2006 Tour de las Américas

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2006 Tour de las Américas season
Duration2 February 2006 (2006-02-02) – 10 December 2006 (2006-12-10)
Number of official events12
Order of MeritParaguay Fabrizio Zanotti
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2007 →

The 2006 Tour de las Américas was the 15th 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 2006 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$) 		Winner[lower-alpha 1] OWGR
points 		Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]
5 Feb Abierto Movistar Guatemala Open Guatemala 150,000 Argentina Miguel Ángel Carballo (1) 12 CHA
5 Feb Abierto del Sur Personal Argentina 55,000 Argentina Luciano Giometti (1) n/a ARG
12 Feb Kai Fieberg Costa Rica Open Costa Rica 125,000 Sweden Johan Axgren (n/a) 12 CHA
15 Apr Abierto Visa del Centro Argentina 60,000 Argentina Ángel Cabrera (6) n/a ARG
28 May TLA Players Championship Mexico 60,000 Argentina Julio Zapata (1) n/a
4 Jun Siemens Venezuela Open Venezuela 65,000 Argentina Fabián Gómez (1) n/a
9 Jul Colombian Open Colombia 90,000 Colombia Manuel Merizalde (1) n/a
5 Nov Torneo de Maestros Argentina 100,000 Argentina Andrés Romero (4) n/a ARG
19 Nov Brazil Classic Brazil 80,000 Argentina Paulo Pinto (1) n/a
26 Nov Abierto de San Luis Argentina 150,000 Argentina Rafael Gómez (5) n/a ARG
3 Dec Abierto Visa de la República Argentina 200,000 Argentina Rafael Echenique (1) 12 ARG, CHA
10 Dec Abierto Mexicano Corona Mexico 310,000 Paraguay Fabrizio Zanotti (1) 12 CHA

Unofficial events

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
7 May Copa 3 Diamantes Mitsubishi Venezuela 40,000 Venezuela Otto Solís

Order of Merit

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

Position Player Prize money ($)
1 Paraguay Fabrizio Zanotti 68,790

Notes

  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.
  2. ↑ ARG − PGA of Argentina Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour.

References

  1. ↑ "2006 Tournament schedule" (in español). Tour de las Américas. Archived from the original on 24 February 2007. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  2. ↑ "Repunte ganador Paraguayo en el Abierto Mexicano Corona" [Paraguayan winner in the Mexican Corona Open] (in español). PGA of Mexico. 10 December 2006. Archived from the original on 3 January 2007. Retrieved 23 March 2024.

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