Roberto De Vicenzo Punta del Este Open Copa NEC

Roberto De Vicenzo Punta del Este Open Copa NEC
Tournament information
LocationMaldonado, Uruguay
Established2005
Course(s)Club del Lago Golf
Par72
Length7,206 yards (6,589 m)
Tour(s)PGA Tour Latinoamérica
Tour de las Américas
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$175,000
Month playedOctober
Final year2017
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Mito Pereira (2016)
264 Brian Richey (2017)
To par−16 as above
Final champion
United States Brian Richey
Location map
Club del Lago Golf is located in Uruguay
Club del Lago Golf
Club del Lago Golf
Location in Uruguay

The Roberto De Vicenzo Punta del Este Open Copa NEC was a men's professional golf tournament.

First held in 2005 as the Roberto De Vicenzo Classic, it is named after one of Argentina's most successful golfers, Roberto De Vicenzo. The tournament has been held at the San Eliseo Golf Club in Buenos Aires, Argentina until 2012, and moved to the Club de Golf del Uruguay in Montevideo, Uruguay. In 2015, it moved to Club del Lago Golf in Maldonado, Uruguay. All three cities are on the Río de la Plata.

From 2007 to 2011, the tournament was part of the TPG Tour, the official professional golf tour in Argentina. In 2006 and from 2008 to 2010, it was included on the Tour de las Américas schedule. In 2012, it was included on the PGA Tour Latinoamérica schedule. For the 2018 season, it was downgraded to the PGA Tour Latinoamérica Dev Series.

It initially consisted of a pro-am fourball competition over the first two rounds, with just the professionals going on to play in the final two rounds. In 2012, it changed to a 144 player, stroke play tournament.[1]

  1. ^ "One of golf's greats honored as the Tour makes it to Argentina". PGA Tour. Retrieved 9 October 2012.