Carlos Ortiz (golfer)

Carlos Ortiz
Personal information
Full name	Carlos Ortiz Becerra
Born	(1991-04-24) 24 April 1991 (age 34) Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	150 lb (68 kg; 11 st)
Sporting nationality	Mexico
Residence	Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Career
College	University of North Texas
Turned professional	2013
Current tour(s)	LIV Golf Gira de Golf Profesional Mexicana
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour European Tour Web.com Tour
Professional wins	10
Highest ranking	44 (28 February 2021) [1] (as of 13 July 2025)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	1
Asian Tour	2
Korn Ferry Tour	3
LIV Golf	1
Other	3
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	CUT: 2021
PGA Championship	T55: 2021
U.S. Open	T4: 2025
The Open Championship	CUT: 2021, 2025
Achievements and awards
Web.com Tour regular season money list winner 2014 Web.com Tour Player of the Year 2014
Medal record Summer Universiade 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.

Early life

Ortiz was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. He played college golf in the United States at the University of North Texas. ^[2] 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 ^[3] and again in 2012 where Mexico were runners-up. ^[4]

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. ^[5]

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. ^{[2] [6]} 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. ^{[7] [8]} He was later voted the Web.com Tour Player of the Year. ^[9]

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. ^[10] The last PGA Tour victory by a Mexican born player, before Ortiz' win, was 42 years earlier by Regalado at the 1978 Quad Cities Open. The win by Ortiz qualified him for the 2021 Masters Tournament. ^[11]

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 (10)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	8 Nov 2020	Vivint Houston Open	67-68-67-65=267	−13	2 strokes	Dustin Johnson, Hideki Matsuyama

Asian Tour wins (2)

Legend
International Series (2)
Other Asian Tour (0)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	25 Feb 2024	International Series Oman	67-69-68-65=269	−19	4 strokes	Louis Oosthuizen
2	23 Mar 2025	International Series Macau	67-61-66-64=258	−22	3 strokes	Patrick Reed

Web.com Tour wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	23 Mar 2014	Panama Claro Championship	70-68-66-64=268	−12	4 strokes	Jason Gore
2	13 Apr 2014	El Bosque Mexico Championship	74-67-66-68=275	−13	2 strokes	Justin Thomas
3	24 Aug 2014	WinCo Foods Portland Open	66-63-70-71=270	−14	1 stroke	Jason Gore, Adam Hadwin

Gira de Golf Profesional Mexicana wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	29 May 2017	Bosque Real Championship	66-67-69=202	−14	5 strokes	Armando Villarreal
2	4 Mar 2023	Copa Prissa	72-66-67=205	−11	2 strokes	Isidro Benítez

Colombian Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	8 Feb 2014	Abierto de La Pradera	68-66-68-70=272	−16	5 strokes	Marcelo Rozo

LIV Golf League wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	9 Jun 2024	LIV Golf Houston	66-68-67=201	−15	1 stroke	Adrian Meronk

Playoff record

LIV Golf League playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	2023	LIV Golf Tucson	Danny Lee, Louis Oosthuizen, 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.

Tournament	2016	2017	2018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open	CUT
The Open Championship
PGA Championship

Tournament	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Masters Tournament			CUT
PGA Championship		CUT	T55	CUT
U.S. Open	T52		CUT		CUT		T4
The Open Championship		NT	CUT				CUT

  Top 10

  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

Tournament	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
The Players Championship	CUT				C	CUT	CUT

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

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament	2020	2021
Championship	T16	T15
Match Play	NT1	T42
Invitational		T36
Champions	NT1	NT1

¹Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Did not play

NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Amateur

• Eisenhower Trophy (representing Mexico): 2010, 2012

See also

• 2014 Web.com Tour Finals graduates
• 2018 Web.com Tour Finals graduates

References

1. "Week 9 2021 Ending 28 Feb 2021" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved 1 March 2021.
2. "Ortiz Blows Past The Field For First Web.com Tour Victory". Mean Green Sports. 23 March 2014. Archived from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
3. "2010 World Amateur Team Championship – Team/Player Leaderboards". Golfstat. 1 November 2018. Archived from the original on 4 December 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
4. "2012 World Amateur Team Championship – Team/Player Leaderboards". Golfstat. 1 November 2018. Archived from the original on 14 July 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
5. "Carlos Ortiz". USGA. 8 February 2024. Archived from the original on 8 February 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
6. "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.
7. Chemycz, Joe (25 August 2014). "Ortiz collects third win of year at WinCo Foods Portland Open". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
8. "Carlos Ortiz claims PGA Tour card". ESPN. Associated Press. 24 August 2014.
9. "Ortiz named Web.com Tour Player of the Year". PGA Tour. 7 October 2014. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
10. Schmitt, Tim (8 November 2020). "Carlos Ortiz earns first PGA Tour title, takes trophy at Vivint Houston Open". Golfweek. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
11. Powers, Christopher (8 November 2020). "Carlos Ortiz makes history in stunning victory over Dustin Johnson and Hideki Matsuyama at the Houston Open". Golf World. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.

External links

• Carlos Ortiz at the PGA Tour official site
• Carlos Ortiz at the Official World Golf Ranking official site