Otto Black

JOINED TOUR

• PGA TOUR Latinoamérica: 2016
• PGA TOUR Canada: 2020

Personal

• Says winning the Horton Smith Invitational was his biggest thrill in golf.
• Is involved in the charity Hope For Prisoners, which is committed to helping men, women and young adults successfully reenter the workforce while assisting their families and their communities.

Special Interests

CURRENT YEAR HIGHLIGHTS

• PGA TOUR Canada Q-School USA West 3: Was par or better in all four rounds to finish T14 with three others at The Home Course in DuPont, Washington, in late-April. Earned conditional PGA TOUR Canada status.
• PGA TOUR Latinoamerica Qualifying Tournament Argentina: Finished T34 at the CC Las Praderas de Lujan in late-November to earn conditional PGA TOUR Lationoamerica status.

Career Highlights

2022 Season

• PGA TOUR Canada Q-School USA West 3: Was par or better in all four rounds to finish T14 with three others at The Home Course in DuPont, Washington, in late-April. Earned conditional PGA TOUR Canada status.
• PGA TOUR Latinoamerica Qualifying Tournament Argentina: Finished T34 at the CC Las Praderas de Lujan in late-November to earn conditional PGA TOUR Lationoamerica status.

2021 Season

Spent the summer in Canada, finishing 45th on the Mackenzie Tour Points List.

• Prince Edward Island Open (MT): In his Mackenzie Tour season debut, got off to a quick start before cooling over the final 36 holes. Rode his 69-68 start to a 5-under finish, good for a T5 with three others at Dundarave GC.
• Forme Tour Q-School-USA East 3: Finished T6 and landed in a four-players-for-one-spot playoff to determine the final exempt player for the first half of the Mackenzie Tour season. Lost to amateur Logan Lockwood in the overtime session. Will be conditionally exempt for the entire year on the Forme Tour.

2020 Season

• Mackenzie Tour-PGA TOUR Canada Q-School-USA East 2: Finished T28 at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Highland Oaks in mid-March in Dothan, Ala., to earn conditional status on the Forme Tour.
• PTLA Qualifying Tournament-Mission Inn: Earned conditional status for the first half of PGA TOUR Latinoamérica’s season with his T24 with three others at Mission Inn Club and Resort in Central Florida in early January.

2019 Season

Saw action in 13 PGA TOUR Latinoamérica events, made six cuts and recorded one top-10 to finish No. 66 on the Order of Merit.

• Neuquen Argentina Classic: Held either outright or a share of the 18-, 36- and 54-hole leads at Chapelco GC. Was tied with Mito Pereira with 18 holes to play but got off to a slow start, at 3-over following a double bogey at the par-3 seventh. Made back-to-back birdies on Nos. 9 and 10 but then fell from contention with a bogey on No. 11 and a second double bogey, this time at No. 13. Finished T7 with Jason Thresher and Ryan Baca. Got off to a quick start, with his opening-round 65, aided by his first career PGA TOUR Latinoamerica hole-in-one, at No. 7.
• PTLA Qualifying Tournament-Brazil: Finished fifth in Rio de Janeiro to earn fully-exempt status for the first half of the season.

2018 Season

Played a full PGA TOUR Latinoamerica campaign, making five cuts in 13 starts–his best finish a T18. Closed the year No. 92 on the Order of Merit.

2017 Season

Played in three Mackenzie Tour tournaments, making one cut (T50).

2016 Season

At PGA TOUR Latinoamerica's summer qualifier, finished fifth, allowing him to play in four events to close the season, a T20 at the Argentina Classic his top showing. Earned a spot in the Korn Ferry Tour's Digital Ally Open (missed the cut).

• PTLA Qualifying Tournament-Summer: Earned PGA TOUR Latinoamérica conditional status with a solo fifth finish at the Summer Q-School at TPC Eagle Trace in July.
• Mackenzie Tour-PGA TOUR Canada Q-School-Port St. Lucie, FL: Earned conditional status with rounds of 71-74-72-70.

Q SCHOOL GRADUATE

• PGA TOUR Latinoamérica: 2020
• PGA TOUR Canada: 2020
• PGA TOUR Canada: 2021
• PGA TOUR Latinoamérica: 2022
• PGA TOUR Canada: 2022