American Quartet ready for South American Amateur
1/17/2017 | by AmateurGolf.com Staff
see also: South American Amateur Championship, Golf Club Nordelta
The impressive USA contingent is comprised of USGA champions Stewart Hagestad, Scott Harvey, Meghan Stasi and Julia Potter
Host course, Martindale Country Club was designed by Marcos Capdepont and Diego Caprile and has hosted a number of national and South American championships, most notably the Argentine Open Championship in 1999 and 2014.
Over the years the course has also hosted the Argentine Amateur Championships (1992, 2013), the Southern Cross Cup (2007), the South American Junior Championship (1999), the South American Junior Championship U15 (2006, 2016, Argentine Stroke Play Championship (1993, 1997, 2004, 2011) and the Argentine Women’s Open (2008).
Beginning on Thursday and running through Sunday the United States will be represented by USGA champions Stewart Hagestad, Scott Harvey, Meghan Stasi and Julia Potter.
____________________________________________Stewart Hagestad: The former USC Trojan captured the 2016 U.S. Mid- Amateur while also winning the Metropolitan Amateur (NY) last year. Hagestad's season also included a runner-up finish at the George C. Thomas Invitational and a tie for seventh at the Crane Cup.
On the same day that it was announced that Hagestad was headed to the South American Amateur it was announced that he would be a part of the December Walker Cup practice session.
Scott Harvey: 2015 South American Amateur winner and last years runner-up, Harvey is back and looking for another championship after another fantastic season. Harvey, the runner-up at the U.S. Mid-Amateur, picked up his biggest win of his season at the George C. Thomas Invitational. Other noteworthy finishes included a third place at the Porter Cup and a second place finish at the Gasparilla Invitational.Like Hagestad, Harvey attended the December Walker Cup practice session.
Editors Note: The South American Amateur provided information for this story.
About the South American Amateur
A 72-hole stroke play championship, the South American Championship was started in 2006 and is organized annually by the Executive Secretary and the governing body of the country in which the tournament is conducted. The schedule provides that the se...
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