Caricom Weekend Golf Tourneys…
Despite damp ground conditions from a rainstorm that assaulted parts of the Guyana Coast last night, highly spirited golfers took to the Lusignan Golf Course in the usual effort to ensure they were in the Winners Row when the LGC Executive kicked off its Caricom-weekend tournaments on Saturday June 29.
From left: William Walker, Lekhnarine Shivraj, Guy Griffith (Club PRO standing in for Eureka Giddings), Aasrodeen Shaw, Aleem Hussain (Club President), Troy Cadogan and Chatterpaul Deo (Club Captain)
In the Winners Row were Aasrodeen Shaw, Troy Cadogan, William Walker, Lekhnarine Shivraj and the greatly-improving Eureka Giddings.
The LGC’s second event, the Caricom Day Golf Tournament, tees off today, Monday July 1, 2019 from 9:00 hrs.
In Saturday’s tournament, instead of playing three flights, the Executive decided on a simple medal-play format, in which the first 5 better net scores were awarded trophies. Best Net scorer and champion Aasrodeen Shaw (68/14) – 1st, indicated: “My all round game was great today. Despite somewhat wet ground conditions, I adapted well; and my driving, chipping and putting were good, giving me the lead.”
The other winners were: Troy Cadogan (71/26) – 2nd: tied with William Walker (71/13) – 3rd; Lekhnarine Shivraj (72/16) – 4th; and Eureka Giddings (73/28) – 5th, tied with Kevin Dinanauth (73/5).
Troy and Eureka had better ‘back 9’ scores, which gave them the edge over William and Kevin respectively. Honourable mention was made of Pope Emanuel London, who turned in a score of 74/21.
Club Captain Chatterpaul Deo, in congratulating the winners, noted that the golfers did well to offer such great support in light of some last minute changes that had been made to accommodate the tournament.
Club President Aleem Hussain was heartened by the support, and was excited about the Caricom Day tournament wherein he hoped to improve on his performance on Saturday.
The public is reminded that golf equipment provided by the Shafura Hussain Foundation is available for use at no cost, and anyone who wants to learn the game of golf at the Lusignan Golf Club can use it. Persons may call 220-5660 or 645-0944, or visit the Club or send a message via the lusignangolfclub on Facebook to indicate such interest.
