The Casa de Campo golf courses will host the 5th Latin America Amateur Championship (LAAC), with the participation of golfers from 30 countries. In a press conference to give details on the competition, Mark Lawrie, director for the Caribbean of LAAC said that the event is the most important regional golf tournament. He praised the golf courses in Casa de Campo. The event will be played at the legendary Teeth of the Dog golf course from 17 to 20 January 2018.
Lawrie said that the event is a boost for the positioning of the Dominican Republic as the leading golf destination in the Caribbean, but will also serve to motivate more locals to take up the sport, said engineer Rafael Villalona, president of the Dominican Golf Federation.
Founded by the Masters Tournament, The R&A and the USGA, the LAAC was established to further develop amateur golf in South America, Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean. Around 108 competitors are expected, with a minimum handicap of 5.4.
The golfers are coming from Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Cayman Islands, Turks & Caicos Islands, US Virgin Islands, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paragay, Peru, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia, Trinidad & Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela.
The tournament is played under the Stroke Play format to 72 holes, with a cut for the first 50 players plus ties after the 36 holes. The winner receives an invitation to compete at the Master Tournament, extension for the Amateur Championship organized by The R&A.
Founded by the Masters Tournament, The R&A and the USGA, the LAAC was established to further develop amateur golf in South America, Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean.
This is the second time that Casa de Campo hosts the championship. When it did so first in 2016, The 2019 LAAC will mark the championship’s return to Casa de Campo, which hosted the event in 2016. It was then that Costa Rica’s Paul Chaplet claimed the title and went on to become the first player from Central America to compete in the Masters and the second-youngest competitor in Masters history at 16 years old.
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27 November 2018
