The 2013 PGA Tour Latinoamérica, titled as the 2013 NEC Series-PGA Tour Latinoamérica for sponsorship reasons, was the second season of
PGA Tour Latinoamérica
PGA Tour Latinoamérica was a third level professional golf tour formed in 2012 and operated by the PGA Tour. It was formed in concert with the now also defunct Tour de las Américas. Executives from the Tour de las Américas became employees of ...
, the main
professional golf tour in
Latin America
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, operated and run by the
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour (stylized as PGA TOUR by its officials) is the organizer of professional golf tours in North America. It organizes most of the events on the flagship annual series of tournaments also known as the PGA Tour, the PGA Tour Champion ...
.
Changes for 2013
The 2013 season was the first full season on the tour with the
2012 season having only operated for four months in 2012. The 2013 schedule was divided into two distinct swings, the first with events played from March through May, followed by the remainder of events in the October through December. The number of events increased from 11 in 2012 to 14 with, new events for the 2013 season were,
Abierto Mexicano de Golf,
Abierto del Centro and
Abierto de Chile.
It was also the first season in which the
Developmental Series was introduced.
NEC title sponsorship
In April, it was announced that the tour had signed a title sponsorship agreement with
NEC
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, being renamed as the NEC Series-PGA Tour Latinoamérica.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2013 season.
Order of Merit
The
Order of Merit
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was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars. The top five players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the
2014 Web.com Tour.
Developmental Series
The 2013 PGA Tour Latinoamérica Developmental Series was the inaugural season of the
PGA Tour Latinoamérica Developmental Series, the official development tour to the
PGA Tour Latinoamérica
PGA Tour Latinoamérica was a third level professional golf tour formed in 2012 and operated by the PGA Tour. It was formed in concert with the now also defunct Tour de las Américas. Executives from the Tour de las Américas became employees of ...
between 2013 and 2023.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2013 season.
Dev Series Final
The Dev Series Final was made up of the top-five finishers of each tournament during the season. The top five finishers in the Dev Series Final earned status to play on the
2014 PGA Tour Latinoamérica.
See also
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2013 PGA Tour Canada
Notes
References
External links
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