2001–02 Tour de las Américas

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2001–02 Tour de las Américas season
Duration15 November 2001 (2001-11-15) – 1 December 2002 (2002-12-01)
Number of official events15
Most winsColombia Jesús Amaya (3)
Order of MeritArgentina Rafael Gómez
2003 →

The 2001–02 Tour de las Américas was the 11th 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[edit]

The following table lists official events during the 2001–02 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$) 		Winner[a]
18 Nov Movilnet Venezuela Open Venezuela 120,000 Mexico Rafael Alarcón (1)
25 Nov Abierto del Litoral Argentina 60,000 Paraguay Marco Ruiz (1)
2 Dec Chevrolet Brazil Open Brazil 110,000 Paraguay Carlos Franco (3)
9 Dec Torneo de Maestros Telefónica Argentina 100,000 Argentina Ángel Cabrera (2)
16 Dec Bavaria Paraguay Open Paraguay 50,000 Paraguay Raúl Fretes (8)
20 Jan Corona Caribbean Open Bahamas 50,000 Argentina Rafael Gómez (1)
10 Feb Los Encinos Open Mexico 80,000 United States Roland Thatcher (1)
17 Feb American Express Costa Rica Open Costa Rica 80,000 Argentina Rafael Gómez (2)
24 Feb Tikal Trophy Guatemala Open Guatemala 80,000 Argentina Sebastián Fernández (1)
3 Mar LG Panama Masters Panama 75,000 Paraguay Pedro Martínez (4)
19 May TLA Players Championship Acapulco Fest Mexico 70,000 Argentina Roberto Cóceres (2)
10 Nov Abierto de Medellín Colombia 50,000 Colombia Jesús Amaya (3)
17 Nov Serrezuela Masters Colombia 50,000 Colombia Jesús Amaya (4)
24 Nov CANTV Venezuela Open Venezuela 100,000 Colombia Jesús Amaya (5)
1 Dec Abierto de Argentina Argentina 40,000 Argentina Ángel Cabrera (3)

Unofficial events[edit]

The following events were sanctioned by the Tour de las Américas, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date Tournament Host country Purse
($) 		Winner
12 Oct Copa de Naciones Mexico n/a Venezuela Jaime Acevedo and
Venezuela Carlos Larraín

Order of Merit[edit]

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[2]

Position Player Prize money ($)
1 Argentina Rafael Gómez 55,987
2 Paraguay Marco Ruiz 35,750
3 Argentina Gustavo Acosta 32,700
4 Colombia Jesús Amaya 31,438
5 Argentina Miguel Guzmán 30,505

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Tour de las Américas events they had won up to and including that tournament.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2001–02 Tournament schedule" (in Spanish). Tour de las Américas. Archived from the original on 19 December 2001. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  2. ^ "2001–02 Order of Merit". Tour de las Américas. Archived from the original on 30 December 2002. Retrieved 3 April 2024.

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