Four share first-round lead at Latin America Amateur

1/15/2015 | by AmateurGolf.com Staff

Alvaro Ortiz

Juan Alvarez, Alvaro Ortiz, Gaston Bertinotti, and Ian Facey all put up 68s on the first-round leaderboard at Pilar Golf Club

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (Jan. 15, 2015) — Four countries, including the host nation, are represented at the top of the first-round leaderboard at the inaugural Latin America Amateur Championship. Juan Alvarez of Uruguay, Alvaro Ortiz of Mexico, Ian Facey of Jamaica, and Gaston Bertinotti of Argentina all put up four-under par 68s to share a one-shot lead in search of the tournament's first champion — and much more. Among other things, the champion will receive an invitation to the 2015 Masters Tournament, joining six other amateurs already in the field like U.S. Amateur winner Gunn Yang and U.S. Mid-Amateur winner Scott Harvey. Ortiz, who is the brother of PGA TOUR player Carlos Ortiz, plays collegiately for the University of Arkansas. He made five birdies and one bogey in his opening-round. In total, 22 players are under par after day one with seven players sitting just one shot back with 54 holes to play, including Argentina's top-ranked player Alejandro Tosti. Round two begins Friday at 7:30am while live coverage can be seen on ESPN, ESPN2, or ESPN News beginning at 10am EST.

Results: Latin America Amateur

Place	Player	Location	Pts	Scores
1	Matias Dominguez	, Chile	700	72-65-69-71=277
2	Alejandro Tosti	, Argentina	500	69-70-68-71=278
T3	Alvaro Ortiz	, Mexico	400	68-73-71-67=279
T3	Andre Tourinho	, Brazil	400	70-66-75-68=279
T5	Santiago Gomez	, Colombia	400	69-75-70-68=282

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About the Latin America Amateur

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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