2019 Results

2019 Results

Mexico’s Alvaro Ortiz Finally Achieves His Dream at 2019 Latin America Amateur Championship

Date

January 17-20, 2019

Venue

Teeth of the Dog,

Casa De Campo,

Dominican Republic

Par

36-36–72

Length

7,210 yards

Opened

1971

pattern
EB2 6271

Mexico’s Alvaro Ortiz dazzled on the second nine of his fifth and final appearance at the Latin America Amateur Championship to seal a two-stroke victory at the Teeth of the Dog Course at Casa De Campo, Dominican Republic.

With his victory, the Guadalajara native earned an invitation to compete in the 2019 Masters at Augusta National Golf Club, as well as full exemptions into The Amateur Championship, U.S. Amateur Championship and any other USGA amateur championship for which he was eligible. In addition, he earned an exemption into the final stages of qualifying for The 148th Open at Royal Portrush and the 2019 U.S. Open Championship at Pebble Beach.

“When I was a freshman, I remember seeing maybe a couple of guys from Chile, from Argentina, a couple from Brazil and Mexico,” Ortiz stated. “When I was a senior, it just stunned me that every single tournament you go to, there’s at least five to six Latin American players. It just shows you how much this tournament has helped grow the game and how much people are interested in now going to seek the best competition there is.”

With three previous top-three finishes in the event, Ortiz found himself trailing by two strokes with just ten holes to play in Sunday’s final round. His subsequent bogey-free second nine included three birdies and an eagle, highlighted by a near hole out of his approach from the 17th fairway, leading him to a final-round 6-under-par 66 for a tournament total 14-under-par 274.

Ortiz, who turned professional after competing in the 2019 Masters Tournament, finished as the Low Amateur Runner-Up at Augusta National, shooting a 2-under-par 286. He became just the second amateur golfer from Mexico to compete in the Masters Tournament, and the first Masters invitee from Mexico in 40 years.

Venue Information

Designed by Pete Dye, Teeth of the Dog at Casa De Campo features seven holes along the Atlantic Ocean and is routinely ranked one of the best courses throughout Latin America. Case De Campo also served as the host of the 2016 Latin America Amateur Championship, won by Paul Chaplet.

2019 Results

POS

PLAYER

COUNTRY

R1

R2

R3

R4

TOTAL

SCORE

1

Alvaro Ortiz

MEX

66

72

70

66

274

-14

2

Luis Gagne

CRC

72

70

68

66

276

-12

3

Luis Fernando Barco

PER

69

69

71

70

279

-9

4

Toto Gana

CHI

73

70

71

66

280

-8

5

Andrey Borges Xavier

BRA

74

66

75

66

281

-7

T6

Fred Biondi

BRA

72

73

66

71

282

-6

T6

Jorge Garcia

VEN

70

72

70

70

282

-6

8

Agustin Errazuriz

CHI

69

71

69

74

283

-5

T9

Jorge Villar

MEX

72

69

71

72

284

-4

T9

Ivan Camilo Ramirez

COL

71

71

72

70

284

-4

T9

Aaron Terrazas

MEX

73

69

71

71

284

-4

T12

Alejandro Villavicencio

GUA

70

72

72

71

285

-3

T12

Juan Jose Guerra

DOM

73

72

70

70

285

-3

T12

Lucas Rosso

CHI

73

71

74

67

285

-3

T15

Chris Nido

PUR

74

75

72

65

286

-2

T15

Herik Machado

BRA

72

74

65

75

286

-2

T15

Juan Cayro Delgado

DOM

69

68

77

72

286

-2

T18

Manuel Torres

VEN

73

73

74

67

287

-1

T18

Juan Noba

ARG

74

71

71

71

287

-1

T20

Jose Luis Montano

BOL

73

71

73

71

288

E

T20

Jesus Dario Montenegro

ARG

76

73

67

72

288

E

T22

Max Alverio

PUR

69

74

74

72

289

1

T22

Alejandro Madariaga

MEX

69

76

78

66

289

1

T22

Eduardo Carrete

MEX

76

71

69

73

289

1

T25

Esteban Missura

ECU

73

73

69

75

290

2

T25

Carlos Bustos

CHI

72

73

71

74

290

2

T25

Mario Carmona

MEX

72

77

69

72

290

2

T25

Julian Perico

PER

77

65

74

74

290

2

T29

Wanjoo Lee

TTO

75

71

70

75

291

3

T29

Gabriel Morgan-Birke

CHI

74

70

73

74

291

3

T29

Emilio Gonzalez

MEX

73

71

76

71

291

3

T29

Devaughn Robinson

BAH

76

69

74

72

291

3

T33

Alvaro E. Ortiz

CRC

74

72

74

72

292

4

T33

Konrad Brauckmeyer

VEN

73

71

73

75

292

4

T33

Andy Schonbaum

ARG

74

72

72

74

292

4

T36

Rafael Miranda

ECU

74

73

73

73

293

5

T36

Ricardo Davila

GUA

74

74

70

75

293

5

T38

Miguel Reyes

URU

70

76

77

71

294

6

T38

Enrique Valverde

DOM

70

71

76

77

294

6

T38

Mateo Fernandez De Oliveira

ARG

74

70

77

73

294

6

41

Justin Burrowes

JAM

73

76

68

78

295

7

42

Carlos Ardila

COL

76

71

76

73

296

8

43

Juan Camilo Vesga

COL

72

73

83

69

297

9

T44

Pedro Nagayama

BRA

75

69

75

79

298

10

T44

James Yoon

PAR

76

71

75

76

298

10

T44

Ben Cohn

ECU

75

74

75

74

298

10

T47

Paul Chaplet

CRC

76

72

76

76

300

12

T47

Jarryd Dillas

BER

73

74

75

78

300

12

T47

Jan Hellema

CHI

79

68

81

72

300

12

50

Aaron Jarvis

CAY

76

73

77

80

306

18

MC

Santiago Zubiate

PER

75

75

MC

Horacio Carbonetti

ARG

71

79

MC

Juan Moncayo

ECU

79

71

MC

Tiago Lobo

BRA

77

73

MC

Facundo Alvarez

URU

73

77

MC

Rhadames Pena

DOM

77

73

MC

Felipe Alvarez

COL

72

79

MC

Daniel Kenji Ishii

BRA

74

77

MC

Ernesto Marin

NCA

77

74

MC

Martin Contini

ARG

74

77

MC

Miguel Ordonez

PAN

76

75

MC

James Johnson

BAR

74

77

MC

Pablo Juan Carrere

URU

78

74

MC

Erick Morales

PUR

78

74

MC

Walker Campbell

BER

84

68

MC

Julian Gonzalez

CRC

78

74

MC

Pablo Castellanos

GUA

79

74

MC

Juan Ignacio Basagoitia

CHI

80

73

MC

Sachin Kumar

TTO

75

78

MC

Nicolas Cimadevilla

ECU

77

76

MC

Luis Ruiz

MEX

77

76

MC

Daniel Gurtner

GUA

80

73

MC

Esteban Restrepo

COL

75

78

MC

Gabriel Vanososte

TTO

79

75

MC

Felix Dominguez Olaizola

VEN

77

77

MC

Corrie Kuehn

DOM

81

74

MC

Luis Gerardo Garza

MEX

80

75

MC

Ezequiel Prieto

VEN

75

81

MC

Johann Voss

BOL

78

78

MC

Marcel Olivares

DOM

79

77

MC

Amauriel Fernandez

VEN

77

80

MC

Geoffry Schacher

HON

80

77

MC

Patricio Freundt-Thurne

PER

78

79

MC

Nicolas Escobar

ECU

77

80

MC

Jorge Luciano Melendez

GUA

80

77

MC

Payten Wight

CAY

81

77

MC

Matias Dominguez

CHI

74

84

MC

Luis Cargiulo

PAN

79

80

MC

Agustin Tarigo

URU

80

79

MC

Ernesto Soler

ESA

77

83

MC

Sven Dummer

CHI

79

81

MC

Antonio Vierci

PAR

81

79

MC

Romanus Inglis

LCA

83

77

MC

Henry Kattan

HON

83

78

MC

Jose Tomas Vargas

CHI

86

75

MC

Iz Hustler

BAR

86

77

MC

Rodrigo Sanchez

DOM

82

82

MC

Sean Morris

JAM

82

83

MC

Raul Linares

DOM

84

82

MC

Rodrigo Rodas

GUA

79

88

MC

Kevin Ferris

ISV

85

82

MC

Smith Galvez Chavez

PER

88

80

MC

Luis Carlos Pardo

COL

85

83

MC

Terry Verdant

LCA

90

79

MC

Kevin Rodriguez

DOM

90

82

MC

Paolo Cartagena

ESA

91

82

MC

Luis Guido

NCA

95

89

MC

Maurice Pasha Brandt

HAI

96

92