Latin America Amateur: Brazil's top golfer Andrew Tourinho leads by one

1/16/2015 | by AmateurGolf.com Staff

Andre Tourinho

A second-round 66 gave the former Tulsa golfer a slim lead halfway through the inaugural Latin America Amateur

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (Jan. 16, 2015) — For a while, it was looking like the second-round lead would go to Argentina's own Joaquin Bonjour, who entered the 17th hole at 11-under par for the tournament. But a devastating quadruple bogey allowed Brazil's top-ranked amateur Andre Tourinho to sneak into position. Tourinho, a 24-year-old from Rio de Janeiro who played collegiately for Tulsa, was two-back of a group of leaders at 68 entering Friday's round before stringing together five birdies in his first seven holes to jump into the lead. Bonjour reached 11-under with a birdie on 14 but made a seven on the par-three 17th hole to drop to seven-under, one shot back of Tourinho. He'll enter Saturday's third round tied for second place with Matias Dominguez of Chile, who with a 65 carded the lowest round of the tournament thus far. One of four first-round leaders, Juan Alvarez of Uruguay, is alone in fourth place after a second-round 70. Live coverage will begin on ESPN, ESPN2, or ESPN News beginning Saturday at 7am EST. The winning player will receive an exemption into the 2015 Masters Tournament.

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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