Carlos Ortiz (golfer)

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Carlos Ortiz
Personal information
Full nameCarlos Ortiz Becerra
Born (1991-04-24) 24 April 1991 (age 33)
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight150 lb (68 kg; 11 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Residence Dallas, Texas
Career
College University of North Texas
Turned professional2013
Current tour(s) Asian Tour
LIV Golf
Gira de Golf Profesional Mexicana
Former tour(s) PGA Tour
European Tour
Web.com Tour
Professional wins8
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour1
Asian Tour1
Korn Ferry Tour3
LIV Golf1
Other2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament CUT: 2021
PGA Championship T55: 2021
U.S. Open T52: 2019
The Open Championship CUT: 2021
Achievements and awards
Web.com Tour
regular season money list winner 		2014
Web.com Tour
Player of the Year 		2014
Medal record
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Shenzhen Men's team

Carlos Ortiz Becerra (born 24 April 1991) is a Mexican professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and Web.com Tour. He won the 2020 Vivint Houston Open on the PGA Tour. He now plays in the LIV Golf League.

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Early life

Ortiz was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. He played college golf in the United States at the University of North Texas. [1] 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 [2] and again in 2012 where Mexico were runners-up. [3]

His younger brother Álvaro is a professional golfer who represented Mexico in the Eisenhower Trophy in 2014, 2016 and 2018 and won the 2019 Latin America Amateur Championship. [4]

Professional career

Ortiz turned professional in 2013. He finished T-15 at the Web.com Tour qualifying school 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. [1] [5] 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 Official World Golf Ranking. Ortiz was given a sponsor exemption to compete in the 2014 Memorial Tournament, 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. [6] He was later voted the Web.com Tour Player of the Year. [7]

In his first full PGA Tour 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 PGA Tour 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. [8] The last PGA Tour victory by a Mexican born player, before Ortiz' win, was 22 years earlier by Regalado at the 1978 Quad Cities Open. The win by Ortiz qualified him for the 2021 Masters Tournament. [9]

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

Professional wins (8)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runners-up
18 Nov 2020 Vivint Houston Open 67-68-67-65=267−132 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Dustin Johnson, Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Matsuyama

Asian Tour wins (1)

Legend
International Series (1)
Other Asian Tour (0)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner-up
125 Feb 2024 International Series Oman 67-69-68-65=269−194 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Louis Oosthuizen

Web.com Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
123 Mar 2014 Panama Claro Championship 70-68-66-64=268−124 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Jason Gore
213 Apr 2014 El Bosque Mexico Championship 74-67-66-68=275−132 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Justin Thomas
324 Aug 2014 WinCo Foods Portland Open 66-63-70-71=270−141 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Jason Gore, Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Adam Hadwin

Gira de Golf Profesional Mexicana wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner-up
129 May 2017 Bosque Real Championship66-67-69=202−145 strokes Flag of Mexico.svg Armando Villarreal
24 Mar 2023 Copa Prissa72-66-67=205−112 strokes Flag of Mexico.svg Isidro Benítez

LIV Golf League wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner-up
19 Jun 2024 LIV Golf Houston66-68-67=201−151 stroke Flag of Poland.svg Adrian Meronk

Playoff record

LIV Golf League playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2023 LIV Golf Tucson Flag of New Zealand.svg Danny Lee, Flag of South Africa.svg Louis Oosthuizen,
Flag of the United States.svg Brendan Steele 		Lee won with birdie on second extra hole
Ortiz eliminated by par on first hole

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament201620172018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship
PGA Championship
Tournament20192020202120222023
Masters Tournament CUT
PGA Championship CUTT55CUT
U.S. Open T52CUTCUT
The Open Championship NTCUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament2016201720182019202020212022
The Players Championship CUTCCUTCUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut
C = Cancelled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament20202021
Championship T16T15
Match Play NT1T42
Invitational T36
Champions NT1NT1

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Did not play

NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

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  3. ↑ "2012 World Amateur Team Championship – Team/Player Leaderboards". Golfstat. 1 November 2018. Archived from the original on 14 July 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  4. ↑ "Carlos Ortiz". USGA. 2024-02-08. Archived from the original on 2024-02-08. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  5. ↑ "Carlos Ortiz wins 1st Web.com title". ESPN. Associated Press. 24 March 2014. Archived from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  6. ↑ Chemycz, Joe (August 25, 2014). "Ortiz collects third win of year at WinCo Foods Portland Open". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on August 26, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
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