"The first time I wanted to step into Augusta it was because I knew I was going to play there," he said. The younger Ortiz said he had a chance to attend a practice round at the Masters a couple of years ago, but declined. Unless Carlos Ortiz wins a PGA Tour event between now and April, his first trip to Augusta National Golf Club will be to watch his little brother. His older brother, Carlos, plays on the PGA Tour. Ortiz finished up a four-year career at Arkansas last year. Hopefully, I'll do well and represent them well." "It will be an honor to see the Mexican flag at the Masters. For us Mexicans, we've been waiting for this a long time," Ortiz said. Ortiz will become the first player from Mexico to play in the Masters since Victor Regalado, who played in 19. It will take me a while to get over this." Hypothetically, it could have cost me a ticket to the Masters. I'm extremely disappointed in the way I finished. Advocate MEN December 1986 / Mature Adult Gay Magazine / 3 Page Centerfold. As you know, a 90-yard bunker shot, downwind, isn't the easiest. Gay and Lesbian Themes in Latin American Writing by David William Foster(. "I hit a club I thought wouldn't get in the bunker," Gagne said about the 17th. Ortiz easily reached the green and two-putted from 25 feet for birdie. Gagne missed a long eagle attempt on the par-5 18th. Ortiz, playing in the final group behind him, laid up off the tee and hit a wedge that landed short of the hole and rolled out to a few inches away for a birdie. Trying to play it safe on the 295-yard 17th hole along the ocean, his tee shot went into a bunker, and he blasted that out over the green, failing to get up-and-down. They were tied with two holes to play when Gagne blinked first. "As soon as I hit the putt I knew it was going in," Ortiz said of his eagle putt at the par-5 12th. Ortiz answered with his 3-wood into the par-5 12th and a wedge from the rough to 3 feet for birdie on the next hole. I kept telling myself that I'm the best player and that nobody wanted it as bad as I did, and just gladly I came out on top." He was playing exceptionally," said Ortiz, who made a lengthy putt to save par at No. This one looked as though it might get away from him, too, after Gagne went out in 32 on the Teeth of the Dog course at Casa de Campo, and then birdied the 11th hole to take a two-shot lead. Ortiz lost in a three-man playoff two years ago, and last year he couldn't hold off Joaquin Niemann, closing with 63. Open and the British Open, and he is also exempt for the U.S. The victory not only gets him into the Masters, he is exempt into the final stage of qualifying for the U.S. LA ROMANA, Dominican Republic - Mexico's Alvaro Ortiz refused to let a third chance at the Masters Tournament slip away from him Sunday in the Latin American Amateur Championship.Ī runner-up each of the past two years, Ortiz was two shots behind when he hit 3-wood to 20 feet for eagle to get back in the game, and then he closed with back-to-back birdies for a 6-under-par 66 and a two-shot victory over Luis Gagne of Costa Rica.