T&T second, Jamaica celebrates fifth consecutive Caribbean 4-Ball golf Championship

Team Trinidad and Tobago finished second in the Caribbean Golf Association’s 4-Ball Championship, which started last Friday and ended on Sunday at the Tobago Plantations Golf and Country Club Magdalena Grand Beach and Golf Resort, Lowlands, Tobago.

Defending champions Jamaica secured its fifth consecutive title, lifting the prestigious Ambrose Gouthro Cup with an impressive 73 points, leaving the host country, Trinidad and Tobago, in second place with 56 points. Bermuda finished third with 38 points, followed by the Bahamas (34), Barbados (23), and the Cayman Islands (9).

Jamaica, fielding the largest squad of twenty golfers, dominated in four of the six trophy categories and earned second place in another. The team’s male golfers secured three titles and a fifth-place finish, while the women won one title and placed second in the other.

The veteran team of Dr. Mark Newnham and Owen Samuda took home the Francis Steele & Perkins Cup for senior men, finishing at seven-under-par 209 across three rounds. They narrowly defeated Bermuda, who posted a one-under-par 215.

In the Higgs & Higgs Trophy category, Radcliff Knibbs and Keith Stein’s stellar play secured a victory with a remarkable 11-under-par 205. Jamaica’s B team of Metry Seaga and Mike Gliechman followed closely, taking second place with a four-under-par 212.

Dorrel Allen and Carlyle Hudson earned the Ashraph Ali Trophy for Masters, tying with the Bahamas at a combined score of 220.

The mid-amateur duo of Andre Dhanpaul and Delroy Johnson placed fifth for the Ramon Baez Romano Trophy, as Bermuda won the category with a nine-under-par 207.

In the women’s division, Michelle McCreath and Maggie Lyn claimed the Dessie Henry Trophy with a score of 252, outpacing Trinidad and Tobago’s 264. Trinidad and Tobago, however, bested Jamaica in the Maria Nunes Trophy with a narrow two-stroke lead over Jamaican players Jodi Munn-Barrow and Lisa Gardner.

The Jamaicans fielded 20 players during their successful title defence, while Trinidad and Tobago was represented by a 14-member team.

The competition featured 64 golfers from across the Caribbean, including participants from Trinidad and Tobago (14 players), Barbados (10), the Bahamas (8), Bermuda (6), Cayman Islands (2), Puerto Rico (2), and St. Lucia (2).

Trinidad and Tobago teams for CGA Four-Ball Championships

Men 70 and Over – Pran Rajendranath and Maurice Mathura

Men 60 and Over – Richard Camacho and Angard Sonnilal

Men 50 and Over – Russell Latapy and Wayne Baptiste

Men 35 and Over – Clint Alfred and Desrond Ambrose

Ladies 45 years and Older – Violet Roopchand and Ingrid Seeberan

Ladies 25 years and Over – Victoria Seenath and Tori Baptiste

(CMC)

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