Diners Club Peru Open: Storylines, things to know and more

PGA TOUR Americas continues its Latin America Swing with the Diners Club Peru Open, the fourth event of the 16-event calendar on the inaugural PGA TOUR Americas season. Los Inkas Golf Club in Lima, Peru, plays host with 500 Fortinet Cup points to the winner. The Diners Club Peru Open is the fourth of six events in the Latin America Swing, and the 141-player field features all three of the season’s tournament winners, as well as 50 of the top 60 players in the Fortinet Cup. After the season’s sixth event (Inter Rapidisimo Golf Championship, May 16-19), the top 60 players in the Fortinet Cup will be exempt into the 10-event North America Swing, beginning June 20-23 with The Beachlands Victoria Open presented by Times Colonist. Here's what you need to know for this week in Peru.

1. The race for Korn Ferry Tour cards heats up

The top 120 players on the PGA TOUR Americas Points List after 15 events will be eligible for the Fortinet Cup Championship. The top-10 players on the final 2024 Fortinet Cup Standings will earn exempt Korn Ferry Tour membership for the 2025 season. In addition, up to five conditional Korn Ferry Tour cards are available to the top two finishers in the Latin America Swing if these players do not finish in the top 10 on the final PGA TOUR Americas Points List. This event marks the fourth of six events in the Latin America swing; the third to last attempt at scoring a conditional Korn Ferry Tour card if a player doesn't receive one from the Fortinet Cup Championship. Matthew Anderson, the winner of last week’s 69th ECP Brazil Open, moved to No. 1 in the Fortinet Cup standings.

2. International talent rises

The field for the Diners Club Peru Open features 141 players from 18 countries. Twelve players hail from Argentina and 13 are from Canada (including Fortinet Cup points leader Anderson). Other countries represented include Australia, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Finland, France, Japan and Scotland.

3. Anderson's hot streak

Anderson, who won last week’s 69th ECP Brazil Open and moved to No. 1 in the Fortinet Cup standings; has posted eight consecutive rounds of par or better, tied with Joey Vrzich and Devon Bling for the longest active streak on Tour. Anderson arrives in Peru coming off the strength of his win last week and with a tie for 21st at the Bupa Championship at Tulum and a tie for third at the Totalplay Championship at Atlas Country Club, the first two PGA TOUR Americas events played in Mexico. He looks to continue his good form heading into the rest of the Latin America Swing and the following North America Swing.