Golf Channel · Jan 19, 2020
Gallegos earns Masters, Open invites as Argentina's first LAAC champ
Abel Gallegos hails from Veinticinco De Mayo, a small town in Argentina that is home to just 25,000 people and one golf course, a nine-hole track named Las Mulitas, or Little Mules.
While Gallegos learned the game there, there’s nothing little about him. The 17-year-old stands 6 feet, 3 inches, and possesses incredible power, including a 125-plus mph clubhead speed.
“He’s a great project of a player with enormous power,” said Mark Lawrie, the R&A’s director for Latin American and the Caribbean who formerly served as the longtime executive director of the Argentina Golf Federation.
On Sunday, the teenage Gallegos accomplished something immeasurable.