The Carlos Franco Invitational is a professional golf

Golf

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 tournament held at the Carlos Franco Country & Golf Club, in Arroyos y Esteros

Arroyos y Esteros

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, Paraguay

Paraguay

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. First held in 2004, the tournament was included in the TPG Tour

TPG Tour

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 schedule in 2007, which is the official professional golf tour

Professional golf tours

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 in Argentina

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. The following year, it was also included on the Tour de las Americas

Tour de las Americas

The Tour de las Américas is the men's professional golf tour for Latin America.Top level tournament golf in Latin America has had an unstable history. Some of the national open championships in the region are long established, but they did not traditionally form a coherent tour...

 calendar, the highest level tour in Latin America

Latin America

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.

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	Runner-up
2011	Fabrizio Zanotti Fabrizio Zanotti Fabrizio Zanotti is a Paraguayan professional golfer.Zanotti was born in Asunción. He was Paraguay's top ranked amateur golfer for six straight years before turning professional in 2003....	270 (−14)	Leandro Marelli
2010	Sebastián Fernández Sebastian Fernandez (golfer) Sebastián Fernández is an Argentine professional golfer.Fernández was born in Buenos Aires. He worked as a caddy in Buenos Aires, before turning professional in 1991. He won the Argentine Tour Order of Merit in 2000...	278 (−10)	Hector Cespedes
2009	Agustin Jauretche	280 (−8)	Rodolfo González Rodolfo Gonzalez (golfer) Rodolfo González is an Argentine professional golfer.González was born in Buenos Aires. He worked as a caddy in Ranelgah Golf Club, Buenos Aires, before turning professional in 1989.González won the Argentine Tour Ranking in 1999... , Fabrizio Zanotti Fabrizio Zanotti Fabrizio Zanotti is a Paraguayan professional golfer.Zanotti was born in Asunción. He was Paraguay's top ranked amateur golfer for six straight years before turning professional in 2003....
2008	Clodomiro Carranza	280 (−8)PO	César Monasterio Cesar Monasterio César Omar Monasterio is an Argentine professional golfer.Monasterio was born in Tucumán. He turned professional in 1990....
2007	Marco Ruiz Marco Ruiz Marco Ruiz is a Paraguayan professional golfer.Ruiz was born in Asunción. He is the godson of celebrated Argentine golfer Vicente Fernández. Ruiz turned pro in 1992....	279 (−9)	Angel Franco Angel Franco Angel Franco is a Paraguayan professional golfer. His brother is golfer Carlos Franco.Franco was born in Asunción and turned pro in 1974.Franco won the South American Tour Order of Merit in 1991....
2006	Diego Vanegas
2005	Raúl Fretes Raúl Fretes Raúl Fretes is a Paraguayan professional golfer.Fretes was born in Asunción and turned pro in 1990. He won the South American Tour Order of Merit in 1994 and 1998....	209	Pedro Martínez Pedro Martínez (golfer) Pedro Rodolfo Martínez is a Paraguayan professional golfer.Martinez was born in Asunción and turned pro in 1985.Martinez played on the European Tour in 2000 and 2001, and achieved two top ten finishes the first season, tied 3rd in the Brazil São Paulo 500 Years Open and tied 6th in the Moroccan... , Nilson Cabrera
2004	Daniel Barbetti

^PO – won following playoff

External links

• Tour de las Americas – official site
• TPG Tour – official site