REIGNING Guyana Open champion Avinash Persaud said that he is very confident of retaining his title, when the premier two-day golf event takes place at the end of this month.

In the limited number of tournaments that the 30-year-old champion has played this year, he has dominated.
“When you’re shooting that score, everything is good with your game. I’m very confident of retaining the title.”

The undisputed best golfer in the country has won the prestigious Guyana Open tournament 10 times and is a heavy favourite for the title again this year.

According to information from the club, the event will be held on October 30-31.
To prepare himself for the top event, Persaud played two solid rounds at the Farm Supplies Limited (Farmsup) Golf Tournament last Saturday.
He made an impressive three-under-par over his 18 holes (twice around the nine-hole Lusignan Golf Course).

Playing without a handicap, Persaud finished with a net score of 67. In total, he hit 11 pars (the number of strokes an expert golfer is expected to need to complete the play of one hole on a golf course), five birdies (one better than par) and two bogies (one above par).

Second place in the net tournament was won by Naresh Sarwan, who finished with a gross 84 and a net 68 (handicap of 16), while former Guyana Open champion Mike Mangal, who also finished with a net 68 (gross 74) but lost on a countback, settled for third.

Gavin Todd (19 handicap) won the best front-nine with his net 32 (gross 41). Sarwan was also able to win the back-nine with a net score of 31 (gross 39).

The nearest to the pin prize was won by Troy Cadogan.