The rainy season has passed, and the game of golf is thriving in the prevalent dry season. Thus many golfers excitedly took to the Lusignan Golf Club (LGC) course for the rescheduled Odyssey Sightseeing Tours Guyana Inc. tournament, played on Saturday September 7, 2019.
From left to right: Sung Soo Han, Ravindra Harry, Brian Hackett, Guillermo Escarraga, Aleem Hussain, Feroze Barakat, Lekhnarine Shivraj, William Walker, Avinash Persaud and Troy Khan
Club President Aleem Hussain produced an outstanding performance to emerge Best Net (overall champion), but great performances were also produced by Guillermo Escarraga and Brian Hackett.
Keen performances from other golfers ensured that Hussain was only one stroke in the lead at the end of the day.
Manager Troy Khan, representing the sponsor, was on hand to assist with the distribution of prizes, which were awarded to the first two Net places in each flight. Winners and golfers of honourable mention in the three flights played were as follows:
In the 20–28 flight: Guillermo Escarraga (68/22) – 1st; Brian Hackett (also 68/22) – 2nd; Philbert London (73/21), Maurice Solomon (73/24), Carlos Adams (74/26) and Eureka Giddings (75/28) performed creditably.
In the 11–19 flight: Lekhnarine Shivraj (71/16) – 1st, and Ravindra Harry (72/16) – 2nd. In fact, 2nd place was a tie between Ravindra Harry, William Walker (72/12) and Patanjilee Persaud (72/16).
Additionally, David Harry (74/16) and Feroze Barakat (76/17) performed well. In the 0–10 flight: Aleem Hussain (67/9) – 1st; Avinash Persaud (72/2) – 2nd. Former Captain Patrick Prashad produced a fine 74 off a 9 handicap to be placed 3rd in that flight.
Specialty prizes: Nearest the Pin was won by Brian Hackett, while Longest Drive and Best Gross were won by reigning Guyana Open champion Avinash Persaud. Other specialty prizes were awarded to William Walker for the close 2nd tie with Ravindra Harry, and to Sung Soo Han – Architect of the new United Nations Complex in Kingston – for the Most Honest Visiting Golfer.
Veteran golfer Feroze Barakat also participated, and indicated that Odyssey Sightseeing Tours was delighted to be supportive of the Golf Club, and was committed to continuing the partnership.
