Clay­ton Clarke

Sports Cor­re­spon­dent

Trinidad and To­ba­go’s women golfers copped the top spot in the Ladies 45 plus di­vi­sion at the 2023 Caribbean Four Ball Golf Cham­pi­onships at the Jack Nick­laus Golf Course at the Roy­al Blue Golf Club in Nas­sau, Ba­hamas.

The lo­cal pair of In­grid See­baran and Vi­o­let Roopc­hand end­ed the three-day com­pe­ti­tion on Thurs­day with a score of 253 af­ter shoot­ing 82 on the fi­nal day of play. The duo led from the open­ing day with 84 and con­tin­ued to lead with 87 in the sec­ond round. Roopc­hand, a vet­er­an na­tion­al play­er along with See­baran won the lone ti­tle (Dessle Hen­ry Tro­phy) for the na­tion­al team.

The Ladies had 25 plus play­ers and the Men Se­nior team fin­ished in sec­ond spot.

In the Ladies 25 plus cat­e­go­ry Ar­i­anne McKen­zie and Chris­t­ian Fer­reira com­bined to hit 237 (85, 78, 74) to fin­ish sec­ond be­hind Ja­maica and ahead of Ba­hamas.

Wayne Bap­tiste, the Pres­i­dent of the Trinidad and To­ba­go As­so­ci­a­tion, and Richard Ca­ma­cho nar­row­ly missed on bring­ing home the Se­niors Class. Bap­tiste and Ca­ma­cho post­ed 209 (71, 71, 67) How­ev­er, Ja­maica, with 66, 68, 71, amassed 205 to win the Fran­cis Steele Perkins tro­phy.

T&T golfers al­so se­cured the third spot among the Mid-Am­a­teurs as Sheriss Ram­per­sad and Kevesh Ram­nath hit 215 (74, 70, 71). Hosts Ba­hamas land­ed the Ra­mon Baez Ro­mano tro­phy with a score of 208 (70, 70, 68) with Ja­maica in sec­ond at 210 (71, 70, 69).

Na­tion­al cap­tains Stephen Hale and Dou­glas Am­mon fin­ished in eighth in the Su­per Se­niors af­ter reg­is­ter­ing 233 (77, 77, 79). The Ba­hami­ans pre­vailed with 215 (70, 72, 73) with Ja­maica A in sec­ond at 220 (70, 73, 77). Cay­man Is­lands A 221 (75, 73, 73) and Bar­ba­dos 221 (74, 7,3, 74) end­ed in joint third.

The vic­to­ri­ous na­tion­al ladies were set to re­turn home last evening.

Re­sults

2023 Caribbean Four Ball Golf Cham­pi­onships

Fi­nal Stand­ings

WOMEN

Ladies 45 plus (Dessle Hen­ry Tro­phy): 1st Trinidad and To­ba­go (In­grid See­baran/Vi­o­let Roopc­hand) 253 (Round 1-84, Round 2-87, Round 3-82); 2nd Ba­hamas ( Rose­na Smith/Nathalie Tynes) 289 (99, 93, 97)

Ladies 25 plus (Maria Nunes tro­phy): Ja­maica (Ju­lia Munn-Bar­row/Lisa Gard­ner) 234 (78, 78, 79); 2nd Trinidad and To­ba­go (Ar­i­anne McKen­zie/Christi­na Fer­ri­era) 237 (85, 78, 74); 3rd Ba­hamas (Kysh­na Rad­neter/Val­ron Grimes) 278 (95, 96, 87)

MEN

Se­niors (Fran­cis Steele Perkins tro­phy): 1st Ja­maica A 205 (66, 68, 71); 2nd Trinidad and To­ba­go (Wayne Bap­tiste/Richard Ca­ma­cho) 209 (71, 71, 67); 3rd Cay­man Is­lands A 218 (73, 69, 75); 4th Ja­maica B 220 (77, 71, 72); 5th Ba­hamas B 225 (75, 76, 74); 6th Cay­man Is­lands B 227 (74, 76, 77); 7th Turks & Caicos 228 (76, 76, 76); 8th Bar­ba­dos 241 (81, 81, 79); 9th Ba­hamas A 250 (82, 84, 84)

Mid-Am­a­teurs (Ra­mon Baez Ro­mano tro­phy):: 1st Ba­hamas 208 (70, 70, 68); 2nd Ja­maica 210 (71, 70, 69); 3rd Trinidad and To­ba­go (Sheriss Ram­per­sad/Kevesh Ram­nath) 215 (74, 70, 71); 4th Cay­man Is­lands B 225 (77, 75, 75); 5th Cay­man Is­lands A 227 (77, 73, 75); 6th Ja­maica B 249 (87, 81, 81)

Su­per Se­niors (Hig­gs & Hig­gs tro­phy)

1st Ba­hamas 215 (70, 72, 73),; 2nd Ja­maica A 220 (70, 73, 77); =3rd Cay­man Is­lands A 221 (75, 73, 73)/Bar­ba­dos 221 (74, 7,3, 74); 5th Cay­man Is­lands B 227 (77, 75, 74); 6th Ja­maica B 229 (78, 73, 78); 7th Turks & Caicos B 230 (76, 87, 76); 8th Trinidad and To­ba­go (Stephen Hale, Dou­glas Am­mon) 233 (77, 77, 79)

70 Plus (As­raph Ali Cup): 1st Ja­maica A 217 (75, 73, 69); 2nd Turks & Caicos 231 (78, 75, 78); 3rd Ba­hamas 232 (75, 83, 74); 4th Ja­maica B 243 (79, 82, 82)