RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico — Luis Carrera of Mexico performed bogey-free Friday at Grand Reserve for a second straight 5-under 67, giving him a one-shot lead going into the weekend of the Latin America Novice Championship.
Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira of Argentina, amongst those that missed a playoff by one shot final yr within the event, additionally had a 67 and was one shot behind.
The winner will get a spot within the Masters in April and the U.S. Open in June, amongst different exemptions.
Carrera, a senior at Central Florida, stated he was impressed by Alvaro Ortiz successful the Latin America Novice in 2019 and would love nothing greater than to present Mexico one other title on this championship.
The lower got here at 147.
Aaron Jarvis of the Cayman Islands, the defending champion, had a 70 and was eight pictures behind. Solely eight gamers had been amongst 5 pictures of the lead after two rounds.
Julian Perico of Peru had the low spherical at 66 and was two pictures behind Carrera.
Mateo Fuenmayor of Colombia, the 18-hole chief at 6-under 66, adopted that with a 77 and was 9 pictures again.