LIMA, Peru — Andy Schoenbaum (Argentina) and Andres Martínez Benedetti (Venezuela) every shot a 4-under 66 to share the lead in comparatively calm circumstances Thursday after the opening spherical of the Latin American Beginner Championship.
The winner will earn a spot on this 12 months’s Masters, U.S. Open and British Open Championships.
Schoenbaum, who performed at Jacksonville State College 10 years in the past and was enjoying in his tenth Latin American Beginner, had three birdies on the again 9 at Lima Golf Membership.
16-year-old Martinez Benedetti, enjoying on this match for the primary time, additionally confirmed a push within the last phases. Beginning on the again 9, he made three birdies on the entrance 9 to maneuver to the highest of the leaderboard alongside Schoenbaum.
Gabriel Palacios (Guatemala), who’s ranked twenty fifth on the earth novice rankings, posted a spherical of 68 with 5 birdies and three bogeys, tying him with the Mexican duo of Carlos Treviño Derbez and Eduardo Derbez.
