Digicel’s CEO Dean to tee off Guyana Open

Gregory Dean

Chief Executive Officer of telecommunications giant Digicel Gregory Dean will this morning tee off the annual Digicel-sponsored Guyan Open golf tournament.

The tee off will take place at 5.45am at the Lusignan Golf Course following which one of the largest fields to ever compete in the annual event will swing into action.

The defending champion  in the Championship flight (0-9 handicap) might be Avinash Persaud, a four time winner of the event who, because he lives in close proximity to the venue can be accused of having “home” court advantage but judging from the field this year’s tournament is a wide open affair.

A number of overseas golfers including Roger Rajkumar, the 2012 runners-up, Jaipaul Suknanan,