Carlos Ortiz Becerra (born 24 April 1991) is a Mexican

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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 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. 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 2010 Eisenhower Trophy and again in

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where Mexico were runners-up. His younger brother

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is a professional golfer who represented Mexico in the

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in 2014, 2016 and 2018 and won the 2019 Latin America Amateur Championship.

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 Panama Claro Championship. He won his second Web.com Tour event three weeks later at the El Bosque Mexico Championship and moved inside the top 200 in the

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. 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 WinCo Foods Portland Open, 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 OHL Classic at Mayakoba. 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 2018–19 PGA Tour season 113th in the FedEx Cup Playoffs with a best finish of tied for third place in the Sanderson Farms Championship, 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 Victor Regalado and Cesar Sanudo. The last PGA Tour victory by a Mexican born player, before Ortiz' win, was 42 years earlier by Regalado at the

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Quad Cities Open. The win by Ortiz qualified him for the 2021

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. On 9 June 2024, Ortiz won his first tournament on the LIV Golf League by winning the LIV Houston event by one shot over

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Professional wins (10)

PGA Tour wins (1)

Asian Tour wins (2)

Web.com Tour wins (3)

Gira de Golf Profesional Mexicana wins (2)

Colombian Tour wins (1)

LIV Golf League wins (1)

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):

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