THORPE Hall's Richard McEvoy began his European Challenge Tour Colombia Masters challenge in Bogota today.

Last week in Argentina, former Walker Cup amateur international McEvoy, 28, was joint 29th in the Challenge Tour event in Argentina at Beunos Aires.

He shot rounds of 72, 69, 68 and 73 for a two over 282 total that saw him collect prize money of 1,062.89 euros.

That means that, after two events on the Tour, he's lying 77th with winnings of 1,723 euros.