Fleming sixth in South American Amateur
The winning South American team with the Harrison Cup trophy
Emma Fleming was the best of the Irish in the South American Amateur Championship in Chile.
The Elm Park golfer closed with a one-under 71 at Sport Francés in Santiago to finish tied for sixth on one-over par in an event supported by the R&A and the South American Golf Federation.
Emma Fleming
She finished 18 strokes behind runaway winner Maria José Marin of Colombia, who shot rounds of 69, 68, 70 and 64 to win by 12 strokes from American Scarett Schemer on 17-under.
Ellan O’Suahghnessy was 38th in the women’s event on 23 over while in the men’s event, Gavin O’Neill was 29th on five-over with Thomas Higgins 62nd on 15-over.
Paraguay’s Benjamín Fernández won the men’s event when he made eagle on the first tie hole to edge out Colombia’s Carlos Jesús Ardija after they had tied on 13-under 275.
South America won the Harrison Cup with ease as their 14-strong team totalled 14-over 4041 for the four days compared to 100-over 4132 for the team from the Home Nations comprising England’s Thomas Osborne, Sebastián Cave, Nellie Ong and Lily Hirst; Ireland’s Fleming and O’Shaughnessy; Wales’ Tom Bastow, Tom Matthews, Ffion Tynan and Luca Thompson, and Scots Samuel Mukherjee, Cromac Sharpe and Grace Crawford.
