Latin America Amateur Championship

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Latin America Amateur Championship
Tournament information
LocationRotates through Latin America
Mexico (2020)
Established2015
Course(s)El Camaleón Golf Club (2020)
Par72
Length7,024 yards (6,423 m)
FormatStroke play
Month playedJanuary
Tournament record score
Aggregate273 Joaquín Niemann (2018)
To par−14 Álvaro Ortiz (2019)
Current champion
Cayman Islands

The Latin America Amateur Championship is an annual amateur golf tournament, organized in conjunction with the Augusta National Golf Club, organizer of the Masters Tournament; The R&A, organizers of The Open Championship; and the United States Golf Association (USGA). It is played at various locations throughout Latin America and was first played in 2015.

The championship is played in January and consists of 72 holes of stroke-play, with a cut for the leading 50 players and ties after 36 holes. The winner receives an invitation to the Masters Tournament, The Open Championship (from 2020), The Amateur Championship, the U.S. Amateur and any other USGA event for which they are otherwise qualified apart from the U.S. Open. The winner and runner-up gain entry to final stage qualifying for the U.S. Open.[1]

The field is restricted to players from the Latin American region (IOC-recognized countries and territories who are current members of the International Golf Federation) who have a handicap of 5.4 or less. The 29 countries are: Argentina, The Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uruguay, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Venezuela. Each country is allocated two spots in the field based on the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR). The remainder of the field is filled from the WAGR with a limit of six entries per country (10 for the host country).[2][3]

Winners[]

Year Player Country Score Margin
of victory		 Runner(s)-up Venue Location
2022  Cayman Islands 281 (−7) 1 stroke Brazil
Mexico
Argentina
Argentina 		Casa de Campo La Romana, Dominican Republic
2021 Cancelled[4] Lima Golf Club Lima, Peru
2020  Argentina 281 (−4) 4 strokes Mexico El Camaleón Golf Club Playa del Carmen, Mexico
2019 Álvaro Ortiz  Mexico 274 (−14) 2 strokes Costa Rica Casa de Campo La Romana, Dominican Republic
2018 Joaquín Niemann  Chile 273 (−11) 5 strokes Mexico Álvaro Ortiz Santiago, Chile
2017 Toto Gana  Chile 279 (−1) Playoff Chile Joaquín Niemann
Mexico Álvaro Ortiz		 Panama City, Panama
2016 Paul Chaplet  Costa Rica 285 (−3) 1 stroke Venezuela Casa de Campo La Romana, Dominican Republic
2015 Matías Domínguez  Chile 277 (−11) 1 stroke Argentina Pilar, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

References[]

  1. ^ Harig, Bob (22 January 2014). "Masters, Latin America team up". ESPN.
  2. ^ "Qualifying Standards". Latin America Amateur Championship. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Entries". Latin America Amateur Championship. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  4. ^ "2021 Latin America Amateur Championship Canceled Due to Covid-19 Pandemic". Latin America Amateur Championship. 6 October 2020.

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