Carlos Ortiz (golfer)
Carlos Ortiz (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.
| Carlos Ortiz | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born | 24 April 1991 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Weight | 150 lb (68 kg; 11 st) | ||
| Nationality |  Mexico | ||
| Residence | Dallas, Texas | ||
| Career | |||
| College | University of North Texas | ||
| Turned professional | 2013 | ||
| Current tour(s) | PGA Tour | ||
| Former tour(s) | Web.com Tour | ||
| Professional wins | 4 | ||
| Highest ranking | 53 (17 January 2021)[1] (as of 31 January 2021) | ||
| Number of wins by tour | |||
| PGA Tour | 1 | ||
| Korn Ferry Tour | 3 | ||
| Best results in major championships | |||
| Masters Tournament | DNP | ||
| PGA Championship | CUT: 2020 | ||
| U.S. Open | T52: 2019 | ||
| The Open Championship | DNP | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Medal record
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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 and again in 2012 where Mexico were runners-up.
His younger brother Álvaro is an amateur golfer who represented Mexico in the Eisenhower Trophy in 2016 and 2018 and won the 2019 Latin America Amateur Championship.
Professional career
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.[2][3] 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.[4] He was later voted the Web.com Tour Player of the Year.[5]
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.[6] 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 to be invited to the 2021 Masters Tournament, being the second Mexican to earn an invite, after his own brother, who played in the 2019 Masters as an amateur.[7]
Professional wins (4)
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 |  Dustin Johnson,  Hideki Matsuyama |
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 | 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, .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Adam Hadwin |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | ||
| PGA Championship | CUT | |
| U.S. Open | T52 | |
| The Open Championship | NT |
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 |
|---|---|
| The Players Championship | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
Results in World Golf Championships
| Tournament | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Championship | T16 |
| Match Play | NT1 |
| Invitational | |
| Champions | NT1 |
1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied
References
- "Week 3 2021 Ending 17 Jan 2021" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- "Ortiz Blows Past The Field For First Web.com Tour Victory". Mean Green Sports. 23 March 2014.
- "Carlos Ortiz wins 1st Web.com title". ESPN. Associated Press. 24 March 2014.
- Chemycz, Joe (August 25, 2014). "Ortiz collects third win of year at WinCo Foods Portland Open". PGA Tour.
- "Ortiz named Web.com Tour Player of the Year". PGA Tour. 7 October 2014.
- Schmitt, Tim (8 November 2020). "Carlos Ortiz earns first PGA Tour title, takes trophy at Vivint Houston Open". Golfweek.
- Powers, Christopher (8 November 2020). "Carlos Ortiz makes history in stunning victory over Dustin Johnson and Hideki Matsuyama at the Houston Open". Golf World. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
External links
- Carlos Ortiz at the PGA Tour official site
- Carlos Ortiz at the Official World Golf Ranking official site