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

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