fifty fifth Jamaica Open Golf Championship launched 

The Jamaica Golf Affiliation (JGA) launched the celebrated fifty fifth Jamaica Open Golf Championship on Wednesday on the Fixed Spring Golf Membership in Kingston.

The championship shall be held at Tryall Golf Membership for the fourth consecutive yr from Saturday, November 12 (pro-am) to Tuesday, November 15. It stays a three-day, 54-hole match on the par 72 golf course.

Dr. Mark Newnham, vp of the JGA mentioned “we’re simply so proud, so excited to host this championship.  We struggled a little bit bit with staging this throughout Covid.  Our protocols are going to be a little bit bit extra relaxed this time and we couldn’t be happier than to stage this, our fifty fifth occasion.  The Jamaica Open is our premier occasion.”

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Peter Chin chairman of the organizing committee, added: “We’re very proud of the place we are actually, all of the plans are in place, to date, so good. We’ve sponsorship in place. We’ve the golf course in place. We’ve gamers who’re registering and paid their entry charges. To this point now we have 65 gamers and we hope to achieve to 100 by match day.

“We’re blissful that various the previous winners are coming again, Michael Maguire, who received final yr, and Patrick Cowl, who received the yr earlier than. Each gamers have graduated to the Kornferry tour however they appear to have a liking to the Jamaica Open so they’re coming again to play.”

Chin additionally famous that the purse cash is US$100,000 which could be very aggressive to different occasions within the Caribbean specifically.

The late skilled golfer Seymour Rose is the honoree this yr. He received the Jamaica Open 3 times, 1977, 1982 and 1987. In accordance with Gordon Hutchinson, “Seymour is actually one of many icons of Jamaica Golf and we don’t wish to neglect him. We wish to bear in mind him. We wish him to be related to Jamaica Open for a very long time. His identify will at all times be there on the data as a previous winner. Seymour was excellent as a result of he was such a gentleman along with being a golfer. He did so much for younger golfers arising and was a really humble individual and you may method him anytime and he would help you, no matter who you might be.”

Professional golfer Orville Christie mentioned: “You possibly can count on my greatest trigger I at all times attempt to do my greatest.” He plans to do adequate to gather part of the prize cash and mentioned that he was ready this time round.

“Tryall is a course the place you must be strategic. It’s a must to know when and the way. I made some errors earlier than however this yr I plan to simply right them and I believe if I get a couple of putts to drop then I believe will probably be a unique expertise this yr.”

Justin Burrowes, who received the novice part in 2021, mentioned: “The one factor I can actually assure is that I’ll give it my greatest shot. I’ve been doing quite a lot of preparation on and off the golf course. I really feel like I’ve been much more disciplined with the stuff off the golf course so I believe that I can simply go on the market and provides it my greatest shot.”

Event director Teddy Richards mentioned that all plans are in place for the championship which tees off with the pro-am occasion after which the championship the next day. He mentioned that in accordance with Golf Superintendent at Tryall, Ewan Peebles, the venue shall be prepared for a one other good Jamaica Open Golf Championship come November 12-15.