Roberto De Vicenzo Punta del Este Open Copa NEC

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Roberto De Vicenzo Punta del Este Open Copa NEC
Tournament information
Location Maldonado, Uruguay
Established2005
Course(s)Club del Lago Golf
Par72
Length7,206 yards (6,589 m)
Tour(s) PGA Tour Latinoamérica
Tour de las Américas
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$175,000
Month playedOctober
Final year2017
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Mito Pereira (2016)
264 Brian Richey (2017)
To par−16 as above
Final champion
Flag of the United States.svg Brian Richey
Location map
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Icona golf.svg
Club del Lago Golf
Location in Uruguay

The Roberto De Vicenzo Punta del Este Open Copa NEC was a men's professional golf tournament.

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First held in 2005 as the Roberto De Vicenzo Classic, it is named after one of Argentina's most successful golfers, Roberto De Vicenzo. The tournament has been held at the San Eliseo Golf Club in Buenos Aires, Argentina until 2012, and moved to the Club de Golf del Uruguay in Montevideo, Uruguay. In 2015, it moved to Club del Lago Golf in Maldonado, Uruguay. All three cities are on the Río de la Plata.

From 2007 to 2011, the tournament was part of the TPG Tour, the official professional golf tour in Argentina. In 2006 and from 2008 to 2010, it was included on the Tour de las Américas schedule. In 2012, it was included on the PGA Tour Latinoamérica schedule. For the 2018 season, it was downgraded to the PGA Tour Latinoamérica Dev Series.

It initially consisted of a pro-am fourball competition over the first two rounds, with just the professionals going on to play in the final two rounds. In 2012, it changed to a 144 player, stroke play tournament. [1]

Winners

YearTour(s) [lower-alpha 1] WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Roberto De Vicenzo Punta del Este Open Copa NEC
2017 PGATLA Flag of the United States.svg Brian Richey 264−164 strokes Flag of Argentina.svg Tommy Cocha
2016 PGATLA Flag of Chile.svg Mito Pereira 264−165 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Tom Whitney
2015 PTGALA Flag of the United States.svg Lanto Griffin 271−92 strokes Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Rafael Campos
Roberto De Vicenzo Invitational Copa NEC
2014 PGATLA Flag of the United States.svg Ty Capps 272−16Playoff Flag of Argentina.svg Tommy Cocha
2013 PGATLA Flag of Mexico.svg José de Jesús Rodríguez 271−17Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Timothy O'Neal
Flag of Argentina.svg Sebastián Saavedra
2012 PGATLA Flag of Argentina.svg Alan Wagner 273−152 strokes Flag of Argentina.svg Ariel Cañete
Flag of Mexico.svg Óscar Fraustro
Roberto De Vicenzo Classic
2011 TLA, TPG Flag of Argentina.svg Nelson Ledesma 280−8Playoff Flag of Argentina.svg Rafael Gómez
Flag of Argentina.svg Fernando Zacarias
2010 TLA, TPG Flag of Argentina.svg Daniel Barbetti 280−81 stroke Flag of Argentina.svg Mauricio Molina
2009 TLA, TPG Flag of Argentina.svg Fabián Gómez 279−92 strokes Flag of Argentina.svg Sebastián Fernández
2008 TLA, TPG Flag of Argentina.svg Paulo Pinto 284−4Playoff Flag of Argentina.svg Sebastián Fernández
2007 TLA, TPG Flag of Argentina.svg Miguel Guzmán 284−4Playoff Flag of Argentina.svg Sergio Acevedo
2006 Flag of Argentina.svg Rodolfo González Flag of Argentina.svg Luciano Giometti
2005 TLA Flag of Argentina.svg Andrés Romero 205−114 strokes Flag of Argentina.svg Hernán Rey

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References

  1. "One of golf's greats honored as the Tour makes it to Argentina". PGA Tour. Retrieved 9 October 2012.