Copa Antioquia
Encyclopedia
The Copa Antioquia is an annual golf
tournament held in Medellín
, Colombia
. It was founded in 2009 and forms part of the Latin America
based Tour de las Américas
.
It became an event on the both the second tier European Challenge Tour
and the Canadian Tour schedules in 2010.
* Denotes tournament was won in a playoff
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament held in Medellín
Medellín
Medellín , officially the Municipio de Medellín or Municipality of Medellín, is the second largest city in Colombia. It is in the Aburrá Valley, one of the more northerly of the Andes in South America. It has a population of 2.3 million...
, Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
. It was founded in 2009 and forms part of the Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
based Tour de las Américas
Tour de las Americas
The Tour de las Américas is the men's professional golf tour for Latin America.Top level tournament golf in Latin America has had an unstable history. Some of the national open championships in the region are long established, but they did not traditionally form a coherent tour...
.
It became an event on the both the second tier European Challenge Tour
Challenge Tour
The Challenge Tour is the second tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European Tour and as with on the main European Tour and the European Seniors Tour, some of the events are played outside of Europe...
and the Canadian Tour schedules in 2010.
Winners
| Year | Winner | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 |  Joaquín EstévezJoaquín Estévez Joaquín Estévez is an Argentinian professional golfer who plays on the Challenge Tour and the Tour de las Américas.Estévez turned pro in 2008 and picked up his first professional win in 2011, the Copa Antioquia, an event sanctioned by the Challenge Tour and the Tour de las Américas.-Challenge Tour... |
274 (−10)* |
| 2010 |  David VanegasDavid Vanegas David Vanegas is a Colombian professional golfer.Vanegas was born in Medellín. He attended Johnson & Wales University in Florida, United States before turning professional in 2008 and joining the Tour de las Américas... |
272 (−12) |
| 2009 |  Peter GustafssonPeter Gustafsson Peter Gustafsson is a Swedish professional golfer.Gustafsson was born in Orust, Sweden. He turned professional in 1999.... |
272 (−8) |