Latest update April 7th, 2025 6:08 AM
Bruster’s Real Ice Cream Golf tourney on tomorrow
Kaieteur News – The Lusignan Golf Club (LGC) will be hosting the long awaited Bruster’s Real Ice Cream Golf tournament tomorrow with tee off time set for 12:30hrs. The tournament was scheduled to be held April last, but was postponed due to the sudden passing of LGC member Colin Ming.
Defending Guyana Open champion Avinash Persaud will fancy his of doing well leading up to the Guyana Open.
An earlier date was not possible since the club had closed its doors because of inclement weather. This weekend’s tournament is expected to generate much excitement with some of the nation’s top golfers set to take part, leading up to the Guyana Open. Prizes will be handed out based on net scores to the winner, runner-up and third place, best net front nine, best net back nine and nearest to the pin.
Players can contact the club on 220 5660 for registration which closes at 12:00hrs today. The tournament will be played over 18 holes using the shotgun format. A shotgun start is a format in which all groups of players tee off simultaneously from different holes. A shotgun is shot into the air to signal the start of the tournament. Each hole on a course will be the tee off hole for each foursome.
All covid-19 guidelines will be observed and participants are advised to contact the club’s manager on the day of the tournament to collect their score cards, pay the entrance fees and proceed to their allocated tee boxes.
A release from the club stated that Bruster’s Real Ice Cream is committed to sponsoring a yearly Easter Saturday Golf tournament as well as continuing its charitable contributions. The recipient of the club’s inaugural $50,000 gift was the COLAACO School. The club is also focused on promoting the sport in an inclusive way by teaming up fans.
Bruster’s Real Ice Cream is proud to partner with the Lusignan Golf Club and the club’s Vice President Paton George has expressed gratitude for their support. The LGC has declared that players who participated in tournaments from September 18 to October 25 will be eligible for consideration for free entry in the Guyana Open Tournament via a competition format.
The points for free entry will be for the 10 best net scores for each tournament. Points will also be awarded to the top five players of the day, based on their net scores. The player who accumulates the most points at the end of the exercise will be declared the winner, and will be given a free entry in the Guyana Open which is set for October 30th and 31st. The entrance fee is $3,000 for members and $8,000 for non-members.
All trophies will be complemented with a Bruster’s product and among the players set to participate are defending Guyana open male champion, Avinash Persaud, Patanjilee Persaud, Paton George, Patrick Prashad, Pandit Rabindranauth Persaud, Hardeo Ganpat and Eureka Giddings.
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