– Sukhram reclaims female division

DEFENDING men’s champion Guyanese Avinash Persaud was in excellent form in retaining his title while Christine Sukhram secured the lion share of prizes in the ladies category at the rain-affected two-day Guyana Open Golf championships played at the Lusignan Golf Course over the week-end.
Persaud shot a gross 149 over the two days, beating his closest rival, Avinda Kishore, by two strokes.

Persaud, who first won the title in 2006 when he was only 16 years old, shot a gross 78 on the second day, following his 71 on day one.
Kishore, who is the brother of Persaud, placed second with a gross 151 from scores of 74 and 76 over the two days, while third place was taken by Mohanlall Dinanauth.
In the ladies category, Sukhram reclaimed the title with the best overall gross of 171. Last year’s winner Joaan Deo secured the best net (144).
Sukhram edged out Deo, who finished with a gross 180 while last year’s second place winner, Shaunella Webster, finished with a gross 185.

Meanwhile, Sukhram related that her hard work leading up to the tournament has paid off.
“It feels great again to win, it was challenging out there today (yesterday), but I still managed to come out successful despite my obstacles,” the champion woman revealed.
Persaud in his interview said while the tournament was a challenge, he anticipated the end result. “Yea, definitely it was a challenge, but after day one I was leading, so I know today (yesterday) it will be very hard for the rest of my competitors to beat me,” the 28-year-old said.