Team Canada Finishes Tied for Third at 2010 Copa de las Americas

Oakville, Ont. (RCGA) – The Team Canada foursome of Matt Hill, Nick Taylor, Jennifer Kirby and Stephanie Sherlock finished with a team total score of 1184 (+36) to take home a share of third place honours in the overall team competition of the 2010 Copa de las Americas in Argentina.

The defending champions from the United States successfully defended their overall team title as Nathan Smith, Peter Uihlein, Jessica Korda and Jennifer Song shot a team-total score of 1158 (+10) for the championship. Host country Argentina (+22) finished second, 12 strokes back of the United States with Canada (+36), Colombia (+36) and Paraguay (+53) rounding out the top five.

Hill and Taylor led Canada to a fourth place finish in the Men’s Team Division at 579 (+7) for the tournament while Kirby and Sherlock also finished fourth with a score of 605 (+29).

Argentina took home top honours in the men’s division with score of 570 (-2), five stroke ahead of the US (+3). Paraguay (+6), Canada (+7) and Venezuela (+15)) rounded out the top five.

Team USA, which swept the overall, men’s and women’s divisions at the 2007 event at Beacon Hall in Aurora, Ont. also finished atop the 2010 women’s team leader board with a score of 583 (+7). Colombia (+17), Argentina (+24), Canada (+29) and Peru (+33) rounded out the top five.

In the individual standings, Hill (+3) finished tied for sixth and Taylor (+4) was eighth while Sherlock (+13) and Kirby (+16) finished tied for sixth and tied for ninth respectively.

The following are final results from the 2010 Copa de las Americas in Argentina:

Overall Team Results:

1 USA + 10 291
2 Argentina + 22 289
3 Canada + 36 298
T 3 Colombia + 36 292
5 Paraguay + 53 295
6 Peru + 56 308
7 Venezuela + 76 308
8 Mexico + 85 305
9 Chile + 86 308
10 Bermuda + 122 313
11 Guatemala + 144 316

Men’s Team Results

1 Argentina -2 570
2 USA + 3 575
3 Paraguay + 6 578
4 Canada + 7 579
5 Venezuela + 15 587
6 Colombia + 19 591
7 Puerto Rico + 21 593
8 Peru + 23 595
T 8 Brasil + 23 595
10 Mexico + 32 604
11 Chile + 33 605
12 Bermuda + 36 608
13 Panama + 40 612
14 Guatemala + 52 624
15 Uruguay + 73 645

Women’s Team Results

1 USA + 7 583
2 Colombia + 17 593
3 Argentina + 24 600
4 Canada + 29 605
5 Peru + 33 609
6 Trinidad & Tobago + 35 611
7 Paraguay + 47 623
8 Mexico + 53 629
T 8 Chile + 53 629
10 Venezuela + 61 637
11 Bermuda + 86 662
12 Guatemala + 92 668

Individual Men Results

1 ARG Emiliano Grillo -7 279
2 PAR William Kent -1 285
3 PUE Rafael Campos 0 286
4 USA Peter Uihlein 1 287
5 USA Nathan Smith 2 288
6 CAN Matt Hill 3 289
T6 COL Andres Echavarria 3 289
8 CAN Nick Taylor 4 290
9 ARG Tomas Cocha 5 291
10 VEN Jose Daniel Ortega 6 292
11 PER Patricio Salem 7 293
T11 BRA Pedro Costa Lima 7 293
T11 PAR Daniel Cano 7 293
14 VEN Felipe Velazquez 9 295
T14 BER Jarryd Dillas 9 295
16 MEX Santiago Gavino 12 298
17 PAN Miguel Ordonez 14 300
18 CHI Matias Dominguez 15 301
19 PER Rafael Claux 16 302
T19 BRA Guilherme Oda 16 302
T19 COL Carlos Rodriguez 16 302
22 CHI Luciano Diaz 18 304
23 MEX Juan Pablo Solis 20 306
24 PUE Erick Morales 21 307
25 GUA Jose Pablo Rolz 23 309
26 PAN Alvaro Tapia 26 312
27 BER Nick Jones 27 313
28 GUA Martin Modai 29 315
29 URU Santiago Huisman 32 318
30 URU Alvaro Vargas 41 327

Individual Women Results

1 PAR Andrea Jun 1 289
T1 COL Juliana Murcia 1 289
3 ARG Victoria Tanco 2 290
4 USA Jennifer Song 3 291
5 USA Jessica Korda 4 292
6 PER Simone de Souza 13 301
T6 CAN Stephanie Sherlock 13 301
8 TRI Monifa Sealy 15 303
9 COL Luz Alejandra Cangrejo 16 304
T9 CAN Jennifer Kirby 16 304
11 MEX Diana Cantu 17 305
12 PER Alexandra Gibson 20 308
T12 TRI Martine de Gannes 20 308
14 VEN Ana Margarita Raga 22 310
E14 ARG Manuela Carbajo Re 22 310
16 CHI Maria Jose Vial 24 312
17 CHI Isidora San Martin 29 317
18 BER Laura Robinson 34 322
19 MEX Paola Valerio 36 324
20 GUA Lucia Polo 37 325
21 VEN Nicole Ferre 39 327
22 PAR Johanna Doria 46 334
23 BER Ebonie Burgess 52 340
24 GUA Beatriz de Arenas 55 343

Conducted this year by the Asociación Argentina de Golf (AAG) and hosted jointly by the Olivos Golf Club and the Buenos Aires Golf Club, the 2010 Copa de las Americas welcomed teams representing 16 countries from North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean.

The fourth bi-annual Copa de las Americas is a team competition encompassing four rounds of stroke play with teams competing for a men’s, women’s and overall team title. This year’s event featured 15 men’s teams, 12 women’s teams and 11 teams competing for the overall team title. The event is proudly supported by both the R&A and the United States Golf Association (USGA) through funding to offset the travel costs of participating countries.

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