PANAMA CITY, Panama - Chile's Toto Gana brushed in a 2-foot putt for birdie on the second playoff hole to win the 2017 Latin America Amateur Championship, defeating fellow Chilean Joaquin Niemann and Mexico's Alvaro Ortiz.
With the win, Gana earns an invitation to the Masters and exemptions into the U.S. Amateur, the Amateur Championship, sectional qualifying for the U.S. Open, and Final Qualifying for the Open Championship.
“Two days ago, I was nobody,” Gana said, holding his trophy. “Now I'm going to play the Masters.”
Up two with two to play, Gana found himself in a playoff after Niemann and Ortiz birdied the par-3 17th and after he failed to save par from over the green at 18.