The PGA Tour Latinoamérica and PGA Tour Canada are merging under one umbrella to form the PGA Tour Americas, the PGA Tour announced Tuesday.
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The PGA Tour Americas will consist of 16 events in Latin America, Canada and the United States from February to September in 2024. The top 10 finishers on the season points list will be exempt from the Korn Ferry Tour (second most important circuit) to the following season.
“As we build on the rich history of golf in Latin America and Canada, we are excited about the PGA Tour Americas and the role this tour will play in preparing players for the next step in their professional golf journey,” he said. Alex Baldwin, President of the Korn Ferry Tour.
“PGA Tour Americas will be an extremely competitive tour aimed at identifying, developing and transitioning high-performing players to the next level as they rise through the ranks and strive to reach the highest level of professional golf, the PGA Tour.”
The PGA Tour Americas Latin America Swing will kick off in February and run through May. The top 60 players from that group will compete on the North America Swing from June through September, and a cumulative list of points from both schedules will determine which 10 players advance to the Korn Ferry Tour.
In addition, the top two finishers from the Latin America Swing and the top three from Canada will receive conditional status.
The PGA Tour became its own organization in 1968, when it split from the PGA of America, which is now primarily an association of golf professionals, such as instructors and club managers. Tournament players first formed their own organization, the Association of Professional Golfers (APG). Later, in 1968, the players abolished the APG and agreed to operate as the PGA “Tournament Players Division”, a fully autonomous division of the PGA, overseen by a new 10-member Tournament Policy Board. The name then officially changed to “PGA Tour” in 1975.
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