LA ROMANA, Dominic Republic — One of the Dominican Republic’s own could become the second straight player to win the Latin America Amateur Championship in his home country.
Juan Cayro Delgado backed up a first-round 69 with a second-round 68 Friday to take the outright lead by one shot over Mexico’s Alvaro Ortiz and Peru’s Luis Fernando Barco at the LAAC.
After a bogey on his eighth hole and sitting at 1 under, Delgado found a spark in the form of an unlikely up-and-down par from against the lip of a greenside bunker at No. 9. Instead of going for the hero shot, Delgado took his medicine, blasted out beyond the pin and then rolled in a 30-footer to save his par and make the turn in 35.