Colombia's Ivan Camilo Ramirez took the Day 1 lead at the Latin America Amateur Championship with a first-round 68 at El Camaleón Golf Club in Mexico.
The former Texas Tech Aggie started with two early bogeys but rebounded with five birdies in a seven-hole stretch, from Nos. 5-11, and came home with seven consecutive pars.
He leads by two over a pair of Chileans in Lukas Roessler and Gabriel Morgan Birke, who each posted 1-under 70. Birke is the highest-ranked player in the field, at 54th in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. Chileans have won the LAAC three times in its five-year history, with PGA Tour winner and International Presidents Cup team member Joaquin Niemann most recently taking the title in 2018.