Maxim Mangra emerged atop of a large field of golfers to take the Bruster’s Real Ice Cream Open tournament Saturday at the Lusignan Golf Course.
Mangra, popularly called `Danny’ finished with a net of 65, the same as Andre Cummings and Jeetendra Dhanpat but was adjudged the winner after a count-back.
The champion, who played off a handicap of 15, took 80 strokes to complete the course ahead of Dhanpat who had the best gross of the day, 73.
Dhanpat played off a handicap of eight and took the overall second spot while Cummings with a handicap of 14 and a gross of 79 finished third.
The Bruster’s Real Ice Cream Open which was rescheduled from April this year attracted 44 registrants with 42 eventually teeing-off.
This was comfortably the best turn out of the year as players look to fine tune their preparations for the 2021 edition of the Guyana Open.
In sunny conditions with a persistent light breeze, the players enjoyed the course and got great value for their strokes thanks to the hardworking team of curators headed by Mike Guyadin who is also an excellent golfer.
The experienced golfer put down the tools and picked up the clubs to add to the competitiveness on the course.
The businessman, playing off a handicap of 12, finished with a net score of 68 (gross 80) and copped a prize for having the Best Net in the Front Nine, 29.
Troy Cadogan also had a welcome return to the course and marked the occasion by picking up the prize for the Best Net in the Back Nine, 31.
Cadogan played with a handicap of 22 and took 97 strokes to finish the course.
The prize for Longest Drive went to one of three female starters, Joann Deo, who finished with a net 69 playing with a handicap of 13 while the Nearest to the Pin trophy went to Roy Dhori. Also in action were Guyana Open champion, Avinash Persaud, Parmanand ‘Max’ Persaud, Tom Watkins, experienced golfer William Walker, Club Captain Patrick Prashad, Guillermo Escarraga and LGC executives Patanjali Persaud and Paton George.
George, Treasurer of the Lusignan Golf Club (LGC) and Director of Bruster’s Real Ice Cream, in a presentation at the trophy ceremony, said his company was honoured to sponsor a tournament of such magnitude and was looking forward to a long-term relationship with the club.
George also provided three delicious flavours of ice cream to everyone present.
Also addressing the membership was club president Persaud who thanked W&T George Group En-terprise for branding the tournament. He also spoke of the competitive spirit shown by the golfers ahead of the highly anticipated Guyana Open.
Persaud also made special mention of the large turn-out, the extremely good condition of the course and the immediate plans in terms of tournaments for the club.
The next tournament is on Saturday at the same venue which is likely to be the Trophy Stall Open followed by the Crown Mining Supplies Open then the three-day Guyana Open set for October 29, 30 and 31.
