Pacific Rubiales Bogotá Open
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The Pacific Rubiales Bogotá Open presented by Samsung is a golf
tournament on the U.S.-based Nationwide Tour
. It was first played in 2010 at The Country Club of Bogotá in Bogotá, Colombia. The 2011 purse was US$
600,000, with $108,000 going to the winner.
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament on the U.S.-based Nationwide Tour
Nationwide Tour
The Nationwide Tour is the developmental tour for the U.S.-based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either failed to score well enough at that level's Qualifying School to earn their PGA Tour card, or who have done so but then failed to win enough money to stay at that level...
. It was first played in 2010 at The Country Club of Bogotá in Bogotá, Colombia. The 2011 purse was US$
United States dollar
The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
600,000, with $108,000 going to the winner.
Winners
- 2011
Brenden PappasBrenden PappasBrenden Pappas is a professional golfer from South Africa who currently plays on the Nationwide Tour.-Early life:Pappas was born in Phalaborwa, South Africa. He is the youngest of three brothers, Sean and Deane . He and brother Deane attended the University of Arkansas where he graduated in 1993...
(unofficial win due to the tournament being shortened to 36 holes) - 2010
Steve PateSteve PateStephen Robert Pate is an American professional golfer who has played on both the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Pate was born in Ventura, California. He attended UCLA and was a member of the golf team; one teammate was Corey Pavin, who joined Pate on the PGA Tour. Pate helped lead the team to...