PARMANAND Persaud continued his impressive season of golf, winning the top prize in the annual Grand Coastal Golf Tournament last Saturday at the Lusignan Golf Course (LGC).
Persaud returned a net score of 65 to be adjudged the clear winner in the day’s play, finishing ahead of a field of more than 40 golfers.
Aleem Hussain 65/17, Richard Haniff 66/15, Joaan Deo 67/21 and Kalyan Tewari 67/14 finished in that order.
As usual the first four place-winners were decided on their back nine performances over their ties.
Meanwhile, the best gross was won by Jaipaul Suknanan (78/7), while Aleem Hussain won the nearest-to-the-pin award.
After the day’s play Persaud, commented, “My game is now on. It’s a pity it’s too late for the 2016 Guyana Open, but I will be a serious contender for the 2017 Guyana Open. I had some excellent long drives, and good end games, having to do a 9-ft putt on my last hole in order to win, and I did it!”
Grand Coastal Manager, Ramesh Taykoo, in congratulating the winners, expressed his company’s delight to be a part of the development of the sport locally.
Golf Club president Oncar Ramroop thanked Grand Coastal for its consistent and dependable sponsorship of tournaments.