Rising University of Arkansas senior and All-American Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira defeated Travis Vick 2&1 in the semifinals Saturday morning then turned around in the afternoon to finish runner-up at the prestigious Western Amateur Championship, played at Exmoor Country Club.
Segundo Oliva Pinto leads a group of five Razorbacks – and the 102-person field – after round one of the Latin America Amateur Championship, played at the par-72 Teeth of the Dog Course in Casa de Campo, Dominican Republic.
LA ROMANA, Dominican Republic (AP) Segundo Oliva Pinto of Argentina played bogey-free Thursday for a 6-under 66 and shared the lead with Roberto Nieves of Puerto Rico in the Latin America Amateur Championship.