Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira wins Latin America Amateur title

Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira made two straight birdies to show away his final problem and closed with a 5-under 67 on Sunday to win the Latin America Novice Championship, incomes a spot in three majors this yr.

Fernandez de Oliveira, the second Argentine to win for the reason that Latin America Novice started in 2015, broke the 72-hole scoring document of Joaquin Niemann by eight photographs. He completed at 23-under 265.

“I am nonetheless very shocked. I believe my life has modified,” Fernandez de Oliveira stated. “I am trying ahead to a fantastic yr. I will make the most of the three alternatives that I have been given for profitable this occasion. So, I am very joyful and I simply need to take pleasure in each second of it.”

The senior at Arkansas atoned for final yr, when he missed a playoff by one shot at Casa de Campo within the Dominican Republic.

Fernandez de Oliveira was staked to a four-shot lead in the beginning of the ultimate spherical at Grand Reserve. Luis Carrera of Mexico, who additionally closed with a 67, managed to get inside two photographs. However the Argentine birdied the eleventh and twelfth holes, and a gentle food plan of pars was sufficient for him.

The victory sends him to the Masters in April and to Los Angeles Nation Membership in June for the U.S. Open and to Royal Liverpool for the Open Championship in July.

Royal Liverpool is the place the late Roberto de Vicenzo turned the primary Argentine to win a serious when he held off Jack Nicklaus to win the British Open in 1967.

Fernandez de Oliveira went to Royal Liverpool in 2016 and felt the Argentine pleasure.

“The minute I walked into the clubhouse, they requested me the place I used to be from,” he stated. “And I stated, ‘Argentina’, they usually informed me, ‘OK, include me.’ They took me to the lunchroom the place they’ve portraits and the whole lot about when he gained. I felt very proud.”

Carrera was awarded an exemption to the ultimate phases of qualifying for the U.S. Open and Open Championship because the runner-up.

“I believe the week has been incredible,” Carrera stated. “I’m not unhappy in any respect. I simply want I might have gained, but it surely was a fantastic expertise. I proved myself that I can play nice golf, be up there, and win massive tournaments. It’s satisfying.”