Carlos Ortiz (golfer)

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Carlos Ortiz
Personal information
Full nameCarlos Ortiz Becerra
Born (1991-04-24) 24 April 1991 (age 33)
Web.com Tour
Player of the Year
2014
Medal record
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Shenzhen Men's team

Carlos Ortiz Becerra (born 24 April 1991) is a Mexican

LIV Golf League
.

Early life

Ortiz was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. He played college golf in the United States at the University of North Texas.[2] At the 2011 Summer Universiade, he was on the team that won the bronze medal. He played in the Mexican team at the 2010 Eisenhower Trophy[3] and again in 2012 where Mexico were runners-up.[4]

His younger brother Álvaro is a professional golfer who represented Mexico in the Eisenhower Trophy in 2014, 2016 and 2018 and won the 2019 Latin America Amateur Championship.[5]

Professional career

Ortiz turned professional in 2013. He finished T-15 at the

Web.com Tour Player of the Year.[8]

In his first full

Web.com Tour in 2017 and 2018 and regained his place on the PGA Tour after the 2018 season. He finished the 2018–19 PGA Tour season 113th in the FedEx Cup Playoffs with a best finish of tied for third place in the Sanderson Farms Championship
, played in late 2018.

In November 2020, Ortiz won his first PGA Tour event at the

Quad Cities Open. The win by Ortiz qualified him for the 2021 Masters Tournament.[10]

Professional wins (7)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runners-up
1 8 Nov 2020
Vivint Houston Open
 67-68-67-65=267 −13 2 strokes United States Dustin Johnson, Japan Hideki Matsuyama

Asian Tour wins (1)

Legend
International Series (1)
Other Asian Tour (0)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 25 Feb 2024
International Series Oman
 67-69-68-65=269 −19 4 strokes South Africa Louis Oosthuizen

Web.com Tour wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 23 Mar 2014
Panama Claro Championship
 70-68-66-64=268 −12 4 strokes United States Jason Gore
2 13 Apr 2014
El Bosque Mexico Championship
 74-67-66-68=275 −13 2 strokes United States Justin Thomas
3 24 Aug 2014 WinCo Foods Portland Open 66-63-70-71=270 −14 1 stroke United States Jason Gore, Canada Adam Hadwin

Gira de Golf Profesional Mexicana wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 29 May
2017
 Bosque Real Championship 66-67-69=202 −14 5 strokes Mexico Armando Villarreal
2 4 Mar
2023
 Copa Prissa 72-66-67=205 −11 2 strokes Mexico Isidro Benítez

Playoff record

LIV Golf League playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 2023 LIV Golf Tucson New Zealand Danny Lee, South Africa Louis Oosthuizen,
United States Brendan Steele 		Lee won with birdie on second extra hole
Ortiz eliminated by par on first hole

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament 2016 2017 2018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship
PGA Championship
Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Masters Tournament CUT
PGA Championship CUT T55 CUT
U.S. Open T52 CUT CUT
The Open Championship NT CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
The Players Championship CUT C CUT CUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut
C = Cancelled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament 2020 2021
Championship
 T16 T15
Match Play
 NT1 T42
Invitational
 T36
Champions NT1 NT1

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Did not play

NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

References

  1. OWGR
    . Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Ortiz Blows Past The Field For First Web.com Tour Victory". Mean Green Sports. 23 March 2014. Archived from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  3. ^ "2010 World Amateur Team Championship – Team/Player Leaderboards". Golfstat. 1 November 2018. Archived from the original on 4 December 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  4. ^ "2012 World Amateur Team Championship – Team/Player Leaderboards". Golfstat. 1 November 2018. Archived from the original on 14 July 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Carlos Ortiz". USGA. 2024-02-08. Archived from the original on 2024-02-08. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  6. ^ "Carlos Ortiz wins 1st Web.com title". ESPN. Associated Press. 24 March 2014. Archived from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  7. ^ Chemycz, Joe (August 25, 2014). "Ortiz collects third win of year at WinCo Foods Portland Open". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on August 26, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
  8. ^ "Ortiz named Web.com Tour Player of the Year". PGA Tour. 7 October 2014. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  9. ^ Schmitt, Tim (8 November 2020). "Carlos Ortiz earns first PGA Tour title, takes trophy at Vivint Houston Open". Golfweek. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  10. ^ Powers, Christopher (8 November 2020). "Carlos Ortiz makes history in stunning victory over Dustin Johnson and Hideki Matsuyama at the Houston Open". Golf World. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.

External links

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