It sounds funny to say that winning golf tournaments in Peru is old hat for Stuart Macdonald of Vancouver, but it is kind of true.
The 29 year-old from Vancouver win 29th Lima Golf Club International Amateur Championship in 2017, and now he has raised a trophy as a professional in the South American country.
On Sunday the winner of the 2023 Commissionaire’s Ottawa Open added another PGA TOUR sanctioned victory to his resume at the Diners Club Peru Open on the new PGA TOUR Americas. It marked the second week in a row with a Canadian winner on the circuit after Matthew Anderson’s victory last week in Brazil.
Macdonald closed his week at the Los Inkas Golf Club in Lima with a round of 71, which took him to a -17 total for the four rounds and a two-stroke victory over American Samuel Anderson.
As a result Macdonald climbs into the No. 3 spot in the Fortinet Cup season-long standings.
Prior to 2024, Macdonald was one of the most consistent performers on PGA TOUR Latinoamerica in 2023. Macdonald did not miss the cut and only finished outside of the top-25 once in eight starts, including a T14 finish at the 2023 Diners Club Peru Open.
Macdonald carried that momentum to PGA TOUR Canada in 2023. In six starts, Macdonald finished with three top-20 finishes and only missed the cut once. Macdonald’s best finish came at the 2023 Commissionaires Ottawa Open, where he defeated Devon Bling and Luke Schniederjans in a playoff to claim his first PGA TOUR-sanctioned win. Macdonald picked up a second top-5 finish at the 2023 Windsor Championship, where he finished T2.
Prior to turning professional in 2017, the Vancouver native starred at Purdue University from 2012-2016. Macdonald ended his career with the 14th best scoring average in Purdue program history and finished fourth on the team in top-10’s his senior year with four.
Macdonald is expected to be in the field at the Kia Open, the fifth event of the Latin America Swing, which will be hosted at the Quito Tenis y Golf Club from May 2-5 in Quito, Ecuador.
The final Canadian leaderboard from Quito:
