Flor de Caña Open

Golf tournament

Mukul Beach Golf and Spa

Location in Nicaragua

Flor de Caña Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour Latinoamérica that was played in 2016 and 2017. The tournament was sponsored by the Nicaraguan rum brand Flor de Caña and became the first professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour Latinoamérica to be played in Nicaragua. The inaugural tournament was won by Argentine Augusto Núñez.

History

The first Flor de Caña Open was announced in April 2016. The inaugural event was held at Mukul Beach Golf and Spa at Guacalito de la Isla and became the first PGA Tour Latinoamérica tournament to be played in Nicaragua.^[1] The 2016 tournament was won by Argentine Augusto Núñez. It was his first win on the tour and put him into 1st place in the tour standings.^[2]

Michael Buttacavoli defeated Michael Davan in 2017 after a 10-hole playoff, the longest playoff in the history of PGA Tour Latinoamérica.^[3]

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref.
2017	Michael Buttacavoli	264	−20	Playoff	Michael Davan
2016	Augusto Núñez	259	−25	1 stroke	Emilio Domínguez Eric Steger	^[4]

References

^ "Nicaragua joins PGA Tour Latinoamérica". PGA Tour. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
^ "Flor de Caña Open belongs to Augusto Núñez". PGA Tour. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
^ "Flor de Caña Open Playoff among Longest in PGA Tour History". PGA Tour. 3 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
^ "Augusto Núñez, ganador del Torneo Flor de Caña Open presented by The Mortgage Store". E&N. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2017.