Thirteen of Guyana’s leading golfers will compete in this weekend’s RBTT-sponsored Suriname Open Golf championships in Paramaribo.

The local side will feature reigning Guyana Open male and ladies champions Imran Khan and Christine Sukhram as well as four other championship flight players.

Jerome Khan, Captain of the Lusignan Golf Club disclosed that the players are all in top form and should be among the winners in all the categories they will compete in.

The other players to compete in the Championship Flight are Alfred Mentore, Patrick Prashad, Avinash Persaud and Mohanlall Dinanauth.

Prashad won  the most recent local tournament and  Persaud is a former National Open champion while Mentore recently competed in the Barbados Open. Also included in  the lineup are club secretary Ronald Bulkan,  Jerome Khan,  Gavin Todd,  Ian Gouveia, Mike Guyadin, Edward Ajodha  and William Walker.

The championships will take place at the Suriname Golf Club in Paramaribo on Saturday and Sunday  and will attract golfers from the host nation, Guyana, French Guiana, Netherlands, Curacao and Aruba.

They will compete in three categories – Men’s 0-15 Flight, 16-22 Flight and Open Ladies.

“I am extremely optimistic that the Guyanese players will perform very well and should be among the winners in all the divisions they participate in.  Most of the  players are in top form so they are expected to give stiff competition to the other competitors,”  Khan remarked.

The local contingent was scheduled to leave yesterday and return on Monday.