VETERAN golfer and past President of the Lusignan Golf Club, Brian Hackett, played exceptional golf on Saturday to run clear ahead of all contestants and set his own personal Best Gross and Best Net scores in a spectacular manner.
Playing with new golf clubs, Hackett played such “crisp and precise driver, irons and chip and putt shots” (according to another veteran Hilbert Shields), that his 60/82/22 performance was nothing less than historic.
Second place finisher who also scored the day’s Best Gross prize, was Imran Khan, 62/8, while third was occupied by Parmanand Max Persaud, 65/19, who two weeks ago topped his category in the Surinam Invitational. Nearest to The Pin was won by Patanjalee Pur Persaud, who came four inches near to the hole.
Representing CEO of the Bissessar Shipping Company Deanand Bissessar, club President Oncar Ramroop expressed the joy and willingness of Bissessar Shipping to sponsor this tournament.
Bissessar Shipping has been moving cargo in and around the Caribbean for several decades, and Lusignan Golf Club has benefited much in recent times with the Club Grounds personally experiencing the administration of Bissessar as the former Grounds Superintendent of the current Executive. President Ramroop hailed the significant contribution being made by Bissessar, who is the current Assistant Secretary Treasurer. “The very good scores brought in by golfers today are reflective of the greatly improved state of the Grounds,” President Ramroop said, adding “but there is room for improvement, and we trust to have even better Grounds in time for the Guyana Open this month-end.”
Brian Hackett’s very good score – a phenomenal performance for any golfer – was achieved in a field of near 30 golfers, including previous Guyana Open champions Imran Khan and Avinash Persaud. He attributed his success to a good Driver; “The Driver seemed to be very forgiving to me, because even when I thought I played a bad shot it seemed to correct my aim! I enjoyed the game with a very good front nine of 37.”