The X National Interzone Championship began with great emotions in the impressive field of Las Cañadas Country Club. There are 105 golfers from five areas of Mexican golf who seek to lift the highly prized Challenge Cup, won by the Golf Association of the Valley of Mexico, in 2020.
The main category, ‘Championship’ is led so far by the Association of Golf Clubs of the North (-2), a team made up of Fernando Castillo (+2), from La Herradura Golf Club; Gonzalo Gallegos (-1), from Las Misiones Club Campestre; and Guillermo Farías (-1), from the Monterrey Country Club.
The canyons that the host club has make the experience of this championship more challenging, which brings together the best golfers from each golf region of the country. In the first round, there were those who knew how to make the most of the fairway.
“We found the field in good condition, a little wet, but quite good. He made us struggle in some holes, but others were good for us and we finished with 71”, commented Guillermo Farías, member of the leading team in the ‘Championship’ category.
After the first round, the other leading zones in this tournament, sponsored by Taylor Made, Unifin, Conade, Macame, Tequila Orendain and Coca Cola, are:
In the ‘AA’ category, the Valle de México Golf Association (+14), represented by Gabriel Villaseñor (+4), from Lomas Country Club; Raúl Tostado (+10), from La Hacienda Golf Club; and Diego Hernández (+11), from the Mexico Golf Club. This area also leads the ‘A’ category, made up of Luis Miguel Sánchez (+1), from Madeiras Country Club; Óscar García (+8), from the Chiluca Country Club; and Manuel Lombera(+9), from Los Encinos Golf Club.
In addition, in the ‘B’ category, Golf Amateur de Occidente (+20) is in first place, through José Zárate (+10) and Omar Alí (+10), from Las Cañadas Country Club; as well as Miguel Medina (+25), from the Atlas Country Club. In the ‘C’, Southern Golf Association (+29), for which Andrés Sentíes (+13), Joaquín Romero (+16) and Óscar Sentíes (+19), all three from Club Campestre Cocoyoc, are playing.
While, in the ‘D’ category, Golf Zona Centro (+18) is at the top, represented by Fabio Zaragoza (+9) and Óscar Olvera (+13), from the San Gil Golf Club; as well as by Marco Galindo (+9), from Pulgas Pandas. And, the ‘E’ is led by the Golf Association of the Valley of Mexico, made up of Alberto Estefan (+11), from the Vallescondido Golf Club; as well as by Alejandro Rivas (+34) and Juan Efrén de Urquijo (+17), from Club Campestre Chiluca.
First five places in each team category:
Teams – Category “Championship”
1st North Zone (-2)
2nd CATTLE (+1)
3º AGVM (+2)
4º Zone Sur (+6)
5th Central Zone (+8)
Equipment – Category “AA”
1 AGVM (+14)
T 2 Zone Sur (+15)
T 2 Central Zone (+15)
T 2 North Zone (+15)
5th CATTLE (+22)
Teams – Category “A”
1º AGVM (+9)
2nd CATTLE (+12)
3º Zone Sur (+22)
4th Central Zone (+31)
5th North Zone (+34)
Teams – Category “B”
1st CATTLE (+20)
2º AGVM (+33)
3rd Central Zone (+34)
4º Zone Sur (+38)
5th North Zone (+40)
Teams – Category “C”
1º Area Sur (+29)
2º AGVM (+33)
3rd CATTLE (+34)
4th Central Zone (+49)
5th North Zone (+56)
Equipment – Category “D”
1st Central Zone (+18)
2nd CATTLE (+20)
3º AGVM (+34)
4º Zone Sur (+41)
5th North Zone (+45)
Equipment – Category “E”
1º AGVM (+28)
2nd CATTLE (+34)
3º Zone Sur (+42)
4th Central Zone (+50)
5th North Zone (+52)
First five individual places in each category:
Individual – Category “Championship”
T 1 Rodrigo Vázquez – Mexico Golf Club (-1)
S 1 Gonzalo Gallegos – The Country Club Missions (-1)
T 1 Guillermo Farías – Monterrey Country Club (-1)
4th Eduardo Cabrera – Guadalajara Country Club (pair)
5 Jonathan Arce – Atlas Country Club (+1)
Individual – Category “AA”
T 1 Santiago Vázquez – Querétaro Country Club (+4)
S 1 Gabriel Villasenor – Lomas Country Club (+4)
3 Omar Ochoa – La Herradura Golf Club (+5)
4 Luis Miguel Espino – Puebla (+7)
5 Jose Luis Pacheco – Puebla (+8)
Individual – Category “A”
1st Luis Miguel Sánchez – Madeiras Country Club (+1)
2nd David Fuentes – Las Canadas Country Club (+5)
3º Pablo Elguero – Atlas Country Club (+7)
4º Óscar García – Club Campestre Chiluca (+8)
5th José Manuel Lombera – Los Encinos Golf Club (+9)
Individual – Category “B”
T 1 José María Zárate – Las Canadas Country Club (+10)
S 1 Omar Ali – Las Canadas Country Club (+10)
3 Rick Jewett – Malanquin Golf Club (+13)
4 Guillermo Rivera – Vallescondido Golf Club (+16)
T 5 Gerardo Muzquiz – El Socorro Golf Club (+17)
S5 Pedro Ochoa – Deportivo Cocoyoc (+17)
S 5 Juan Carlos Olavarri – Lomas Country Club (+17)
Individual – Category “C”
1st Haziel Álvarez – El Cielo Country Club (+11)
T 2 Carlos Velázquez – Lomas Country Club (+13)
T 2 Andrés Sentíes – Club Campestre Cocoyoc (+13)
4th Joaquin Romero – Cocoyoc Country Club (+16)
5º Óscar Sentíes – Club Campestre Cocoyoc (+19)
Individual – Category “D”
1st Omar Yoseff – El Cielo Country Club (+6)
T 2 Fabio Zaragoza – San Gil Golf Club (+9)
S 2 Marco Galindo – Panda Fleas (+9)
4 Oscar Olvera – San Gil Golf Club (+13)
5 Alejandro Iturbide – El Cielo Country Club (+14)
Individual – Category “E”
1st Alberto Estefan – Vallescondido Golf Club (+11)
S 2 Enrique Morales – Imperial Valley (+16)
T 2 Eduardo Luna – Country Club El Cristo (+16)
4 Juan Efrén de Urquijo – Chiluca Country Club (+17)
5 Rodolfo Covarrubias – Atlas Country Club (+18)
This Saturday the second round of the X National Interzone Championship will be played, which will have a new champion zone on January 23.
