From left: Patrick Prashad, Videsh Persaud, Rohan Albert, Mike Mangal, Miguel Yunes, and Maxim Mangra
Saturday afternoon saw some of Guyana’s top golfers compete to take home the Sankar Auto Spares trophy at the Lusignan Golf Club (LGC). This was the last warm-up tournament before a formidable contingent of top golfers from Guyana journey to Suriname to challenge for the Suriname Open title.
The Sankar Auto Spares tournament did not disappoint as a full field of golfers jockeyed for top position. When the dust settled, Miguel Yunes was ahead with the bullseye on his back as his fellow competitors tried unsuccessfully to track him down. Yunes compiled a whopping 40 stableford points in a dominant performance. His closest pursuer was Mike Mangal with 33 points, followed closely by Rohan Albert with 32 points.
Other winners on Saturday included the big-hitting LGC Captain Videsh Persaud, who added another longest drive trophy to his chest while Patrick Prashad won the sharpshooter closest to the flag trophy. While Persaud, Prashad and other golfers provided great highlight-reel shots, they were unable to string them together. Yunes kept his head down and passed this first test to lead off what promises to be an incredible month of exciting golf competition, concluding on the last weekend with the GTT Guyana Open two-day classic.
According to LGC Secretary Chet Bowling, the Club is hoping to get in a few more tournaments before the GTT Guyana Open commences, as it is the Club’s hope that players will be in top form leading up to the tournament. “We always like to thank our sponsors, especially our sponsors Sankar’s Auto Sales, they have been a continuous supporter of golf. This is not the first time they have sponsored; they have come out and demonstrated their good social corporate responsibility and ensuring that the game of golf is more accessible. It is sponsors like that, that help us to do other activities apart from running tournaments, such as a kids’ golf summer camp,” Bowling shared.
The LGC Secretary also stressed on the importance of the large contingent that the Club will be sending to the Suriname Open. Bowling noted that the Sankar’s Auto Sales tournament played a key role as it exposed the players to the tournament structure that they would experience at the Suriname Open ,and he was optimistic that everyone was looking forward to the tournament.
Club Captain Persaud thanked Sankar’s Auto for its continued support of golf at the LGC over the years and for stepping up to kick off what promises to be a magnificent month of golf in the lead-up to the Guyana Open on October 29-30 at the Lusignan Golf Club.
