FINLAND LEADS COPA TAILHADE IN

ARGENTINA

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Los Lagartos Country Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Another great day to enjoy the best amateur golf in Los Lagartos Country Club, at the 39th Copa Tailhade. The Finnish team, with a total of 425 strockes, tops the third-round leaderboard, three strokes clear of the Norwegian team, leader after the second round.
Miro Veijalainen ‘s 67 and 69 made Finland move up from the fourth position to lead the tournament, and took advantage of the worst card of the week of the Norwegian Elias Bertheussen, 74.
“Today I hit the ball strongly, I had good birdie chances and made 5 of them. I did only one bogey, a good round, but not extraordinary. All my game was good, even the putting. If tomorrow I manage to play as well as today, we have possibilities. It is not the same to come from behind as to start the round leading the tournament ”, said Veijalainen who did 72 in the first two rounds.
The Argentine team played well the third round, and did not lose any chance, now in the third position, 8 from Finland. Jorge Fernández Valdés finished with 70 (-1), the best score of the team, and Tomás Cocha finished 73 (+2), 3 more than the second round.
This player from Cordoba, with rounds of 74 and 71 the first two days, said: “Today I hit the ball very well, I was comfortable in the course. I was -3 at the tee of the 14th, taking all the chances. In the 15 I managed to make a very good par. And in the 16th, I sliced the tee shot, had to recover, then I hit 2 fat shots, and ended up with a double bogey. Finally I managed to end the last 2 holes in par, those holes are very difficult.”.
In the individual tournament, the Argentinian Martin Kim is still in the pole position, and with a round of 71 was able to maintain the difference of three strokes. He is chased by the Norwegian Espen Kofstad, who did 69.
Kim with a total of 206 said “the course is difficult and the scores were not too good. Today I played well, but I did not finish the best way. I did bogey at the 16 and 17, and needed a long putt to make par in the 18. I feel comfortable and confident for tomorrow.”
In the leaderboard, besides Finland, Norway and Argentina, Spain is fourth, followed by England and Australia. The players who did not have a good round were the Uruguayans, Juan Alvarez did 78, and his partner Agustín Tarigo 77 dropping from the second to the seventh position.


SCORES AFTER THE THIRD ROUND
425 FINLANDIA 142 147 136
MIRO VEIJALAINEN 72 72 67 211
TAPIO PULKKANEN 70 75 69 214
428 NORWAY 143 142 143
ESPEN KOFSTAD 70 70 69 69
ELIAS BERTHEUSSEN 73 72 74 219
433 ARGENTINA 149 141 143
JORGE FERNANDEZ VALDES 74 71 70 215
TOMAS COCHA 75 70 73 218
434 SPAIN 144 144 146
SCOTT FERNANDEZ SALMON 69 69 76
ANTONIO HORTAL 75 75 70 220
435 ENGLAND 140 152 143
ANDREW SULLIVAN 67 76 70 213
NEIL RAYMOND 73 76 73 222
439 AUSTRALIA 150 140 149
IAN McCARTHY 72 68 73 213
NATHAN HOLMAN 78 72 76 226
443 PORTUGAL 152 146 145
GONÇALO PINTO 74 68 71 213
TOMAS SILVA 78 78 74 230
443 URUGUAY 145 143 155
JUAN ALVAREZ 70 70 78 218
AGUSTIN TARIGO 75 73 77 225
444 SOUTH AFRICA 154 147 143
RYAN MATTHEW DREYER 75 75 69 219
DANIEL JONATHON HAMMOND 79 72 74 225
447 COLOMBIA 146 153 148
DANIEL ZULUAGA OCAMPO 74 75 69 218
JUAN SEBASTIAN MUÑOZ AMAYA 72 78 79 229
451 NEW ZEALAND 140 151 151
MATHEW PAUL PERRY 71 72 75 218
GARY-JOHN HILL 78 79 76 233
452 MEXICO 143 159 150
JUAN PABLO HERNANDEZ 69 77 75 221
SANTIAGO GAVIÑO VALLADARES 74 82 75 231
458 CANADA 151 153 154
RICHARD JUNG 74 79 75 228
MITCHELL ROSS EVANECZ 77 74 79 230
NR NETHERLANDS