THE Jamaica Golf Association’s (JGA) trials for the Caribbean Amateur Golf Championship’s (CAGC) Four-Ball Championship saw second-day action at Caymanas Golf Club in St Catherine.

The team of Dr Mark Newnham and Michael Gleichman are in ascendency having scored one under par 71 in the first round and five under par in the second round for a combined two-day total of six under par 136.

They are followed by Owen Samuda and Philip Prendergast who carded one over par 73, respectively, on both days and were on two over par 146.

William Lee and Philip Gooden were seven strokes off the lead after scoring three over par 75 and four over par 76 on day one and two, respectively, for a total score of 157.

The pair of Sean Morris and Delroy Johnson are playing for their place to represent Jamaica in the Four-Ball Championship for the Ramon Baez Cup. Their first-round score was three over par 75 but they followed up with a three under par 69 for an even par 144, after two days.

Eight teams turned up to the trials for the qualifying spot in the Higgs & Higgs Cup, with the top three teams posting under par scores on the first day. Day two showed a slight change in the positions, however three teams are dead heat on one over par 145 at the end of the second round.

Michael Boyd and Bert Tomlinson, who were the early leaders at the end of the first day with three under par 69, followed up with four over par 74 for their 145. The tight competition continued with former JGA President Wayne Chai-Chong and Rory Jardine joining forces in posting scores of one under par 71 and three over par 74 (now 145) to share the lead.

Team Dorrel Allen and Robert Chin, with scores of even par 72 and one over par 73 totalling 145 over the two days, now look to the final day to determine the category winner.

According to the US Golf Association’s (USGA’s) Rules of Golf, four-ball stroke play is a competition in which two competitors play as partners, each playing his own ball. The lower score of the partners is the score for the hole.

The games will be used to select the team for Jamaica’s defence of the Ambrose Gouthro Trophy, which it first won in 2019 in Florida. There was no competition in 2020 due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Today’s third and final day of competition will tee off at 7:30 am.