Eight times winner of the Guyana Open female category Christine Sukhram will be looking to defend the Lusignan Golf Club’s Stableford tournament title when the competition tees off today at the Lusignan Golf Club.
The winner of the Stableford tournament is the player who scores the highest total points and not the lowest total strokes as in the normal competition.
In the Stableford system, points are awarded for the play at each hole and not for the strokes to sink the ball. If the strokes exceed a limit no point is awarded but if the strokes are less than the limit points are awarded. The lesser the strokes, the more points. The golfer’s final score is the total points earned for the scores on
each individual hole. As a format for club tournaments, Stableford is popular in Europe, the U.K., and South Africa, among other locations.
Sukhram won last year’s tournament from a field of over 30 golfers. So far, according to a press release, over 30 golfers have registered to participate in the competition.
According to the release, Sukhram is aware of the keen competition and plans to dig deep in an effort to produce a very good day’s play.
“With careful and skilful play I just may emerge champion again,” she declared.
Current LGC President David Mohamed said that he looks forward to a keen competition with prizes for the first four finishers along with awards for the Best Gross and Nearest to the Pin.
