Furniture and appliance giants, Courts Guyana, is now 23 years old and still going strong. The mega store has once again partnered with the Lusignan Golf Course for the annual Courts Open which tees off tomorrow.
This tournament serves as the perfect warm up for the Guyana Open with local and overseas golfers getting in shape for next weekend’s 2-day 36-hole international invitational tournament.
Country Manager of Courts, Clyde De Haas, indicated that despite the economic environment that prevails, his company remains committed to supporting golfing in Guyana via its sponsorship.
Known as an outstanding corporate citizen, Courts has also been very supportive of numerous sporting and health activities in Guyana including Pee Wee Football, Elite League Football, a Polio Walk and the Health & Fitness Expo 2014 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
Winners of the 2014 annual Courts golf tournament, played under the Flights system were; A-Flight – Patrick Prashad and Avinda ‘Gangully’ Kishore’; B-Flight Rishi Sukhram and Ian Gouveia; C-Flight – Pur Persaud and Mahendra Bhagwandin; Ladies Flight – Juliet Prince.
Courts Marketing Manager, Pernell Cummins, Public Relations Officer of the LCC, Guy Griffith and President of LCC, Oncar Ramroop at the symbolic sponsorship cheque handing over
Nearest To the Pin was a ‘Hole in One’ by Mohanlall ‘Santo’ Dinanauth, , the second player in the Club’s history to score a hole-in-one stroke, during a tournament, Joaan Deo being the first to do so about 2009.
In 2015, the tournament was played on the open Medal Play system, with Mike Gayadin, M. Shivraj and Avinash Persaud coming out on top.
Tee-off is scheduled for 8:30h tomorrow and a special invitation is extended to the public to view the competition free of charge. The tournament was moved since today is Diwali.
