The Junior Golf Committee, led by Alison Reid, staged a golf tournament recently to raise funds to cover the cost of sending the Jamaica junior team to the Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championships in Puerto Rico.

Reid said:”It costs about $5 million to send the team overseas, so I think between sponsorships and the tournament proceeds, I think we probably raised about one point seven, so we are getting closer, but we are not there yet.”

The tournament was played at the Constant Spring Golf Club with some of the juniors paired with senior players. The top six who walked away with prizes were Winston Watson and Stephen Chang, Khaleel Azan and Noah Azan, Jennifer and Nigel Davey, Kristan Chin and former Jamaica Golf Association President Gordon Hutchinson, Richard White and Glenn Lawrence, and Mark Newnham and Gordon Munn.

The tournament was also used to provide valuable practice for the juniors who have been playing on various courses across the island in preparation for the conditions in Puerto Rico.

“We had a tournament, front nine was better ball [and] back nine was scramble. We had over eighty golfers participating in this fund raising event. The proceed of this goes to sending the junior national team to Pureto Rico June 25 to July 1. All the proceeds of this event goes towards sending the team to Puerto Rico.

“All the junior golfers that are on the island played in the event today along with adults from all over the island. Everybody came in to support the golf and we are really happy. We have to say a big thank you to BCIC, KFC, the S Hotel, Sandals Foundation and Fleetwood,” said Reid.

The team’s preparation will taper off with a full 18-hole round practice game on Saturday at Caymanas Golf Course in St Catherine.