Argentine Masters Inspires Countrymen On Home Course

(From the Canadian Pro Tour)

Eduardo Romero of Argentina and countryman Julio Zapata share the lead at six under par 136 after two rounds of the Argentine Masters being played in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Zapata climbed into a share of the lead Friday after firing a four under par 67, while Romero shot his second consecutive 68.

Canadian Stuart Anderson shot a steady 69 on Friday to sit one shot back at 137 alongside Josh McCumber who shot 70, and Christoph Guenther who fired a 68.

Rodolfo Gonzalez (67) and 2007 U.S. Open champion Angel Cabrera, who shot 68, are two shots behind the leaders at four under par 138. Cabrera's son also teed it up this week, however, he missed the cut.

Andres Romero (68) and Cesar Monasterio (67) share eighth spot at 139.

"I played very steady golf today," said Zapata. "With a course as dangerous as this one, I focused on keeping the ball in play and that is what happened."

With five birdies on his bogey-free front nine, it looked for a time that Romero would run away and hide. However, a bogey at the par-3 tenth seemed to take the wind out of his sails and he played the back side in two over.

"I made two big mistakes today," said Romero. "The good thing is that there are two rounds left to go. I think I was a bit unlucky with the putter as I three-putted two greens.

"Anyway, another 68 on my card looks good to me."

For the second consecutive week, it appeared Christoph Guenther would be taking the lead into the weekend.

Standing on No. 16 with a two shot cushion, Guenther drove wildly and double-bogeyed to drop into a tie. He sprayed another tee shot at 17 and made bogey to lose the lead.
First round leader Estanislao Goya, a rookie professional, struggled all day. He birdied the first hole but followed it with three bogeys on the outward half. He regrouped on the inward half and was playing steady golf until disaster struck at No. 16.

It took the 20-year-old three to reach the green after a poor drive and then things went from bad to worse when he four-putted for a triple bogey seven. He lost another stroke by bogeying 17 but rebounded nicely with a closing birdie to shoot 75.

His two under par 140 leaves him in a tie for tenth, one stroke ahead of a group that includes Mike Mezei and Kris Wasylowich.

A group of 70 players made the cut at five over par 147.

Second Round
Canadian Tour's US$150,000 Argentine Masters
Olivos Golf Club - - 6,740-yards, par-71
(a-denotes amateur)

T1 - Julio Zapata 69-67-----136
T1 - Eduardo Romero 68-68-----136
T3 - Stuart Anderson 68-69-----137
T3 - Josh McCumber 67-70-----137
T3 - Christoph Guenther 69-68-----137
T6 - Rodolfo Gonzalez 71-67-----138
T6 - Angel Cabrera 70-68-----138
T8 - Cesar Monasterio 72-67-----139
T8 - Andres Romero 71-68-----139
T10 - Fabian Gomez 69-71-----140
T10 - Estanislao Goya 65-75-----140

Mike Mezei 72-69-----141
Sebastian Salem 76-75-----141
Ricardo Gonzalez 72-69-----141
Mario Hurtado 69-72-----141
Kris Wasylowich 69-72-----141
Mike Grob 68-74-----142
Marcos Figueroa 74-68-----142
Vicente Fernandez 72-70-----142
Luciano Dodda 73-70-----143
Fabian Montovia 72-71-----143
Sebastian Fernandez 72-71-----143
Luis Carbonetti 72-71-----143
Jesus Amaya 72-71-----143
Eduardo Argiro 71-72-----143
Chris Baryla 71-72-----143
Federico Cabrera 70-73-----143
Agustin Jauretche 70-73-----143
Clodomiro Carranza 72-71-----143
Marcel Haremza 75-69-----144
Paulo Pinto 74-70-----144
Miguel Rodriguez 75-69-----144
Emilio Dominguez 74-70-----144
Jose Manuel Garrido 73-71-----144
Len Mattiace 73-71-----144
Sebastian Saavedra 72-72-----144
Daniel Barbetti 72-72-----144
Roberto Coceres 71-73-----144
Russ Cochran 69-75-----144
Daniel Vancsik 68-76-----144
Rafael Ponce 68-76-----144
Miguel Fernandez 74-71-----145
Garrett Sapp 74-71-----145
Adam Speirs 74-71-----145
Julio Noguera 73-72-----145
Raul Fretes 72-73-----145
Byron Smith 69-76-----145
Todd Halpen 70-75-----145
Cesar Costilla 71-74-----145
Alex Coe 76-70-----146
Ramon Bescansa 71-75-----146
Jorge Berendt 74-72-----146
Ariel Canete 73-73-----146
Fernando Figueroa 73-73-----146
Ricardo Aranda 72-74-----146
Juan Pablo Abbate 72-74-----146
Gustavo Acosta 71-75-----146
Ramon Bescansa 71-75-----146
Juan-Ignacio Gil 78-69-----147
Walter Miranda 78-69-----147
Mauricio Molina 75-72-----147
Luis Romero 75-72-----147
Hugo Leon 74-73-----147
Daniel Altamirano 74-73-----147
Miguel Carballo 73-74-----147
Francisco Ojeda 72-75-----147
Miguel Guzman 72-75-----147
Jim Seki 71-76-----147
Claudio Machado 71-76-----147
Matias Anselmo 70-77-----147
Alejandro Martinez 70-77-----147

THE FOLLOWING PLAYERS MISSED THE 36-HOLE CUT

Dale Vallely 77-71---148
Alan Wagner 76-72-----148
Rafael Gomez 74-74-----148
Ramiro Goti 74-74-----148
Rob Grube 73-75-----148
Scott Ford 73-75-----148
Derek Oakey 73-75-----148
Martin Ureta 76-73-----149
Daniel Nunez 76-73-----149
Gustavo Rojas 76-73-----149
Ian Schneider 76-73-----149
Julian Nicolosi 74-75-----149
Sergio Acevedo 73-76-----149
Pablo del Grosso 72-77-----149
Julian Etulian 78-72-----150
Jon McLean 78-72-----150
Rodolfo Rodriguez 78-72-----150
Stephen Reed 77-73-----150
Jaime Clavijo 77-73-----150
Bruce Fleisher 76-74-----150
Daniel Im 76-74-----150
Manuel Relancio 76-74-----150
Luciano Giometti 75-75-----150
Rueben Alvarez 79-72-----151
Marcelo Soria 78-73-----151
Jose Cantero 76-75-----151
Martin Monguzzi 75-76-----151
Kent Fukushima 75-76-----151
Horacio Carbonetti 78-74-----152
Mitchell Gillis 78-74-----152
Brian Benedictson 77-75-----152
James Muir 76-76-----152
Edgar Gomez 73-79-----152
Tomas Argonz 74-78-----152
Gustavo Mastrella 77-75-----152
Mario Chavez 76-76-----152
Javier Brunel 76-76-----152
Sergio Vera 78-75-----153
Diego Larrazabal 78-75-----153
Diego Ortiz 77-76-----153
Martin Soria 77-76-----153
Matt Johnston 75-78-----153
Walter Rodriguez 74-79-----153
Bryan Novoa 74-79-----153
Carlos Pedrozo 74-79-----153
Hector Cespedes 81-73-----154
Matias O'Curry 78-76-----154
Esteban Isasi 78-76-----154
Gustavo Fernandez 76-78-----154
Hernan Ray 75-79-----154
Marcos Moreno 79-76-----155
Brandon Lawson 79-76-----155
Elvio Ruiz 78-77-----155
Joaquin Estevez 78-77-----155
Ricardo Mascaretti 81-75-----156
Franco Barrera 79-77-----156
Gustavo Piovano 79-77-----156
Andrew Jensen 78-78-----156
Nicolas Sedler 77-79-----156
Angel Monguzzi 76-80-----156
Manuel Garcia 83-74-----157
Juan-Jose Galli 79-78-----157
F. Molina-Herran 80-77-----157
Leonardo Machado 81-77-----158
Pan Singhaseni 81-77-----158
Diego Herrera 76-83-----159
Ricardo Fernandez 78-82-----160
Gabriel Ambrosini 83-78-----161
Diego Perez 78-83-----161
Raul Albarracin 83-79-----162
Angel Cabrera Jr. 81-81-----162
Raul Ford 81-82-----163
Ariel Arcarez 84-84-----168
Martin Travella 83-91-----174