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The Latin America Amateur Championship contender who learned golf from a father who shoots 120 and a Tiger Woods book

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5:22 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN LA ROMANA, Dominican Republic — Santiago De la Fuente del Valle is a name that, as the 20-year-old Mexican amateur puts it, feels straight out of a telenovela. De la Fuente’s story, too, seems like it was put together by a room of writers. It begins in a town in…

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Pinto, Nieves both atop Latin America Amateur

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5:39 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN LA ROMANA, Dominican Republic — Segundo Oliva Pinto shot a 66 and is one of three Argentinians inside the top 10 after Thursday’s opening round of the Latin America Amateur Championship at Casa de Campo resort’s Teeth of the Dog course. Pinto is tied for the lead with Puerto Rico’s…

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