By Charwayne Walker in association with Brian Hackett former president of the Lusignan Golf Club
Top Professional golfer attached to the lusignan Golf Club David Deonath playing in the Dollop Pro/Am golf tournament inPoint a Pierre, South Trinidad in May 1976 out played a team of 80 golfers including Canadians to take the first prize of US $650.
Deonath did the 36 whole course at Pointe- A- Pierre in 143 strokes and finished ahead of Robert Mackennon by 2 strokes with Carlton Faustin in 3 spot. Later with 3 Trinidad players joining him in a foursome he rallied the team to third place against top class opposition.
as a result of Deonath’s brilliant play he was invited to take part in the Trinidad Open Golf Tournament in June 1976. Deonath performance in Trinidad was a great morale booster for the lusignan Golf Club. The club was formed in August 17,1965. The first Golf match played at the lusignan venue was between a group from Mackenzie and Georgetown and consisted of two rounds of 18 holes on concessive days based on the Nassau point system. In all some 24 players took part with the Georgetown group emerging victorious with 23 points to Mackenzie’s 13 points.
(The information for this story was taken from the Guyana Daily Chronicle of 1976)
