Another exciting Trophy Stall Open tees off at Lusignan

Outstanding for his resounding support to sport through sponsorship and donations, Managing Director and Proprietor of The Trophy Stall, Ramesh Sunich, continues to demonstrate his commitment to the development of golfing in Guyana.
Sunich, who is currently the Vice President of the Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA), has sponsored yet another annual Trophy Stall Golf Tournament which will tee off on Saturday, October 15 at the Lusignan Golf Course.

The Trophy Stall is a leading supplier of trophies in Guyana, and the tournament is always eagerly anticipated by the golfers. In 2014, the tournament was played utilizing the Flights format and was deemed a resounding success with golfers getting adequate game preparation for the Guyana Open that followed shortly after. Sunich and Trophy Stall have been sponsoring golf tournaments for some seven years now, while the association with Lusignan Golf Club by means of trophies – whether gifts or purchases – go back a remarkable 17 years.
Last year’s Trophy Stall tournament was conducted under the open medal Play system with Roberto Grissi 27/63 walking away with top honours. In second place was Laksmana Ramroop 26/63 while Richard Haniff 16/65 finished in third place and Sam Harry 11/67 fourth with the Best Gross.
Nearest to The Pin (16”) was Kassim Khan. Other close contenders were Deanand Bissessar 28/69; Mahendra Bhagwandin 23/71, and Mark Lashley 24/71. Keen rivalry this weekend is likely to bring new winners in the top places.
Club President Oncar Ramroop thanked Ramesh Sunich and The Trophy Stall for continuing to include golfing in his annual contributions to the many sport disciplines in Guyana.
Tee-off is scheduled for 12:30h and the public is invited to view this tournament free of cost.
For those interested in understanding and learning the game, here is a quick brief on Handicaps.
A handicap is the number of points the player gets as an advantage, and is subtracted from the player’s gross score to determine his or her net score, which is used to evaluate how winners are placed. For example, consider two players of handicap 10 and 20. If they both score a gross of 80 strokes, then the 10 handicap player is given a net of 70 strokes, while the 20 handicap player is given a net of 60 strokes. Thus the higher handicap player would win.
But generally, the lower the golfer’s handicap the more skilful the golfer is, so that though the handicap is low, a golfer can still outperform the player with the higher handicap. Consider two players one of handicap 5 and the other of handicap 25. If the lower handicapper scores a gross of 70 (which is typical) giving him or her a net of 65, and the 25-handicapper scores a gross of 100 (which is also typical) giving him or her a net of 75, then the 5-handicapper has outperformed the 25-handicapper even though there was a 20 points advantage given to the higher handicapper.
So the handicap helps to give a measure of comfort to the weaker player, that he or she can still enjoy the game and have a chance of winning, though competing against more skilful golfers.