2016 Results

Chaplet’s Strong Finish Seals One-Stroke Victory, Masters Invite

Date	January 14-17, 2016
Venue	Teeth of the Dog, Casa De Campo, Dominican Republic
Par	36-36-72
Length	7,274 yards
Opened	1971

Paul Chaplet, of Costa Rica, executed a delicate chip shot that led to a tap-in birdie on the 485-yard, par-5 14th to take a one-stroke lead, then outdueled a tightly bunched group of players down the stretch to capture a one-stroke victory, winning the Latin America Amateur Championship with a 3-under-par total of 285.

With the victory, Chaplet earned an invitation to the 2016 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 145th Open Championship and the 2016 U.S. Open.

After two pars to start his day, Chaplet made a tap-in birdie on the 534-yard, par-5 third hole. He added back-to-back birdies on Nos. 7 and 8, but made his first bogey of the day on the difficult par-3 13th hole, which had as many bogeys (21) as pars for the day.

On No. 14, the easiest hole of the day with a 4.54 stroke average, Chaplet was determined to get the stroke back. His second shot on the par 5 went over the green and left him with a slightly downhill chip to a green that sloped away. He executed it with perfect touch, and later called it the crucial shot of the day.

“It was not an easy chip shot, and I knew I needed to make something good there,” said Chaplet. “That shot gave me momentum to keep going, and really gave me a positive attitude on the holes that came after.”

The closing four holes of Casa de Campo played an average of two strokes over par for the 50-player field on Sunday, so Chaplet’s bogey after missing the green to the left on the par-3 16th was not unexpected. He made a pair of solid pars on Nos. 17 and 18.

Jorge Garcia, of Venezuela, who was tied with Chaplet as he played the par-4 17th hole, hit his approach shot into a fronting bunker and made bogey. Garcia played a brilliant approach shot to the final green, but missed a 10-foot birdie putt that would have forced a playoff and finished at 2-under 286.

“I feel like with the way I hit the ball, I had more than enough chances to win this championship,” said Garcia. “It’s something that gives me a lot of confidence, and I’ll just work harder next year.”

Venue Information

Opened in 1971 and designed by Pete Dye, Teeth of the Dog at Casa de Campo features seven holes along the Atlantic Ocean and is routinely ranked as one of the best courses throughout all of Latin America. Casa de Campo was named the number-one golf resort in the world by the International Association of Golf Tour Operators (IAGTO) for its collection of golf courses, professional facilities and commitment to service and exceeding guest expectations.

Weather

No weather delays occurred throughout the week. Following afternoon clouds and a few sprinkles on Thursday, Friday brought the coolest morning of the week, with lows around 20 degrees Celsius. Winds from the south kept clouds inland over the weekend, providing plenty of sunshine and highs around 30 degrees Celsius.

2016 Results

POS	PLAYER	COUNTRY	R1	R2	R3	R4	TOTAL	SCORE
1	Paul Chaplet	CRC	73	71	71	70	285	-3
2	Jorge Garcia	VEN	71	72	69	74	286	-2
T3	Alejandro Tosti	ARG	75	65	73	74	287	-1
T3	Joaquin Niemann	CHI	73	71	72	71	287	-1
T3	Luis Fernando Barco	PER	73	69	76	69	287	-1
T6	Ivan Camilo Ramirez	COL	72	72	75	69	288	E
T6	George Trujillo	VEN	73	74	71	70	288	E
T6	Jesus Dario Montenegro	ARG	72	71	72	73	288	E
T6	Gaston Bertinotti	ARG	75	67	69	77	288	E
T10	Juan Miguel Heredia	ECU	72	71	75	72	290	2
T10	Jose Luis Montano	BOL	72	69	79	70	290	2
12	Nicolas Echavarria	COL	72	65	77	77	291	3
T13	Herik Machado	BRA	73	75	69	75	292	4
T13	Manuel Torres	VEN	73	74	68	77	292	4
T13	Claudio Correa	CHI	72	72	75	73	292	4
T16	Jaime Lopez Rivarola	ARG	78	69	77	69	293	5
T16	Juan Carlos Serrano	MEX	72	72	78	71	293	5
T16	Jose Andres Miranda	ECU	68	76	74	75	293	5
T19	Johann Voss	BOL	75	72	73	74	294	6
T19	Juan Alvarez	URU	73	77	69	75	294	6
T19	Devaughn Robinson	BAH	73	72	76	73	294	6
T22	Juan Jose Guerra	DOM	76	70	77	72	295	7
T22	Fernando Cruz Valle	MEX	72	76	74	73	295	7
T24	Santiago Gomez	COL	71	77	72	76	296	8
T24	Jeronimo Esteve	PUR	75	74	75	72	296	8
T24	James Johnson	BAR	75	69	75	77	296	8
T24	Cristobal Del Solar	CHI	73	77	73	73	296	8
T24	Andy Schonbaum	ARG	74	73	73	76	296	8
29	Matias Lezcano	ARG	75	73	74	75	297	9
T30	Matias Dominguez	CHI	71	72	78	77	298	10
T30	Daniel Kenji Ishii	BRA	69	75	73	81	298	10
T30	Raul Pereda	MEX	69	74	73	82	298	10
T33	Felipe Strobach	PER	71	75	73	80	299	11
T33	Erick Juan Morales	PUR	69	76	79	75	299	11
35	Esteban Restrepo	COL	77	73	74	76	300	12
T36	Matthew Marquez	TTO	76	69	75	81	301	13
T36	Daniel Gurtner	GUA	71	77	79	74	301	13
T36	Jose Narro	MEX	74	76	75	76	301	13
T36	Jonathan Newnham	JAM	74	73	74	80	301	13
T36	Gustavo Morantes	VEN	77	72	77	75	301	13
T41	Jose Mendez	CRC	74	72	84	72	302	14
T41	Marcos Aurelio Negrini	BRA	71	74	80	77	302	14
T41	John Streibich	ISV	73	75	75	79	302	14
T44	Gustavo Silvero	PAR	74	74	72	84	304	16
T44	Luis Gerardo Garza	MEX	70	79	77	78	304	16
46	Alvaro E. Ortiz	CRC	75	69	82	79	305	17
47	Robert Calvesbert	PUR	73	77	75	82	307	19
48	Talin Rajendranath	TTO	74	74	81	79	308	20
49	Rohan Boettcher	BRA	75	73	79	86	313	25
50	Jorge Luciano Melendez	GUA	74	75	87	80	316	28
MC	Jarryd Dillas	BER	77	74
MC	Matias Simaski	ARG	76	75
MC	Miguel Ordonez	PAN	79	72
MC	Rafael Miranda Ponce	ECU	79	72
MC	George Scanlon	BOL	75	77
MC	Eithel McGowen	PER	72	80
MC	Rhadames Pena	DOM	72	80
MC	Martin Cancino	CHI	79	73
MC	Sebastian Barnoya	GUA	74	79
MC	Alejandro Restrepo	VEN	74	79
MC	Roberto Ruiz	MEX	77	77
MC	Ian Facey	JAM	78	76
MC	Andre Tourinho	BRA	75	79
MC	Sachin Kumar	TTO	75	79
MC	Andres Gallegos	ARG	77	77
MC	Pedro Nagayama	BRA	80	74
MC	Dorian Delmas Pena	PAR	77	77
MC	Mateo Gomez	COL	77	77
MC	Chad McCann	DOM	75	79
MC	Trevor Levine	ISV	80	74
MC	Michael Wight	CAY	80	75
MC	Mateo Leon	ECU	72	83
MC	Pablo Andres Torres Hernandez	COL	78	77
MC	Liam Bryden	TTO	81	74
MC	Alejandro Perazzo	VEN	77	80
MC	Andres Russi	CRC	79	78
MC	Toto Gana	CHI	76	81
MC	Jorge Herrera	GUA	81	76
MC	Lucas Rosso	CHI	75	83
MC	Sebastian Smith	CHI	73	85
MC	Jose O. Rodriguez	PUR	77	81
MC	Juan Camilo Giraldo	COL	78	80
MC	Scott Stollmeyer	BAR	78	81
MC	Raul Carbonell	PAN	76	83
MC	Esteban Missura	ECU	78	82
MC	Sergio Roman	ECU	75	85
MC	Ernesto Marin	NCA	81	79
MC	Rodrigo Sol	ESA	79	81
MC	Facundo Alvarez	URU	79	82
MC	Walker Campbell	BER	80	81
MC	Alonso Palma Menchelli	PER	83	79
MC	George Riley	DOM	78	84
MC	Francisco Munoz	DOM	82	80
MC	Christian Graf	PER	80	84
MC	Luis Rogelio Medina	MEX	83	81
MC	Ben Gillmor	LCA	82	82
MC	Bobby Moore	ESA	79	86
MC	Andrew Jarvis	CAY	88	77
MC	Juan Pablo Ortiz	GUA	79	87
MC	Elijah Delancy	BAH	81	87
MC	Hiram Silfa	DOM	87	82
MC	Patricio Alzamora	PER	84	87
MC	Cliff Alcide	LCA	83	90
MC	Michael Ahlers	NCA	90	89
MC	Inaki Lopez	URU	92	95
MC	Jacklin Jean	HAI	101	97
DQ	Alvaro Ortiz	MEX	68	79