US EditionPulcini Earns Masters Invitation, Wins Latin America Amateur Championship
Mateo Pulcini secured his win with a 40-foot par putt in a playoff at the Latin America Amateur Championship, earning spots in the Masters, U.S. Open, and Open Championship.
- On Sunday in Peru, Mateo Pulcini won the Latin American Amateur Championship after 74 holes with a lucky break, prevailing in a playoff as Virgilio Paz Valdes missed par on the second playoff hole.
- Pulcini started the final round two shots back of 54-hole leader Segundo Oliva Pinto amid a tightly bunched field in the Latin American Amateur Championship awarding spots in the Masters, U.S. Open and British Open this year.
- On the first playoff hole, Pulcini's buried second shot threaded through tree branches, leaving a 40-yard chip, then he drained a long par putt and executed short shots to clinch the title.
- The victory sends Mateo Pulcini to Augusta National, Shinnecock Hills and Royal Birkdale, setting up a major-filled 2026 season beginning at the Masters.
- After the final holes, Segundo Oliva Pinto's putter cooled as he shot a final-round 73 to finish fifth, while Andy Schonbaum, the 36-hole leader, had two double bogeys for a 72.
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Pulcini clinches dramatic playoff victory at Latin America Amateur, earns Masters invitation
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Pulcini earns Masters invitation, wins Latin America Amateur Championship
Argentina’s Mateo Pulcini clinched a dramatic playoff victory over Virgilio Paz Valdes of Venezuela to win the 2026 Latin America Amateur Championship at Lima Golf Club on Sunday and earn an invitation to compete in the 2026 Masters Tournament, Open Championship and U.S. Open.
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Mateo Pulcini wins Latin America Amateur, books trips to 3 majors
Mateo Pulcini of Argentina defeated Venezuela's Virgilio Paz on the second playoff hole to win the Latin America Amateur Championship on Sunday in Lima, Peru.
LIMA (AP) — Argentina's Mateo Pulcini sank two putts for par in the final hour and finished with a three-foot par on the second playoff hole to win the Latin America Amateur Championship on Sunday, earning a spot in the Masters, the U.S. Open, and the British Open. Pulcini, 25, is the oldest champion in the tournament's history since it began in 2015. He shot a 68, two under par, to beat Virgilio Paz, who was trying to become Venezuela's first w…
Idaho Press
Mateo Pulcini wins Latin America Amateur in a playoff. His next stop is the Masters
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Mateo Pulcini made a pair of big par putts over the final hour and finished with a 3-foot par save on the second playoff hole to win the Latin America Amateur Championship on Sunday, earning the…
After 74 holes and unlikely playoff break, golfer secures dream Masters invite
Mateo Pulcini needed 74 holes and an unlikely break to win the Latin American Amateur Championship and punch his ticket to the Masters. The post After 74 holes and unlikely playoff break, golfer secures dream Masters invite appeared first on Golf.
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