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Suknanan wins 2013 MACORP Invitational Golf tournament
Canadian based golfer Jaipaul Suknanan was precise with his drives, he chipped with purpose and putted with confidence; the end results were 14 pars, a birdie and the top prize in this year’s edition of the MACORP Invitational Golf Tournament at the Lusignan Golf Course.
The 2007 Guyana Open winner shot two over par last Saturday to finish with a net score of 65 (playing with a handicap of seven); he won on a count-back against Dave Mohamad (with a handicap of 25) who had also finished with a net score of 65.
Archbishop Dr Philbert London (28 handicap) placed third, as his last nine holes proved better than two other performers (Mattie Wesslin and R. Persaud) with similar scores of net 67.
MACORP Invitational Golf tournament winner Jaipaul Suknanan (fifth from right) poses with the other winners and MACORP representatives.
In the ladies department it was all Christine Sukhram as she walked away with both the net score and gross score trophies. Sukhram, who is the country’s most dominant female player for almost a decade, ended with net 73 playing with a handicap of 10.
The MACORP tournament, one highly regarded on the golf calendar, was also played by brothers: Avinda Kishore and Avinash Persaud. The former, who won the prestigious Guyana Open title the week prior, could not replicate his winning feat. The five-handicapper made consecutive birdies early in the back-nine, but faltered towards the end to finish with a gross score of 76. His older brother Persaud, who has won the Guyana Open four times, made two under in his back nine to win on a count-back against Suknanan in the gross scoring department. Both had finished with a 72.
The closest to the pin award was won by Robert Hanuman, while the longest drive prize went to Roger Rajkumar.
Managing Director of MACORP, Jorge Medina, a player himself, spoke about the importance of golf and tourism at the presentation ceremony.
Along with the trophies the players were treated to several prizes from a free raffle along with food and drinks.
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