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2012 PGA Tour Latinoamérica

{{Short description|Golf tour season}}

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{{Infobox golf season

| year = 2012

| tour = PGA Tour Latinoamérica

| regular_season = {{Start date|2012|9|5}} – {{end date|2012|12|16}}

| no_of_events = 11

| most_wins = {{flagicon|ARG}} Ariel Cañete (2)

| honor1 = Order of Merit

| honoree1 = {{flagicon|ARG}} Ariel Cañete

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| prevseason =

| nextseason = 2013

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The 2012 PGA Tour Latinoamérica was the inaugural season of PGA Tour Latinoamérica, the main professional golf tour in Latin America, operated and run by the PGA Tour. The tour was converted from the Tour de las Américas which ceased to operate in 2012.

==Schedule==

The following table lists official events during the 2012 season.{{cite web |url=http://pgatourla.plus.golf/tournaments/2012/ |title=2012 Tournament schedule |publisher=PGA Tour |access-date=27 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822150822/http://pgatourla.plus.golf/tournaments/2012/ |archive-date=22 August 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.pgatour.com/news/2012/05/02/latinoamerica-sked-released.html |title=PGA Tour Latinoamerica announces 2012 schedule |date=May 2, 2012 |publisher=PGA Tour |access-date=27 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101150223/http://www.pgatour.com/news/2012/05/02/latinoamerica-sked-released.html |archive-date=1 January 2014}}

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!Date !! Tournament !! Host country !! Purse
(US$) !! Winner{{efn|name=totals|The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour Latinoamérica events they had won up to and including that tournament. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the PGA Tour Latinoamérica as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the Web.com Tour.}} !! OWGR
points

Sep 8Mundo Maya OpenMexicoalign=right|150,000{{flagicon|ARG}} Tommy Cocha (1)align=center|6
Sep 16TransAmerican Power Products OpenMexicoalign=right|150,000{{flagicon|ARG}} Ariel Cañete (1)align=center|6
Sep 23Arturo Calle Colombian OpenColombiaalign=right|125,000{{flagicon|ARG}} Matías O'Curry (1)align=center|6
Oct 6Aberto do BrasilBrazilalign=right|130,000{{flagicon|ARG}} Clodomiro Carranza (1)align=center|6
Oct 14Roberto De Vicenzo Invitational Copa NECArgentinaalign=right|125,000{{flagicon|ARG}} Alan Wagner (1)align=center|6
Nov 4Lexus Peru OpenPerualign=right|125,000{{flagicon|PER}} Sebastián Salem (1)align=center| 6
Nov 11Dominican Republic OpenDominican Republicalign=right|125,000{{flagicon|MEX}} Óscar Fraustro (1)align=center|6
Nov 18Puerto Rico ClassicPuerto Ricoalign=right|125,000{{flagicon|MEX}} Sebastián Vázquez (1)align=center|6
Dec 2Arturo Calle Colombian Coffee ClassicColombiaalign=right|125,000{{flagicon|ARG}} Sebastián Fernández (1)align=center|6
Dec 9Olivos Golf Classic-Copa PersonalArgentinaalign=right|125,000{{flagicon|ARG}} Ariel Cañete (2)align=center|6
Dec 16Visa Open de ArgentinaArgentinaalign=right|125,000{{flagicon|ARG}} Ángel Cabrera (1)align=center|6

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.{{cite web |url=http://www.pgatourla.com/orderofmerit/2012/ |title=2012 Orden de Mérito |trans-title=2012 Order of Merit |publisher=PGA Tour |archive-date=November 26, 2014 |access-date=June 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141126232139/http://www.pgatourla.com/orderofmerit/2012/#.VHZgmBXP25c |language=Spanish}}{{cite web |url=http://www.pgatourla.com/news/1316/ |title=El 1: Ariel Cañete |trans-title=The 1: Ariel Cañete |publisher=PGA Tour |archive-date=15 January 2013 |access-date=June 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115063505/http://www.pgatourla.com/news/1316/ |language=Spanish}} The top five players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2013 Web.com Tour.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.revistafairway.com/internacionales/los-cinco-ascensos/ |title=Los Cinco Ascensos…! |trans-title=The Five Ascents...! |magazine=Revista Fairway |language=es |date=11 December 2012 |access-date=29 October 2024}}

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!Position!!Player!!Prize money ($)

align=center|1{{flagicon|ARG}} Ariel Cañetealign=center|91,396
align=center|2{{flagicon|MEX}} Óscar Fraustroalign=center|70,915
align=center|3{{flagicon|ARG}} Clodomiro Carranzaalign=center|63,597
align=center|4{{flagicon|ARG}} Matías O'Curryalign=center|54,285
align=center|5{{flagicon|ARG}} Tommy Cochaalign=center|52,385

Notes

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References

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External links

  • {{official site|http://web.archive.org/web/20231108213628/https://www.pgatour.com/latinoamerica}}

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