Colombia arrives as the leader in men and in second place in women at the last day of the South American Senior Golf Championship, Copa Los Andes, which is held at the Club Campestre de Cali. The local delegation tries to recover the men’s title and retain the women’s title.
On the third day, which was played this Friday, Peru deducted two points from Colombia in the men. Carlos Ardila and Juan Carlos Velásquez beat Matías Koropeski and Franco Fernández, from Paraguay, by 1Up, but with Christian Muñoz and Mauricio Tello, from Peru, they lost 2&1 on the green of the 17th hole.
The confrontation with the Peruvians was diluted when Nicolás Quintero fell in the 18th with Erik Plenge for 1Up. Then, Daniel Faccini defeated Patrick Sparks by 2Up on the 17th hole, but at the close Manuel José Merizalde tied with Eduardo Galdos.
For his part, against Paraguay, ‘Nico’ Quintero also fell by 1Up with Erich Fortlage, ‘Dani’ Faccini drew with Benjamín Fernández and ‘Cachorro’ Merizalde had taken out Hector Ortega with a wide score of 4&3.
In this way, Colombia reached 10 big points and, although it maintains the lead, its difference was reduced by Peru, so the obligation for this Saturday, at the end, is to win the 4 points of the day. Argentina occupies third position with 8 points, Ecuador is fourth with 6 and Brazil closes the Top-5 with 5 units.
Surprising tie with Chile in women
In the women, Colombia, although it defeated Bolivia, had a surprising draw with Chile, with María José Marín falling in her two duels of the day for 1Up, with Agustina Gómez from Chile and María Suárez from Bolivia.
The strength for the team was in the ‘foursome’ of Cristina Ochoa and Ana Sofía Murcia, defeating Catalina Pastene and Michelle Melandri, from Chile, 4&2, and Constanza Quiroga and Mayerly Peña, from Bolivia, 3&2. Total confidence of the captain Juliana Murcia, who dared to change the pair for this day.
Along the same lines was Catalina Monroy with two victories on the 13th and 14th holes of the day for the ladies, 4th and 5th of the course at the Campestre de Cali: it was 6&5 against Amelia Ruiz from Chile and 6&4 against Florencia Cuéllar from Bolivia. For her part, María Alejandra Hoyos fell by 2Up with Carolina Alcaino and won 2 & 1 against Sofía Blanco.
Venezuela remained at the top of the general board with 12 points after beating Paraguay and Peru 6-2 in total, while our Colombia team is second with 10 points. The third position is for Peru with 8, the fourth for Chile with 7 and the fifth is tied between Brazil and Argentina, with 6.
The departures this Saturday, the final day to have the champions, will begin at 6:30 am on both tees, hole 1 and hole 10. The two national teams will face Venezuela and Argentina, whom they must beat to win. the Los Andes Cup.
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2023-11-25 01:58:13
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