– High influx of overseas participation expected Machinery Corporation of Guyana Ltd. (MACORP), on Wednesday joined forces with the Lusignan Golf Club (LGC) to launch the 11th annual Invitational Golf Tournament set for Saturday November 11 at the Lusignan Golf Course.
During the brief but significant ceremony held at MACORP’s Providence, East Bank Demerara location, executives of the Machinery company as well as representatives of the LGC signaled their intentions to yet again make the event one of the premier golf spectacles in Guyana.
MACORP’s CEO Jorge Medina during his remarks said he was expecting a great
Parmanand Persaud (left) and his uncle Patanjile Persaud finished first and second respectively in the 10-18 handicap category at the MACORP Open in 2016
tournament come this Saturday and hoped the event will help promote Guyana on a wider demographic spread. He noted that with much happening for Guyana tourism-wise, it’s critical for the landscape to change to a more suited environment which will help to boost the lives of Guyanese.
Medina believed that through sport, in this case golf, much can be done to reach out to the masses both young and old as they plan to introduce the sport to the younger Guyanese generation. The CEO was also confident that the one-day event will be highly competitive as it wil feature some of Guyana’s best facing off against a few remaining overseas golfers who are still in the country following the end of the Guyana Open Cup tourney.
LGC executive and local golfer Brain Hackett thanked MACORP for their assistance in the continued development of the sport locally. Hackett also expressed gratitude to Medina and company for providing the necessary pieces of machinery which were used at the golf course to help with the irrigation, thus keeping the Greens at Lusignan in top condition.
Both Hackett and Medina were elated ahead of the event which according to both will keep local golfers in ideal form ahead of upcoming tournaments. MACAORP in keeping with the growth of golf donated a $400,000 check to Hackett as part of their support for the event.
Saturday’s action is set to tee off from 12:30h. (Clifton Ross)
