Wikipedia

Carlos Ortiz (golfer)

Carlos Ortiz Becerra (born 24 April 1991) is a Mexican professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and Web.com Tour. He won the 2020 Vivint Houston Open on the PGA Tour. He now plays in the LIV Golf League.

Carlos Ortiz
Personal information
Full nameCarlos Ortiz Becerra
Born (1991-04-24) 24 April 1991 (age 33)
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight150 lb (68 kg; 11 st)
Sporting nationality Mexico
ResidenceDallas, Texas
Career
CollegeUniversity of North Texas
Turned professional2013
Current tour(s)Asian Tour
LIV Golf
Gira de Golf Profesional Mexicana
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Web.com Tour
Professional wins9
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour1
Asian Tour1
Korn Ferry Tour3
LIV Golf1
Other3
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentCUT: 2021
PGA ChampionshipT55: 2021
U.S. OpenT52: 2019
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2021
Achievements and awards
Web.com Tour
regular season money list winner		2014
Web.com Tour
Player of the Year		2014
Medal record
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Shenzhen Men's team

Early life

edit

Ortiz was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. He played college golf in the United States at the University of North Texas.[1] 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[2] and again in 2012 where Mexico were runners-up.[3]

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.[4]

Professional career

edit

Ortiz turned professional in 2013. He finished T-15 at the Web.com Tour qualifying school after playing in the first, second and final stages. He then joined the Tour in 2014. He won the fourth event of the year, the Panama Claro Championship.[1][5] He won his second Web.com Tour event three weeks later at the El Bosque Mexico Championship and moved inside the top 200 in the Official World Golf Ranking. Ortiz was given a sponsor exemption to compete in the 2014 Memorial Tournament, where he finished T-65 in his PGA Tour debut. He won his third Web.com event of the season at the WinCo Foods Portland Open, earning fully exempt status on the 2014−15 PGA Tour as a three-time, single-season winner.[6][7] He was later voted the Web.com Tour Player of the Year.[8]

In his first full PGA Tour season, Ortiz finished 93rd in the FedEx Cup and had a season-best finish of T9 at the OHL Classic at Mayakoba. However he lost his place on the tour after a poor 2016 season. He played on the 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 Vivint Houston Open. He became the third Mexican winner on the PGA Tour after Victor Regalado and Cesar Sanudo.[9] The last PGA Tour victory by a Mexican born player, before Ortiz' win, was 22 years earlier by Regalado at the 1978 Quad Cities Open. The win by Ortiz qualified him for the 2021 Masters Tournament.[10]

On 9 June 2024, Ortiz won his first tournament on the LIV Golf League by winning the LIV Houston event by one shot over Adrian Meronk.

Professional wins (9)

edit

PGA Tour wins (1)

edit
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   Dustin Johnson,   Hideki Matsuyama

Asian Tour wins (1)

edit
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   Louis Oosthuizen

Web.com Tour wins (3)

edit
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   Jason Gore
2 13 Apr 2014 El Bosque Mexico Championship 74-67-66-68=275 −13 2 strokes   Justin Thomas
3 24 Aug 2014 WinCo Foods Portland Open 66-63-70-71=270 −14 1 stroke   Jason Gore,   Adam Hadwin

Gira de Golf Profesional Mexicana wins (2)

edit
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   Armando Villarreal
2 4 Mar 2023 Copa Prissa 72-66-67=205 −11 2 strokes   Isidro Benítez

Colombian Tour wins (1)

edit
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 8 Feb 2014 Abierto de La Pradera 68-66-68-70=272 −16 5 strokes   Marcelo Rozo

LIV Golf League wins (1)

edit
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 9 Jun 2024 LIV Golf Houston 66-68-67=201 −15 1 stroke   Adrian Meronk

Playoff record

edit

LIV Golf League playoff record (0–1)

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

Results in major championships

edit

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

edit
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

edit
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

edit

Amateur

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "2010 World Amateur Team Championship – Team/Player Leaderboards". Golfstat. 1 November 2018. Archived from the original on 4 December 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  3. ^ "2012 World Amateur Team Championship – Team/Player Leaderboards". Golfstat. 1 November 2018. Archived from the original on 14 July 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Carlos Ortiz". USGA. 8 February 2024. Archived from the original on 8 February 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ Chemycz, Joe (25 August 2014). "Ortiz collects third win of year at WinCo Foods Portland Open". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  7. ^ "Carlos Ortiz claims PGA Tour card". ESPN. Associated Press. 24 August 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.
edit
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carlos_Ortiz_(golfer)&oldid=1259689082"