The year 2022 for the Guyana Golf Association (GGA), Nexgen Golf Academy the sport of golf overall was nothing short of exceptional.
According to founder, Aleem Hussain, partnerships were engineered with the Ministry of Education Allied Arts Unit, the Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce and the Guyana Tourism Authority to catapult the sport into the national spotlight.
As a result, despite the failure of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) to provide requested affiliation since March 2020, major milestones were accomplished as the fledgling organization was able to rack up an impressive list of successes in 2022, as 112 students from Anna Regina, Rosignol, Linden, and Friendship became the first in the country’s history to take golf at the Caribbean Secondary Examinations Certificate (CSEC) and achieve an incredibly high pass rate.