NROOG PANAMA--Toto Gana ntawm Chile atoned rau ib bogey txog rau qhov kawg los ua tus putt birdie tsis ntev los yeej muaj 3 tug txiv neej playoff hnub xya hauv lub teb chaws Kas Latin Amateur Championship thiab tau txais ib cov chaw hauv cov kev sib tw Masters.
Gana luag ntseeg tias nws muaj nws yeej nyob rau hauv kev cai ntawm tus qws Golf Panama mus txog rau thaum nws putt par 15-ko taw hauv cov qhov taub 18th ntes tau ntawm txoj ntug lub khob. Nws mus kaw rau lub 1-dhau 71 thiab ntog rau ib 3-txiv neej playoff nrog tus phooj ywg zoo tshaj plaws, Joaquin Niemann txog Chile, thiabAlvaro Ortiztebchaws Mexico.
Qhov thib ob playoff lub qhov, 10, 433-vaj Gana ripped ib tsav thiab muaj 97 tej kom tau ib tus pin pem hauv ntej. Nws eyed ntawd txoj kev tseem uas kom txog rau thaum nws tsawm 3 feet ntawm lub khob. Nws calmly tapped nyob hauv nws lub putt birdie tom qab Ortiz, uas tu nws sim birdie los ntawm ib co 65 taw tseg, ua nqe ua Niemann ntes tau plugged lus dag hauv bunker thiab ua bogey.
andquot; kuv donand #39; t twb paub lawm cas Iand #39; lwm ua tsis tau txog, andquot; lub 19 xyoo Gana hais. andquot; Itand #39; s zoo kawg. Ob hnub dhau los kuv twb tsis muaj leej twg, thiab tam sim no kuv canand #39; t tos ua si Masters.andquot;
Tus khiav cov Amateur Latin American, uas pib peb xyoos dhau los, yuav tau caw ib tug ua si hauv tus Masters thiab yam ua tau cov theem kawg ntawm Meskas cov neeg qhib thiab British qhib.
Gana yeej tsis trailed hla 12 lub qhov kawg thiab yuav tsum tau ib par xwb rau qhov 18th tsam los mus yeej. Tab sis nws muaj nthee kom muab nws tus kheej tau muab sij hawm rau par xwb, kom nws saib li nws uas nqi yuav tau them nws thaum nws hooked nws tee tua nyob rau ntawm tib lub qhov hauv lub playoff. Nws punched tsis nyob hauv ib tsob ntoo rau lub fairway thiab ntaus ib suab rau 3 feet txuag par.
Ortiz, ib tug neeg nyob Arkansas, tas ib putt 15-taw birdie los yeej rau ib yam kawm kom qhov chaw uas nws cov tij laug,Carlos Ortiz, yeej muaj kev tshwm sim Web.com ncig xyuas hauv 2014. Lub putt rhuav tag mus rau sab laug kawg thiab grazed lub khob li Ortiz npog nws lub ntsej muag uas nws lub kaus mom rau disbelief.
Gana--nws lub npe translates rau andquot; winandquot; English--ua zoo rau nws thib ob uas muaj nrog nws npoo 3 taw rau tus winning birdie.
andquot; Yog lub qhov rooj qhib mus yeej cov championship, andquot; Gana hais. andquot; Thiab kuv ntaus raws tua Iand #39; lwm tsoo rau kuv life.andquot tag nrho;
Nws yog lub sij hawm ob peb xyoo uas ib Chilean yeej cov Amateur Latin.Matias Dominguezyeej thawj xyoo.Paul Chaplet, muaj 16 xyoo ntawm Costa Rica, yeej tsaib no.
Gana hais nws wasnand #39; t expecting tsam los mus yeej thaum lub limtiam pib vim muaj coob lwm players tau yeej ntau tournaments. Niemann yeej lub ntiaj teb no neeg nyob Torrey Pines ob lub xyoos dhau los thiab ua si hauv lub Argentine qhib. Thiab tam sim no cov tus ntxhais hluas Chilean yog taws rau tus Masters.
andquot; Ua si tus Masters yog npau suav rau kev golfer vim itand #39; s cov kev sib tw cov prestigious nyob hauv lub ntiaj teb, andquot; Nws hais.