Colombia Masters

Colombia Masters
Colombia Masters
Tournament information
Location Colombia Bogotá, Colombia
Established 2007
Course(s) Country Club de Bogota (Fundadores Course)
Par 72
Length 7,109 yards
Tour(s) Tour de las Américas
Challenge Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund $180,000
Month played March
Final year 2009
Tournament record score
Aggregate 268 Wil Besseling (2008)
To par -16 (as above)
Current champion
Argentina Alan Wagner

The Club Colombia Masters was a golf tournament co-sanctioned by the European Challenge Tour and the Tour de las Américas and was first played in 2007.[1] The event was held at the Country Club de Bogotá, in Bogotá, Colombia. The tournament was organized by the Corporacion Internacional de Golf, managed by German Calle Jr. and Jorge Muñoz. This was the first golf tournament ever to be sanctioned by the European Challenge Tour in Colombia. In 2010 it was replaced on the schedule by the Copa Antioquia, held in Medellín.

Contents

2007

The first tournament was won by Edoardo Molinari from Italy. Molinari, the 2005 U.S. Amateur champion, had turned professional the year before and was trying to get onto a tour when he was invited to play in Bogotá. Molinari and Gustavo Mendoza, a local player, entered a sudden-death play-off which was settled on the second extra hole after their fourth round scores left them tied at the top of the leaderboard on five under par (269).[2] For this first professional win Molinari received 21,690 and the right to play on the European Challenge Tour, the lower tier of the European Tour.

“This is incredible,” Molinari smiled. “It was quite a spectacular week. I’m very happy about this victory, because I worked hard for it during the winter. I’m going to enjoy it.”

2008

The second Club Colombia Masters was won by Dutchman Wil Besseling in a seven shot victory with a 16 under par total of 268. Besseling picked up the winner’s cheque for €18,303[3] which moved him from 41st to sixth place on the European Challenge Tour Rankings.

“I started very well and my swing felt good all day,” he said. “I struggled a little yesterday, but today it was really good. I didn’t make any mistakes and it feels great to be the winner. Although I had a lead, I just tried to keep playing one shot at a time,” he added. “The guys made some bogeys behind me and that made the gap even bigger but I just kept playing my own game and it all worked out perfectly. It feels awesome."[4]

2009

The 2009 Colombia Masters was the only tournament of the season co-sanctioned by the European Challenge Tour and the Tour de las Americas. Colombian golfer Camilo Villegas had a 9 hole demonstration on the Tuesday prior to the tournament where he played with his brother Manuel. Large crowds came to the Country Club de Bogota for Villegas only presentation of the year in his home country.

Teenager Alan Wagner from Argentina clinched his maiden Challenge Tour title on the final day when the lead changed hands several times. Wagner eventually emerged triumphant after a round of 68 to close on 13 under par.[5] The 19 year old received a winner’s cheque for US$24,802 and finished at the top of the Challenge Tour Rankings and one shot in front of his nearest challenger Edoardo Molinari of Italy, the 2007 winner.

Winners

Year Winner Score
2009 Argentina Alan Wagner 275 (-13)
2008 Netherlands Wil Besseling 268 (-16)
2007 Italy Edoardo Molinari 279 (-5)PO

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Coordinates: 4°42′44″N 74°02′25″W / 4.712127°N 74.040384°W / 4.712127; -74.040384


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