The Roberto De Vicenzo Punta del Este Open Copa NEC was a men's professional golf tournament.
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.
Winners YearTour(s)WinnerScoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-upRoberto De Vicenzo Punta del Este Open Copa NEC 2017 PGATLA Brian Richey 264 −16 4 strokes Tommy Cocha 2016 PGATLA Mito Pereira 264 −16 5 strokes Tom Whitney 2015 PTGALA Lanto Griffin 271 −9 2 strokes Rafael CamposRoberto De Vicenzo Invitational Copa NEC 2014 PGATLA Ty Capps 272 −16 Playoff Tommy Cocha 2013 PGATLA José de Jesús Rodríguez 271 −17 Playoff Timothy O'Neal Sebastián Saavedra 2012 PGATLA Alan Wagner 273 −15 2 strokes Ariel Cañete Óscar FraustroRoberto De Vicenzo Classic 2011 TLA, TPG Nelson Ledesma 280 −8 Playoff Rafael Gómez Fernando Zacarias 2010 TLA, TPG Daniel Barbetti 280 −8 1 stroke Mauricio Molina 2009 TLA, TPG Fabián Gómez 279 −9 2 strokes Sebastián Fernández 2008 TLA, TPG Paulo Pinto 284 −4 Playoff Sebastián Fernández 2007 TLA, TPG Miguel Guzmán 284 −4 Playoff Sergio Acevedo 2006 Rodolfo González Luciano Giometti 2005 TLA Andrés Romero 205 −11 4 strokes Hernán Rey
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References
External links Coverage on the PGA Tour Latinoamérica official site