ENGLISH PLAYERS FIRST AND THIRD IN COLOMBIA

ENGLAND'S PAUL HOWARD WINS SOUTH

AMERICAN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP 

English players Paul Howard (Southport and Ainsdale), pictured above, and Jimmy Mullen (Royal North Devon) finished first and third in the prestigious South American men's open amateur championship at the windy Colombian coastal city of Barranquilla.
Howard shot a four-under-par total of 284 (71-69-75-69) to win by six shots from Colombia';s Ricard Celle who came up through the field with an excellent last round of four-under 68 for 290.
Mullen finished on 291 with scores of 66, 77, 72 and 76.
Stuart Grehan was the leading Irish player in joint 19th place on 300.
Adam Dunton from Ellon and the other Scot in the field, Craig Ross (Kirkhill) tied for 24th place on 302.
Dunton had a repeat of his third-round 75 on the last day and was outscored over the last 36 holes by Ross with rounds of 71 and 73, after he got used to the 30mph average winds which pushed his first two scores up to 77 and 81.
The South American men's and women's amateur championships, played concurrently at the same Barranquilla venue, was supported by the R and A who, earlier this week, alongwith the USGA, announced that they are starting a new event, the Latin American Amateur Championship (for men).

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
 Par 288 (4x72)
284 Paul Howard (England) 71 69 75 69
290 Ricard Cella (Colombia) 75 74 73 68
291 Jimmy Mullen (England) 66 77 72 76
292 Jose Andres Miranda (Ecuador) 75 72 72 73

SELECTED SCORES
297 Nicholas Marsh (England) 76 73 76 72 (T19)
300 Stuart Grehan (Ireland) 80 79 72 69 (T19)
302 Adam Dunton (Scotland) 78 74 75 75, Craig Ross (Scotland) 77 81 71 73 (T24)
303 Ashley Chesters (England) 76 80 72 75 (T24)
307 Stephen Healy (Ireland) 79 75 75 78 (T31)
316 Alastair Jones (Wales) 80 79 76 81 (T44)
318 Lee Jones (Wales) 82 81 75 80 (T49)
Field of 64 players