• Won the 2023 Latin America Amateur Championship … Tied the single-round scoring mark with a 63 (round three), the 54-hole scoring records at 198 (low total) and -18 (low score in relation to par) and shattered the 72-hole scoring mark at finishing 23-under par with a score of 265 … Earned exemptions to play in 2023 The Masters Tournament, the 2023 Open Championship, the 2023 U.S. Open, the 2023 Mexico Open, the 2023 Amateur Championship and the 2023 U.S. Amateur Championship
• 2022 All-American and was on the final 2022 Fred Haskins Award Watch List
• 2022 and 2023 Arnold Palmer Cup Participant (Team International) … First player from Argentina ever selected for the event … Led his squad to the win over Team USA as he was the only player from Team International to post a 4-0 record for the event … Was 1-2-1 in 2023.
• 2022 South America Amateur Champion and 2020 South America Amateur Runner-up
• 2022 Latin America Amateur Championship Runner-up
• Has played in four Latin America Amateur Championships (2018, 2019, 2020 & 2022) and three U.S. Amateur Championships (2020, 2021 & 2022) … Reached match play in 2020 (Rd of 16) and 2021 (Rd of 64)
• Has represented Argentina at the 2020 and 2022 Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship
• Won the 2020 Azalea Amateur
IN THE ARKANSAS RECORD BOOK
• Set the Arkansas career scoring record at 70.90
• Owns #3 (70.95 in 2022-23) and #4 (70.88 in 2021-22) single-season scoring marks
• 2nd – Lowest 54-hole total score (198 in winning the 2023 Hal Williams Collegiate)
• 2nd – Lowest 54-hole score in relation to par (-15 in winning the 2023 Hal Williams Collegiate)
• 2nd – Most rounds in the 60’s in a season (13 in 2022-23)
• T8th – Most rounds of par or better in a season (21 in 2022-23)
• T10th – Most birdies in a season (131 in 2022-23)
2022-23 (Sr. at Arkansas)
» Graduated in the Spring of 2023 with a degree in Communication.
» GCAA/PING All-Central Region
» Earned SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
Tabbed GCAA PING All-Central Region … Named to the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll … Selected the SEC co-Golfer of the Week (2/15/23) after winning the Hal Williams Collegiate … His score of 198 and -15 ranks #2 on the school’s 54-hole lists … Led the team with a 70.95 scoring average … Also led the team with 13 rounds in the 60’s, eight top-20 finishes and tied for the team lead with 21 rounds of par or better … Was the team leader for a round a team-best 16 times and led the team in scoring a team-best five times … Led the team with 34 of his 37 rounds counting to the team score … Shot a 10-under 206 (69-68-69) at rthe NCAA Salem Regional to tie for 11th … His score of 206 ranked as the third-best, 54-hole score at a Regional behind teammates Segundo Oliva Pinto (203) and Wil Gibson (205) in the same year … Won a playoff to advance to the fourth round of the NCAA Championship … Finished T-40th (66-74-75-71=286 / +6) … The 66 was the third-best, single-round by a Razorback at the NCAA Championship … Tied for sixth in the spring opener – The Hayt – shooting 4-under 212 (72-68-72) … Tied for 10th at the Linger Longer Invitational with an even-par 216 (76-71-69) … Fired a 65 three times, including the final round of the Lewis Chitengwa Memorial to tie for 20th … Was 2-under (73-67-68) at the SEC Fall Match Play and defeated Kentucky’s Alex Goff 4&3 in the match play.
2021-22 (Jr. at Arkansas)
» All-American (3rd Team Golfweek / Honorable Mention GCAA/PING)
» GCAA/PING All-Central Region
» All-SEC (2nd Team)
» Was on the final Fred Haskins Award Watch List
» 2022 Srixon/Cleveland Golf NCAA Division I All-America Scholar
» Earned SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
Earned All-American, All-Central Region and All-SEC (2nd team) while earning SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll recognition … Srixon/Cleveland Golf NCAA Division I All-America Scholar … Led the team with a 70.88 stroke average – the third-best single-season average in Razorback history … Also led the team with six top-10’s and 22 rounds of par or better (fourth-best in school history) … Was #26 in the final Golfweek/Sagarin rankings and 33rd in the final Golfstat ranking … Won his first collegiate event at the Jackson T. Stephens Cup (70-70-70) with a 6-under-par 210 … Won with a par of the third playoff hole over Notre Dame’s Jackson Palmer … The win was part of an impressive start to his Razorback career as he recorded his first three career top-5 finishes, tying for 3rd at the Carmel Cup (70-68-73=211 / -5), tying for second at the Blessing Collegiate Invitational (69-71-68=208 / -8) and winning the Stephens Cup … Also in the fall, helped Arkansas win the Blessings Collegiate and the SEC Fall Match Play titles … Had his first career hole-in-one in the final round of the Blessing Collegiate on the 225-yard 13th hole … After winning the South America Amateur Championship and finishing runner-up at the Latin America Amateur Championship in January, continued his strong play with top-10 finishes in two of the team’s first three spring events, tying for 10th at both the Arizona Intercollegiate (70-71-68) and the Cabo Collegiate (69-65-71) … The 65 at Cabo was a career-best effort … Bolstered his resume in leading the Razorbacks at the NCAA Columbus Regional (74-71-69) to tie for 15th to help Arkansas advance to the nationals … At the NCAA Championship, placed ninth and helped Arkansas finish ninth … Fired rounds of 71-71-68-72 for a 2-over-par 282 to finish two strokes off the lead and the 282 total ranks as the second-best, 72-hole total in school history.
2020-21 (So. at TCU)
Helped TCU reach the 2021 NCAA Championship thanks to a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Tallahassee Regional … Academic All-Big 12… Named to the All-Big 12 Tournament Team with a ninth-place finish at the Big 12 Championship (71-73-76-67) … Played in 10 team events as well as two match play events, and his scored counted in 30 of his 31 rounds played … Had 16 rounds of par or better and five rounds of sub-70 … Finished with a scoring average of 72.13 … Shot an even-par 216 (75-71-70) at the NCAA Regional … Led TCU at the Trinity Forest Invitational (March 7-9) with a season-best finish of sixth … Shot a season-best, 7-under 206 at the Thunderbird Classic (April 16-17) … Had a season-low round of 3-under 67 at the Big 12 Championship (round 4).
2019-20 (Fr. at TCU)
Played in eight events … Led TCU in two tournaments … Shot a season-best 7-under 209 at the Amer Ari Intercollegiate and finished tied for 18th with the help of two rounds of 3-under 69 … Finished in the top 20 three times … Led TCU with 13 scores of par or better … Had a scoring average of 72.57 … Represented Argentina at the Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship.
Prep Career
Previously attended Instituto San Juan Elprecursor in Buenos Aires … Won the Norpatagonico Open in March of 2019 with the help of shooting 7-under 63 in the final round … Was ranked as the top junior golfer in Argentina … Finished ninth at the Toyota Junior World Championship in 2018 … Won the 2018 South American Junior Championship … Finished 19th at the 2018 Latin America Amateur Championship and 38th at the 2019 LAAC … Made the cut at the Open de Argentina, the best professional tournament in Argentina.
Personal
Born Jan. 16, 2000 … Son of Martín Fernández de Oliveira and Marie Genoveve Klein … Majoring in business.
