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see also: Tomas Gana, View results for Latin America Amateur, Lima Golf Club

With the win Toto Gana will be heading to Augusta National in April for the upcoming Masters
Gana, who begins his career at at Division II Lynn University in two weeks, started the day in a share of first place with Ortiz and he played steady for much of the day as he carded two birdies and three bogeys. His birdies came on the 4th and 15th holes. Maybe his most important birdie of the round was his first, as it helped him bounce back from a bogey on No. 2. Arkansas junior Alvaro Ortiz, from Mexico, had to fight his way back into the picture late after he double-bogeyed No. 10 and at the time fell to even-par. Looking to bounce back Ortiz, the younger brother of PGA Tour player Carlos Ortiz, birded No. 12 and then following a bogey on the 14th he birdied the 17th hole. “On No. 10, I made a double bogey from the middle of the fairway,” said Ortiz, who finished tied for third in the first LAAC in 2015 at Pilar Golf in Buenos Aires, Argentina. “And on No. 15 [a drivable, 280-yard par 4], I hit a perfect 3-wood to the middle of the green and I three-putted [for par]. That was the one that I really thought was going to cost me. But I’m just happy that I gave myself a chance to win again." After finishing tied for third last year, World No. 5 Joaquín Niemann once more had a chance to claim what is proving to be an allusive title. Starting the day one back the USF signee played an even-par final round that included a double-bogey, bogey stretch on Nos. 8 and 9. The native of Chile rebounded throughout his day with birdies on the 3rd, 5th, 10th and 17th holes.TOTO GANA 🇨🇱 IS THE WINNER OF THE #LAAC2017 • TOTO GANA 🇨🇱 ES EL CAMPEÓN DEL #LAAC2017 pic.twitter.com/Re WJ yRRayD
— LAAC (@LAAC_Golf) January 15, 2017
| Place | Player | Location | Pts | Scores |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | , Chile | 1000 | 68-71-69-71=279 | |
| T2 | , Mexico | 700 | 71-70-67-71=279 | |
| T2 | , Chile | 700 | 72-70-67-70=279 | |
| T4 | , Peru | 500 | 64-75-72-69=280 | |
| T4 | , Costa Rica | 500 | 71-66-73-70=280 |

Founded by the Masters Tournament, The R&A and the USGA, the LAAC was established to further develop amateur golf in South America, Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean. The LAAC is a 72-hole stroke play event open to a field of 108 amateur play...

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