CANADIAN 15-YEAR--OLD LEADS WIRE TO WIRE TO WIN SOUTH AMERICAN TITLE

  England's Callum Shinkwin and Brooke Henderson (Canada), the individual title winners at the South American amateur championships, supported by the R and A whose Golf Development Director Duncan Weir is first left in the line-up.

Brooke Henderson, 15-year-old Canadian girls champion from Smiths Falls, Ontario won the South American women's amateur championship by six strokes in a high-scoring 72-hole tournament at El Rincon Golf Club, Bogota in Colombia. Not one player in the field of 52 equalled par over the four days.
Henderson, who led from start to finish, shot 73-75-76-75 for an 11-over-par total of 299 to win her first overseas women's title. 
Joint second on 305 were Canadian team-mate Jisoo Keel and Daniela Darquea (Ecuador).
Ireland's Paula Grant made the final to 10 with her best round of the four - a 75 - for a share of ninth place on 313.
Alex Peters (Notts Ladies) finished T13 on 318 after a closing round of 79.
British women's stroke-play title-holder Sarah-Jane Boyd from Truro came 20th on 322 after closing with an 82.
Welsh international Samantha Birks tied for 43rd place in a field of 52 with a total of 343 after finishing with a score of 90.
Young Irish player Jessica Carty finished T38 on 336 after a final round of 82. 

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 287 (4x72)
299 Brooke Henderson (Canada) 73 75 76 75
305 Jisoo Keel (Canada) 78 76 75 75, Daniela Darquea (Ecuador) 75 76 78 76
307 Delfina Acosta (Argentina) 74 76 83 74, Natalia Forero (Colombia) 77 78 76 76

SELECTED TOTALS
313 Paula Grant (Ireland) 77 83 78 75 (T9)
318 Alexandra Peters (England) 83 75 81 79 (T13)
322 Sarah-Jane Boyd (England) 79 76 85 82 (20th)
336 Jessica Carty (Ireland) 91 77 86 83 (T38)
343 Samantha Birks (Wales) 87 84 82 90 (T43)
Field of 52 players