2024 PGA Tour Americas

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2024 PGA Tour Americas season
DurationMarch 21, 2024 (2024-03-21) – September 8, 2024 (2024-09-08)
Number of official events17
2025

The 2024 PGA Tour Americas is the inaugural season of PGA Tour Americas, a third-tier tour operated and run by the PGA Tour. It is the 39th season of a third-tier PGA Tour-sanctioned series in the Americas dating to the first PGA Tour Canada season in 1986.

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Changes for 2024

The inaugural schedule for the new tour was released in November 2023. It featured a six-event "Latin America Swing" (events formerly played on PGA Tour Latinoamérica), and a 10-event "North America Swing" (events formerly played on PGA Tour Canada). The top 10 players on the points list at the end of the season earn status for the following Korn Ferry Tour season. [1]

The points list will be title sponsored as the Fortinet Cup, with Fortinet continuing their sponsorship from PGA Tour Canada since 2022. [2]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2024 season. [1] [3]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(US$)
Winner [lower-alpha 1] OWGR
points
Mar 24 Bupa Championship Mexico225,000 Flag of the United States.svg Clay Feagler (1)5.24
Mar 31 Totalplay Championship Mexico225,000 Flag of Mexico.svg José de Jesús Rodríguez (1)5.07
Apr 21 ECP Brazil Open Brazil225,000 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Matthew Anderson (1)4.38
Apr 28 Diners Club Peru Open Peru225,000 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Stuart Macdonald (1)4.70
May 5 Kia Open Ecuador225,000 Flag of the United States.svg Thomas Longbella (1)4.97
May 19 Inter Rapidisimo Golf Championship Colombia225,000 Flag of New Zealand.svg Harry Hillier (1)4.70
Jun 23 Beachlands Victoria Open Canada225,000 Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Kjettrup (1)4.29
Jun 30 ATB Classic Canada225,000Flag placeholder.svg4.92
Jul 14 Explore NB Open Canada225,000Flag placeholder.svg
Jul 21 Quebec Open Canada225,000Flag placeholder.svg
Jul 28 Commissionaires Ottawa Open Canada225,000Flag placeholder.svg
Aug 4 Windsor Championship Canada225,000Flag placeholder.svg
Aug 18 Elk Ridge Saskatchewan Open Canada225,000Flag placeholder.svg
Aug 25 CentrePort Canada Rail Park Manitoba Open Canada225,000Flag placeholder.svg
Sep 1 CRMC Championship United States225,000Flag placeholder.svg
Sep 8 Fortinet Cup Championship Canada225,000Flag placeholder.svg

Notes

  1. The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour Americas events they had won up to and including that tournament. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on PGA Tour Americas as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the Korn Ferry Tour.

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References

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