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PAUL LEYOW was the happiest man last Sunday after his dramatic win at the AMG Buccaneer Memorial Golf Tournament at Caymanas Golf Club in St Catherine.
The tournament, which was the first golf event since the passing of Hurricane Melissa, netted $1,500,000 for two charities, namely the Laws Street Trade Training Centre in downtown Kingston and the Jamaica Golf Association’s Caddy Relief Fund to support caddies in the western end of the island who have been negatively affected by the hurricane.
Leyow scored four over par 76 to lead the Men & Men Senior 0-6 category at the end of the first round but gave up the lead to the former West Indies Cricket board president Dave Cameron during round two to lead by two shots at the start of the 18th hole. His final shot of the tournament was a well needed birdie for a six over par 78 and a total score of 10 over par 154.
Leyow and the other members of his group were genuinely surprised by the birdie which he shot from the bunker on the edge of the 18th hole. The birdie also ended Cameron’s chance of winning his first golf tournament which he eventually lost by one shot after scoring 11 over par 155. Ryan Lue was third on 157.
Quintin Hugh Sam 177 topped the Men & Men Senior 7-12 category while Oliver McIntosh and Damion Andreson both scored 184 to tie for second place.
The Men’s Super Senior 0-12 went to Philip Prendergast, 158, followed by Mike Gliechman, 161, and Richard Sincair, 171.
Tony Gooden, 166, bagged the Masters trophy.
The junior category, Jacob Schnoor, 193, won the Boys’ 14-15 category while Alessandra Coe, 181, won the corresponding Girls 14-15 category.
The other winners were determined based on the stableford scoring system which is points based. Andrew Spencer, 49 points, won the Men & Men’s Senior 13-24 category. Irma Steyn, 34 points, topped the Ladies category while Dr. Guyan Arscott, 31, copped the Masters category. Jordan Demetrius, 31 points, took the Boys’ 15 and Under category.
Peter Chin, the outgoing captain of the Buccaneer Golf Club said that they had to host the tournament for several reasons.
“Well, we had over the two days, over 70 players, normally we have close to a hundred. We knew that it would be a challenge to have our fellow competitors from Montego Bay and Ocho Rios, who would normally support the event but we decided that we have to get back to normality and we can’t just do nothing, so we decided we had to go ahead with the tournament and not only that, the tournament is a fundraiser.”
From the tournament, $1,000,000 will go to the Laws Street Trade Training Centre and $500,000 to the Caddy Relief Fund
The event was sponsored by AMG Packaging with Scientific & Medical Supplies as associate sponsor.
The golf tournament is in its 30th year and is held annually in memory of seven of Jamaica’s outstanding past national representatives, namely Milton ‘Buddy’ Josephs, Izette Rhone, Lenan ‘Lennie’ Chin, John Fulford, Al Chong, Claude Stewart, and Mark Chin – former captain of the Buccaneers Golf Club.
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