THE Lusignan Golf Club was host to the annual COURTS Golf Tournament, wherein international and local golfers battled it out last Sunday.Despite being shifted from Saturday to Sunday due to Diwali celebrations, competition was stiff and golfers got an opportunity to warm up for the International Invitational Open Golf tournament scheduled to be held from Friday to Sunday this weekend.
The tournament was played on the Open Medal Play System, and featured Best Net, Best Gross, and Nearest to the Pin categories. Winners in the Best Net category were as follows: 1st – Peyton George (62/25); 2nd – Maurice Solomon (65/25); 3rd – (teenager) Laksmana Ramroop (68/24) (playing from the Ladies Tee-boxes); and 4th – Rabindranath Persaud (70/22).
The Best Gross (72) was won by Avinash Persaud, and Nearest to The Pin (7’) was won by Brij Bissessar.
Other golfers whose respective net plays were noteworthy included Avinash Persaud (70/2) and Aleem Hussain (70/16) – who tied with R. Persaud for 4th but lost to him on the ‘back-9 countback’. Jaipaul Suknanan (71/8); Patrick Prashad (71/9); Mike Gayadin (71/12); and Patanjalee Persaud (71/17) also performed well.
Another spectacular event of the day was a “Hole-in-One” played superbly by Troy Cadogan on Hole 8.
According to winner Peyton George, “I have not won a tournament since the Guyana Open of 2013, when I won the Best Net in my category”.
He added that he had a performance drop due to a two-year absence from the sport. He also added: “I have not so far been able to use my Driver with the proficiency I had before, so I ended up playing superbly with my 3-Wood instead of my Driver for this competition.” He said that his play was all around good.
Lusignan Golf Club president, Oncar Ramroop, praised the COURTS tournament, now in its tenth year, for its commitment to Golf in Guyana.