NEGRIL, Westmoreland — The team of Glen Lawrence and John Brennan carded net score of 63 to win Sunday's fifth annual Couples Resorts Negril Charity Golf tournament played at the Negril Hills Golf Club.

Lawrence who is also the CEO of Couples Resorts and Brennan beat the pair of Randy Russell and Stainton Baker by one shot as approximately $1 million was raised for the Clifton Boys Home in Darliston, Westmoreland and the Mt Airy Basic School.

Despite rains which fell up until mid morning, dozens of golfers turned out for the event that will help the hotel chain to continue it's programmes at both institutions.

The tournament was played on a two-person team scramble and better ball format.

The top-five pairs received awards, while there were also prizes for other sections including closest to the pin.

A number of the awards, including the first and second prizes which were nights at Couples hotels were auctioned and the money added to the total raised.

A BlackBerry Torch smart phone donated by Digicel was also raffled.

Lawrence told the Observer the concept for the event started in Ocho Rios some years ago when some repeat guests approached the hotel with the idea for the charity tournament to help the less fortunate.

"Years later we decided to replicate it by taking it to Negril to support the Westmoreland charities and we selected two worthy ones, the Mt Airy Basic school and Clifton Boys Home and we have been doing between renovations, computers and computer labs, kitchen upgrades and playgrounds for the kids and so we have been doing quite a bit, we have practically adopted them," Lawrence told the Observer.

"The golf tournament focuses our attention at this time and we get quite a bit of help from our many sponsors," he said. "The golfers all play in good spirits but it is all about giving back and 100 per cent of the monies raised go right back to the charities," Larence added.

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