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. 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 and again in 2012 where Mexico was the runner-up.
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.
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. 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. He was later voted the Web.com Tour Player of the Year.
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 César Sañudo. The last PGA Tour victory by a Mexican born player, before Ortiz's win, was 42 years earlier by Regalado at the 1978 Quad Cities Open. The win by Ortiz qualified him for the 2021 Masters Tournament.
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.
Ortiz represented Mexico in the men's individual tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and the 2024 Summer Olympic in Paris.
Professional wins (10) PGA Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunners-up18 Nov 2020Vivint Houston Open67-68-67-65=267−132 strokes Dustin Johnson, Hideki Matsuyama
Asian Tour wins (2) Legend International Series (2) Other Asian Tour (0) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner-up125 Feb 2024International Series Oman67-69-68-65=269−194 strokes Louis Oosthuizen223 Mar 2025International Series Macau67-61-66-64=258−223 strokes Patrick Reed
Web.com Tour wins (3) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up123 Mar 2014Panama Claro Championship70-68-66-64=268−124 strokes Jason Gore213 Apr 2014El Bosque Mexico Championship74-67-66-68=275−132 strokes Justin Thomas324 Aug 2014WinCo Foods Portland Open66-63-70-71=270−141 stroke Jason Gore, Adam Hadwin
Gira de Golf Profesional Mexicana wins (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner-up129 May 2017Bosque Real Championship66-67-69=202−145 strokes Armando Villarreal24 Mar 2023Copa Prissa72-66-67=205−112 strokes Isidro Benítez
Colombian Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner-up18 Feb 2014Abierto de La Pradera68-66-68-70=272−165 strokes Marcelo Rozo
LIV Golf League wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner-up19 Jun 2024LIV Golf Houston66-68-67=201−151 stroke Adrian Meronk
Playoff record LIV Golf League playoff record (0–1) No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult12023LIV Golf Tucson Danny Lee, Louis Oosthuizen, Brendan SteeleLee won with birdie on second extra holeOrtiz eliminated by par on first hole
Results in major championships Results not in chronological order in 2020. Tournament2016 2017 2018Masters TournamentU.S. OpenCUTThe Open ChampionshipPGA Championship Tournament20192020202120222023202420252026Masters TournamentCUTCUTPGA ChampionshipCUTT55CUTU.S. OpenT52CUTCUTT4CUTThe Open ChampionshipNTCUTCUT
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" indicates a tie for a place NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeMasters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1U.S. Open 0 0 0 1 1 1 6 2The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0Totals 0 0 0 1 1 1 13 3 Most consecutive cuts made – 1 (three times) Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (once)
Results in The Players Championship Tournament2016201720182019202020212022The Players ChampionshipCUTCCUTCUT CUT = missed the halfway cut C = Cancelled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Results in World Golf Championships Tournament 20202021ChampionshipT16T15Match PlayNT1T42InvitationalT36ChampionsNT1NT1 1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
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
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External links
Carlos Ortiz Becerra at Mexicanos en París