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Player’s Cup/GT Beer Golf Championship fixed for Sunday at LGC
Banks DIH Limited and Citizens Bank Guyana Inc. are partnering to host the first major golf tournament for 2014 called the Player’s Cup/GT Beer Championship on Sunday at the Lusignan Golf course.
Approximately ten teams are expected to battle for supremacy in the one-day tournament organized by the Lusignan Golf Club.
Each team will comprise of four players and the winning team will be determined by the lowest total net score.
Apart from the team prize, the individual player with the best net score will win the prestigious Player’s Cup sponsored by Citizens Bank. The present holder of the Player’s Cup is Patrick Prashad who won title in 2012. There will also be a Best Gross prize. Previous winners of the Players Cup are Mohanlall “Santo” Dinnanauth who won in 2010 and Andre Cummings in 2011.
The players will compete in three flights – 0-9 handicap, 10-18 and 19-28.
Being the first major tournament for 2014, players are anxiously looking forward to the return to competitive golf following the recent inclement weather.
Several companies are expected to sponsor teams in the competition which will tee off at 09:00 hours.
Banks DIH Limited/Citizens Bank named a strong four-member team led by Chairman Mr. Clifford Reis and will include Gavin Todd and Mark Lashley and current ladies champion Ms. Christine Sukhram. The manager is Alton Small.
President of the Lusignan Golf Club Jerome Khan will lead the Jaguars which will include Imran Khan, Jack Harry and Matti Wesselin, while former Vice President Kishan Bacchus will spearhead a team of Fazil Haniff, Kalyan Tiwari and Munaff Arjune.
Former President Brian Hackett, William Walker, Ian Gouveia and Patrick Prashad will compete as a team.
Other players expected to be on show will include Joaan Deo, Troy Cadogan, Colin Ming, Dr. Philbert London, Maurice Solomon, Robert Hanoman, Roy Cummings, Fizul Deo, Chatterpaul Deo, Shanella Webster, Carlos Adams, Muntaz Hanniff, Avinda Kishore, Avinash Persaud and Brian Glasford.
There will be attractive prizes for the top three teams in the tournament.
Players can contact Club Captain Chatterpaul Deo or the Lusignan Golf Club for further details on the tournament.
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