2015 Results
Matias Dominguez Wins 2015 Latin America Amateur Championship
Date | January 15-18, 2015 |
Venue | Pilar Golf, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Par | 36-36-72 |
Length | 7,255 yards |
Opened | 1992 |
Matias Dominguez, of Chile, holed a short bogey putt on the 72nd hole to hold off Alejandro Tosti, of Argentina, by one stroke and capture the inaugural Latin America Amateur Championship with an 11-under-par total of 277 at Pilar Golf course outside of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Dominguez earned an exemption into the 2015 Masters Tournament, as well as exemptions into The Amateur Championship (conducted by The R&A) and the U.S. Amateur Championship (conducted by the United States Golf Association). He also earned spots in final qualifying for The Open 2015 and the 2015 U.S. Open.
Dominguez, 22, the third-round leader by one stroke over Tosti, carded a final-round 71 as the championship came down to a near match-play situation between the two competitors. Dominguez led by three strokes after nine holes, but the lead was whittled to one when Tosti birdied the 303-yard, par-4 15th after driving the green and Dominguez bogeyed the next hole, the par-4 16th.
The 178-yard, par-3 17th proved pivotal. Tosti hit his tee shot to 20 feet, inside Dominguez, who was on the fringe. But Dominguez putted up to tap-in range, and Tosti knocked his birdie try 4 feet past the hole, then missed his par putt to restore Dominguez’s margin to two strokes with one hole to play.
Dominguez played conservatively on the par-4 18th, which features water on the right and in front of the green, and tapped in for bogey from 2 feet to earn the victory after Tosti made him earn it by saving his own par from 5 feet.
“It was going well until probably the 13th hole,” said Dominguez, who won the tournament as a senior at Texas Tech University. “The crowd made it really hard for me to focus. It’s almost impossible to keep calm in that position, but I tried to do my best. On that short putt [on No. 18], I couldn’t even feel anything.”
Venue Information
Established in 1992, Pilar Golf has hosted the Argentina Open twice (2006, 2011), the Argentina PGA
Championship twice (2002, 2003), the Argentina Stroke Play Amateur three times (1994, 2000, 2005) and is home to the Argentina Golf Association National Training Center.
Weather
The final round was suspended at 11:45 a.m. for four hours by rain and wet conditions with the final two groupings playing the seventh hole, resuming at 3:45 p.m.
2015 Results
POS | PLAYER | COUNTRY | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | TOTAL | SCORE |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Matias Dominguez | CHI | 72 | 65 | 69 | 71 | 277 | -11 |
2 | Alejandro Tosti | ARG | 69 | 70 | 68 | 71 | 278 | -10 |
T3 | Alvaro Ortiz | MEX | 68 | 73 | 71 | 67 | 279 | -9 |
T3 | Andre Tourinho | BRA | 70 | 66 | 75 | 68 | 279 | -9 |
T5 | Guillermo Pereira | CHI | 71 | 70 | 72 | 69 | 282 | -6 |
T5 | Santiago Gomez | COL | 69 | 75 | 70 | 68 | 282 | -6 |
7 | Joaquin Bonjour | ARG | 69 | 68 | 73 | 74 | 284 | -4 |
T8 | Jose Luis Montano | BOL | 71 | 73 | 69 | 72 | 285 | -3 |
T8 | Juan Sebastian Munoz | COL | 69 | 70 | 71 | 75 | 285 | -3 |
10 | Jorge Garcia | VEN | 71 | 75 | 70 | 70 | 286 | -2 |
T11 | Matias Simaski | ARG | 73 | 71 | 71 | 72 | 287 | -1 |
T11 | Luis Gerardo Garza | MEX | 72 | 73 | 70 | 72 | 287 | -1 |
T13 | Jose Mendez | CRC | 73 | 68 | 72 | 75 | 288 | E |
T13 | Santiago Bauni | ARG | 72 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 288 | E |
T15 | Erick Juan Morales | PUR | 77 | 72 | 68 | 72 | 289 | 1 |
T15 | Esteban Restrepo | COL | 73 | 74 | 72 | 70 | 289 | 1 |
T15 | Juan Miguel Heredia | ECU | 73 | 75 | 73 | 68 | 289 | 1 |
T15 | Santiago Mejia | COL | 76 | 73 | 67 | 73 | 289 | 1 |
T19 | Nicolas Echavarria | COL | 72 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 290 | 2 |
T19 | Juan Alvarez | URU | 68 | 70 | 74 | 78 | 290 | 2 |
T19 | Edward Figueroa | PUR | 72 | 74 | 74 | 70 | 290 | 2 |
T19 | Gaston Bertinotti | ARG | 68 | 78 | 66 | 78 | 290 | 2 |
23 | Lucas Rosso | CHI | 69 | 72 | 79 | 71 | 291 | 3 |
T24 | Daniel Gurtner | GUA | 78 | 73 | 70 | 71 | 292 | 4 |
T24 | Jaime Lopez Rivarola | ARG | 69 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 292 | 4 |
T24 | Ian Facey | JAM | 68 | 77 | 75 | 72 | 292 | 4 |
T27 | Rodrigo Rivas Munoz | CHI | 71 | 74 | 75 | 73 | 293 | 5 |
T27 | Jose Narro | MEX | 69 | 78 | 75 | 71 | 293 | 5 |
T27 | Sebastian Barnoya | GUA | 72 | 79 | 72 | 70 | 293 | 5 |
T27 | Alvaro E. Ortiz | CRC | 71 | 72 | 75 | 75 | 293 | 5 |
T31 | Dorian Delmas | PAR | 71 | 73 | 75 | 75 | 294 | 6 |
T31 | Robi Calvesbert | PUR | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 294 | 6 |
T31 | Joaquin Niemann | CHI | 75 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 294 | 6 |
T34 | George Scanlon | BOL | 72 | 77 | 74 | 73 | 296 | 8 |
T34 | Daniel Kenji Ishii | BRA | 72 | 74 | 79 | 71 | 296 | 8 |
T36 | Roberto Ruiz | MEX | 77 | 72 | 71 | 77 | 297 | 9 |
T36 | George Trujillo | VEN | 75 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 297 | 9 |
T36 | Paul Chaplet | CRC | 72 | 71 | 81 | 73 | 297 | 9 |
T39 | Andres Gallegos | ARG | 75 | 72 | 79 | 72 | 298 | 10 |
T39 | Devaughn Robinson | BAH | 75 | 75 | 76 | 72 | 298 | 10 |
T39 | Jesus Dario Montenegro | ARG | 71 | 78 | 70 | 79 | 298 | 10 |
T39 | Jose O. Rodriguez | PUR | 73 | 77 | 74 | 74 | 298 | 10 |
T39 | Ivan Camilo Ramirez | COL | 78 | 68 | 75 | 77 | 298 | 10 |
T44 | Herik Machado | BRA | 76 | 74 | 73 | 76 | 299 | 11 |
T44 | Jose Andres Miranda | ECU | 75 | 75 | 73 | 76 | 299 | 11 |
T44 | Pedro Junqueira | BRA | 72 | 75 | 76 | 76 | 299 | 11 |
T44 | Jose Pablo Rolz | GUA | 73 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 299 | 11 |
T48 | Alejandro Perazzo | VEN | 76 | 73 | 77 | 74 | 300 | 12 |
T48 | Juan Ignacio Garmendia | ARG | 71 | 73 | 81 | 75 | 300 | 12 |
T50 | Tomaz Pimenta Pinheiro | BRA | 77 | 73 | 78 | 73 | 301 | 13 |
T50 | Jarryd Dillas | BER | 74 | 78 | 71 | 78 | 301 | 13 |
T50 | Jonathan Newnham | JAM | 73 | 77 | 79 | 72 | 301 | 13 |
T50 | Matthew Marquez | TTO | 74 | 74 | 80 | 73 | 301 | 13 |
T54 | Gustavo Silva | CHI | 77 | 74 | 76 | 75 | 302 | 14 |
T54 | Jeronimo Esteve | PUR | 71 | 75 | 82 | 74 | 302 | 14 |
T54 | Talin Rajendranath | TTO | 74 | 74 | 76 | 78 | 302 | 14 |
57 | Patrick Sanchez | MEX | 79 | 71 | 76 | 77 | 303 | 15 |
58 | Sergio Roman | ECU | 76 | 75 | 74 | 79 | 304 | 16 |
59 | Aaron Terrazas | MEX | 73 | 71 | 78 | 83 | 305 | 17 |
60 | Wolfgang Pedal | PER | 77 | 75 | 77 | 77 | 306 | 18 |
61 | Juan Jose Guerra | DOM | 75 | 77 | 80 | 76 | 308 | 20 |
62 | Marcelo Wilde | BOL | 72 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 309 | 21 |
MC | Andres Rodas | GUA | 80 | 73 | ||||
MC | Michael Wight | CAY | 73 | 80 | ||||
MC | Enrique Grau | PER | 78 | 76 | ||||
MC | Miguel Ordonez | PAN | 80 | 74 | ||||
MC | Mark Phillips | BER | 77 | 77 | ||||
MC | Alejandro Valenzuela | BOL | 80 | 74 | ||||
MC | Fraser Hunt | BER | 77 | 77 | ||||
MC | Johann Voss | BOL | 79 | 76 | ||||
MC | James Johnson | BAR | 78 | 77 | ||||
MC | Jose Hernandez | DOM | 78 | 77 | ||||
MC | Nicholas Teuten | URU | 76 | 79 | ||||
MC | Esteban Missura | ECU | 77 | 78 | ||||
MC | Eithel McGowen | PER | 81 | 74 | ||||
MC | Sachin Kumar | TTO | 73 | 83 | ||||
MC | Kevin Muriel | BOL | 76 | 80 | ||||
MC | Facundo Alvarez | URU | 80 | 76 | ||||
MC | Kevin O’Connell | ISV | 71 | 85 | ||||
MC | Juan Moncayo | ECU | 75 | 82 | ||||
MC | Alonso Palma | PER | 77 | 80 | ||||
MC | Agustin Acosta | URU | 80 | 77 | ||||
MC | Jose L. Cardona | PUR | 79 | 78 | ||||
MC | Christian Graf | PER | 82 | 75 | ||||
MC | Juan de la Cruz | ARG | 77 | 80 | ||||
MC | Inaki Lopez | URU | 76 | 81 | ||||
MC | Payten Wight | CAY | 77 | 80 | ||||
MC | Rafael Barnoya | GUA | 83 | 75 | ||||
MC | Pedro Oviedo | VEN | 78 | 80 | ||||
MC | Kevin Ferris | ISV | 73 | 85 | ||||
MC | Jose Xavier Perez | ECU | 77 | 82 | ||||
MC | Julian Jordan | BAR | 83 | 77 | ||||
MC | Luiz Antonio Braga Jacintho | BRA | 74 | 86 | ||||
MC | Scott Stollmeyer | BAR | 84 | 78 | ||||
MC | Adrian Delmas | PAR | 83 | 79 | ||||
MC | Dinesh Jackree | TTO | 81 | 83 | ||||
MC | Federico Levinsky | URU | 76 | 88 | ||||
MC | Will Shoreman | TCA | 79 | 85 | ||||
MC | Jose Chagin | VEN | 79 | 86 | ||||
MC | Roland Cuculiza | NCA | 78 | 87 | ||||
MC | Juan Pablo Ortiz | GUA | 86 | 80 | ||||
MC | William Fookes | VEN | 84 | 83 | ||||
MC | Ernesto Marin | NCA | 81 | 86 | ||||
MC | Romanus Inglis | LCA | 83 | 85 | ||||
MC | Ricardo Arias | ESA | 86 | 83 | ||||
MC | Canice Louis | LCA | 89 | 93 | ||||
MC | Sebastian Bettaglio | ESA | 107 | 96 | ||||
MC | Gerald Mathias | HAI | 108 | 115 | ||||
WD | Benjamin Davis | BAH | 82 |