, a short distance east of Caracas while in 2000 it was played at Barquisimeto Golf Club near Barquisimet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Televisa Players Championship
The TLA Players Championship was a men's golf tournament on the Tour de las Américas, the highest level professional golf tour in Latin America, held from 2002 to 2012. It was held at several different courses in the seaside resort of Acapulco Acapulco de Juárez (), commonly called Acapulco ( , ; ), is a city and Port of Acapulco, major seaport in the Political divisions of Mexico, state of Guerrero on the Pacific Coast of Mexico, south of Mexico City. Located on a deep, semicirc ... in Mexico. Since 2005, the tournament was played over 54 holes (3 rounds), having originally been contested over 72 holes (4 rounds). Winners External linksTour de las Américas – official site Golf tournaments in Mexico Tour de las Américas events Spring (season) in Mexico {{Mexico-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastián Saavedra (golfer)
Sebastián Saavedra (born 2 June 1990) is a Colombian racing driver from Bogotá. In 2014, he drove for KVSH Racing in the Verizon IndyCar Series before being replaced by former GP2 Series driver Stefano Coletti. Racing career Early career After a childhood in karting, Saavedra drove in Formula BMW USA for Gelles Racing, finishing 11th in points. He also drove in two races in Formula BMW ADAC and competed in the Formula BMW World Final, finishing 32nd. He was involved in an incident with Sergio Pérez where Saavedra's car ended up on top of Pérez's in round 6 of 2006 Formula BMW ADAC. Both drivers were black flagged and Saavedra was dropped by his team, Eifelland Racing. In 2007 he switched teams in Formula BMW USA to Eurointernational and captured one win and finished 12th in points despite only competing in 8 of 14 races. He also competed in 6 Formula BMW Asia races capturing 3 wins, two races in Formula BMW ADAC, and finished 4th in the Formula BMW World Final. In 2008 he mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copa 3 Diamantes Mitsubishi
The Copa Tres Diamantes is a golf tournament on the Tour de las Americas, the highest level professional golf tour in Latin America. First held in 2006, it has always been held at the Barquisimeto Country Club in Barquisimeto, Venezuela. Although it has been a fixture on the Tour de las Americas schedule since its inception, it has only been a qualifying event for the Order of Merit since 2008. Winners {, class=wikitable , - !Year!!Winner!!Score , - , 2009 , , Paulo Pinto , , 274 (-6) , - , 2008 , , Sebastián Saavedra , , 206 (-7) , - , 2007 , , Sebastián Saavedra , , 278 (-6) , - , 2006 , , {{flagicon, VEN Otto Solís Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', '' Odo'', '' Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded fro ... , , 274 (-10) External linksTour de las Americas– official site Golf tournaments in Ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
