The Argentine golf obtained this Saturday two gold medalsat the end of the discipline competition, for the XII South American Games (ODESUR) Asunción 2022, which take place in the capital of Paraguay.
in the modality mixed team, the quartet made up of Valentina Rossi from Rosario, Magdalena Simmermacher from Buenos Aires, Tommy Cocha from Salta and Jorge Diógenes Fernández Valdés from Córdoba he consumed a final lap with 145 hits.
In this way, the albiceleste team gathered a cumulative score of 576 units, with which they climbed to first place and won the gold medal, ahead of Paraguay (578) and Colombia (582), who obtained silver and bronze, respectively.
In addition, in the men’s individual, the Cordovan Fernandez Valdes30 years old, used 70 strokes in the fourth and last round of the contest held at the Asunción Golf Club.
Thus, the Argentine finished his work with 280 hits (four under par on the court) and finished in first position, two ahead of the experienced Paraguayan Fabrizio Zanotti (282). The bronze medal went to the Chilean Cristóbal Del Solar (290).
Cocha, from Salta, for his part, had to settle for fifth place, with 291 hits.
In the women’s individual, meanwhile, Simmermacher (26 years old) from San Simmermacher finished in fourth place, with a record of 304 hits (+16). The gold medal was in the hands of the Colombian María Marín Negrete (289 blows), escorted by the Paraguayan María Escauriza (298) and the also born in Colombia, Paula Hurtado (299).
