Organisers and sponsors have promised that the 2015 Digicel/Virgin Atlantic Open Golf tournament, to be hosted at the Barbados Golf Club, will be bigger and better.
Following the successful staging of the recent new two-day Open event, commercial director of Digicel, Alex Tasker, said plans were being put in place to host well over 100 players next year.
Tasker spoke during an awards ceremony at the club-house of the Barbados Golf Club, that followed competition on the fairways and greens on Sunday. Both he and Nick Parker, Caribbean manager of Virgin Atlantic, praised players and organisers for helping to create a successful and exciting tournament.
Winner of the men’s championship title, Carlsen Leacock, and winner of the women’s equivalent, Mavi Vergos, both collected crystal trophies and trips to London on Virgin Atlantic among their prizes.
Stays at leading hotels and mobile phones were also among the prizes presented to top performing players in five flights of competition.
The Digicel/ Virgin Atlantic Open tournament attracted 80 players, with several Barbados national representatives among them, and was contested over 36 holes.
Former West Indies captain Sir Richie Richardson, a guest of the sponsors and the BGC, was among those taking part in the tournament.
Results of the Digicel/ Virgin Atlantic Open, played at the Barbados Golf Club:
Mens Championship: (1) Carlsen Leacock /146, (2) Mark Blakeley 157; (3) Maurice Forde 158. Nett winner: Charles Cox 153.
Women’s championship: (1) Mavi Vergos /164.
Nett winner: Helen Foster /158.
Women’s First Flight (stableford): (1) Harriett Linton/ 73 points; (2) Brenda Phillips 62; (3) Dianne Cozier 62.
Men’s First flight: (1) Igna Smart / 158; (2) Malcolm Hunte 165 ; (3) Livi Webster 170. Nett winner: Peter Allan 142; (2) Jon Layne 146.
Men’s second flight (stableford): (1) John Rocheford 63 points; (2) Charles Leacock 63; (3) Cyrille Regis 62.
Seniors First Flight: (1) Ricky Skeete 151; (2) Teddy Grell 154.
Nett winners: (1) Denis Foster 148; (2) David Cox 151; (3) Trenton Weekes 158. (BB)
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