Pink Ball Tournament Raises 2$M for JGA’s Caribbean Championships

The Jamaica Golf Association turned to its sport for a major fund raiser dubbed Pink Ball Tournament which was staged last Saturday at the Constant Spring Golf Club. The tournament raised approximately two million dollars.

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 eight thousand dollars for each team member.

The overall winning team of Rowena Coe, Cameron Coe and Michele McCreath scored one hundred and twenty-seven to record a four point win. The team of Peter Chin, Gregory Mayne and Emily Maybe posted one hundred and thirty-one 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 one hundred and thirty-three points. Team Oliver McIntosh, Courtney Cephas and Carlton Hume and the team of Metry Seaga, Andre Foote and Mike Gleichman scored one hundred and thirty-four each but were placed fourth and fifth respectively based on the competition rules.

The returns from the fundraiser will be used to help to defray the 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 respectively.

The budget to send the teams to the championships is close to ten million dollars 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.