THIRTEEN of Guyana’s leading golfers will compete in this weekend’s RBTT-sponsored Suriname Open Golf championships in Paramaribo.

The local side will feature reigning Guyana Open male and ladies’ champions Imran Khan and Christine Sukhram as well as four other championship flight players.

Jerome Khan, captain of the Lusignan Golf Club disclosed that the players are all in top form and should be among the winners in all the categories they will compete in.

The other players to compete in the Championship Flight are Alfred Mentore, Patrick Prashad, Avinash Persaud and Mohanlall Dinanauth.

Prashad won the most recent local tournament, Persaud is a former National Open champion while Mentore recently competed in the Barbados Open.

Also included in the lineup are: Club Secretary Ronald Bulkan, Jerome Khan, Gavin Todd, Ian Gouveia, Mike Guyadin, Edward Ajodha and William Walker.

The championships will take place at the Suriname Golf Club in Paramaribo tomorrow and Sunday and will attract golfers from the host nation, neighbouring Guyana and French Guiana, Netherlands, Curacao and Aruba.

They will compete in three categories Men’s 0-15 Flight, 16-22 Flight and Open Ladies.

The local contingent left yesterday to return on Monday.