Sunday’s final group at the Latin America Amateur Championship features a player with eye-popping swing speed and another player who could sell him the technology to measure it.
Jose Vega, a 26-year-old TrackMan salesman from Colombia, leads the tournament at 2 under after a third-round, 1-over 72 Saturday at El Camaleon Golf Club. Two shots behind him is Argentina’s Abel Gallegos, a 17-year-old who can reach 125-plus mph clubhead speed, who birdied each of his final two holes to card a third-round 70 and keep alive his hopes of competing in two majors this year.
The winner come Sunday afternoon will earn a spot in the 2020 Masters Tournament this April at Augusta National and The Open this summer at Royal St.