THE Jamaica Golf Association turned to its sport for a major fund-raiser dubbed Pink Ball Tournament, at the Constant Spring Golf Club recently, which raised approximately $2 million.

Twenty-two teams of three persons each teed off shotgun style at 8:00 am, with the top five teams walking off with prizes and trophies while contributing with hefty entry fees of $8,000 for each team member.

The overall winning team of Rowena Coe, Cameron Coe and Michele McCreath scored 127 to record a four-point win. The team of Peter Chin, Gregory Mayne and Emily Maybe posted 131 points for the runner-up spot.

Third place went to the team of Bruce Lopez, LJ Holmes and Alison Reid who were just two points back on 133 points. Team Oliver McIntosh, Courtney Cephas and Carlton Hume and the team of Metry Seaga, Andre Foote and Mike Gleichman scored 134 each but were placed fourth and fifth, respectively, based on competition rules.

The returns from the fund-raiser will be used to help defray costs to send the junior and senior teams to the Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championship and the Caribbean Amateur Golf Champions, which will be held in July in the Cayman Islands and Trinidad and Tobago, respectively.

The budget to send the teams to the championships is close to $10 million, therefore, the Jamaica Golf Association’s search for funds continues.

Jamaica performed well in both championships last year while bringing back a number of category trophies. Several sponsors supported the Pink Ball Tournament including BCIC, Sandals Foundation, KFC, S Hotel & Resorts, Fleetwood Jamaica Limited, Digicel Business, and Tile City.