BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (November 15, 2009)--The South African team of J.G. Claassen and Ryan Dreyer won the 14th annual Juan Carlos Tailhade Cup at Los Lagartos Country Club. With a total of 567 strokes, Claasen and Dreyer finished three shotws ahead of Armando Zarlenga and Tomas Cocha of Argentina. Emiliano Grillo was the best player in the Individual competition with 277 strokes.

The Argentines and South Africans, who at the end of the day yesterday were tied in first position, began play today with the firm intention to take back the title. Argentina had won twice (1996-2004), while the African team did it in 1997.

After a day with ideal weather, which was far from what it was last Friday, it was Claassen and Dreyer who capitalized taking 142 strokes, three less than the Argentine team. Third place went to Peru at 573 strokes, with Portugal fourth at 575.

J.G. Claassen closed by shooting 67, which placed him third in the individual competition. Next week, both he and Dreyer will stay in Argentina to play in the Amateur Championship at Buenos Aires Golf Club.

For his part, Tomas Cocha finished his final round with a 71 and scored a total of 285. His partner, Armando Zarlenga, finished with a 74.

In the Individual competition, Argentina's Emiliano Grillo took the top position with 277 strokes. Grillo, who won the Junior World Championships in San Diego and who has played much of the season in the U.S., shot a fina-round 69 which included a birdie at the 3rd hole and an eagle at the 15th from the bunker. "Competing in the United States helped me psychologically, and I feel that I improved technically", said Grillo, who will return to the U.S. to play in the Polo Junior Golf Championship.

Los Lagartos Country Club established Juan Carlos Tailhade Cup 36 years ago as an Individual competition, and the Argentina Golf Association created the International Team competition years later. England and Australia have four victories in the championship, followed by Argentina, the Netherlands, and now South Africa with two.

Final results of the Juan Carlos Tailhade Cup (International Team Competition), played November 12-15, 2009 at Los Lagartos Country Club in Buenos Aires, Argentina:

567	SOUTH AFRICA	144	139	142	142		J. G. CLAASSEN	74	67	71	67	279
							RYAN DREYER	70	72	71	75	288
570	ARGENTINA	138	141	146	145		TOMAS COCHA	70	70	74	71	285
							ARMANDO ZARLENGA	68	71	72	74	285
573	PERU	140	145	148	140		PATRICIO SALEM	68	70	75	69	282
							RAFAEL CLAUX	72	75	73	71	291
575	PORTUGAL	139	147	148	141		JOSE MARIA JOIA	67	70	74	67	278
							TIAGO RODRIGUEZ	72	77	74	74	297
576	SPAIN	137	147	153	139		JUAN FRANCISCO SARASTI	70	73	76	69	288
							CARLOS PIGEM	67	74	77	70	288
577	FRANCE	143	140	153	141		ROMAIN WATTEL	68	72	76	69	285
							JOHANN LOPEZ LAZARO	75	68	77	72	292
578	NORWAY	141	142	148	147		ELIAS BERTHEUSSEN	70	72	72	71	285
							ANDERS KRISTIANSEN	71	70	76	76	293
581	GERMANY	145	144	146	146		PHILIPP WESTERMANN	70	74	73	72	289
							MARCEL SCHNEIDER	75	70	73	74	292
584	NEW ZEALAND	148	149	145	142		RYAN JAMES FOX	74	74	71	71	290
							PETER SPEARMAN BURN	74	75	74	71	294
584	AUSTRALIA	145	146	144	149		BRYDEN MACPHERSON	69	73	73	71	286
							DANIEL BECKMANN	76	73	71	78	298
586	VENEZUELA	142	151	150	143		ROBERT DE BIASE	70	75	72	72	289
							JOSE DANIEL ORTEGA	72	76	78	71	297
587	NETHERLANDS	150	145	150	142		DYLAN BOSHART	77	73	73	66	289
							WILLEN VORK	73	72	77	76	298
589	SCOTLAND	150	146	150	143		ROSS KELLETT	73	73	75	69	290
							DAVID LAW	77	73	75	74	299
599	ITALY	147	147	156	149		CLAUDIO VIGANO	72	73	75	73	293
							VALENTINO DALL'ARCHE	75	74	81	76	306
600	COLOMBIA	147	149	150	154		JUAN PABLO LUNA TURBAY	73	73	74	75	295
							DANIEL ZULUAGA OCAMPO	74	76	76	79	305
607	FINLAND	157	156	148	146		NICKLAS KAIVOLA	75	78	72	75	300
							TONI HAKULA	82	78	76	71	307
617	URUGUAY	149	159	156	153		AGUSTIN TARIGO	75	73	73	73	294
							JUAN ALVAREZ	74	86	83	80	323
623	MEXICO	154	157	155	157		CARLOS F. ASBUN ANZE	79	76	78	74	307
							KENJI HERNANDEZ SASHIDA	75	81	77	83	316

Top finishers in the individual competition appear below.

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