T&T's golfers came with­in one point of win­ning the over­all ti­tle at this year's Caribbean Golf As­so­ci­a­tion (CGA) 4 Ball Golf Cham­pi­onships at the Cinam­mon Hill Golf Course, Rose Hall, Mon­tego Bay, Ja­maica, from last week­end (Oc­to­ber 10-12).

The na­tion­al play­ers earned 90 points to fin­ish one point short of the hosts and de­fend­ing cham­pi­on, Ja­maica. Bermu­da (79) was third with Ba­hamas (60), Cay­man Is­lands (48), Bar­ba­dos (30), St Lu­cia (27) and Turks and Caicos (12) fol­low­ing be­hind. 

T&T earned top points from Vic­to­ria Seenath and Tori De-Fre­itas Bap­tiste, who re­tained the Ladies 25-plus Di­vi­sion, which they cap­tured in To­ba­go last year. The pair hit a three-day tal­ly of 206 (77, 75, 73) and re­turned home with the Maria Nunes Tro­phy for the sec­ond straight year.

They de­nied the 2023 win­ners, Jo­di Munn-Bar­row and Lisa Gard­ner of Ja­maica, who end­ed four shots be­hind on 229. Bermu­da's Mor­gan Ligh­bourne and Sarah Dwyer (249) end­ed in third place.

Wayne Bap­tiste and Richard Ca­ma­cho al­so en­joyed suc­cess af­ter they copped the Meen's Su­per Se­niors (60 plus) cat­e­go­ry 208 (67, 68, 73). Ja­maica B was sec­ond (214), fol­lowed by Ja­maica A and Cay­man Is­lands in joint third, with 200.

Ryan Gomez and Gabriel Vanososte com­plet­ed a hat­trick of wins for the lo­cal 12-mem­ber squad af­ter they se­cured the Ra­mon Baez Ra­mona Tro­phy fol­low­ing their tri­umph in the Men's Mid-Am­a­teur 35-plus with 207 (67, 69, 71). Ja­maica A (218) and Cay­man Is­lands A (219) were next.

Em­i­lie Ram­sa­hai and In­grid See­ber­an placed third in the Ladies 35-plus with a tal­ly of 256 (86, 88, 82). Bermu­dans Tra­cy Burgess and Ann Symonds topped the field with scores of 220 (73, 71, 76) and rel­e­gat­ed the de­fend­ing cham­pi­ons, Ja­maica's Mag­gie Lyn and Michelle Mc­Creath (228-77, 73, 78). See­ber­an won the 2023 ti­tle along with Vi­o­let Roopc­hand.

The Men's 50 plus pair of Clint Al­fred and John Ram­per­sad se­cured third place with 218 (69, 70, 79) along with Bar­ba­dos.

Ja­maican Mark Newn­ham and Ow­men Samu­da held on to the Fran­cis Steele Perkins tro­phy with 204 (71, 65, 68). Bermu­da was sec­ond (217). 

An­war Ali and Ahamad Ali were sev­enth in the Leg­ends (men's 70-plus class) with 237 (77, 78, 82).