The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company Limited sponsored Guyana Open golf championship will commence October 29th and conclude October 30th.
Today Stabroek Sports will take readers back 95 years when the historic Inaugural British Guiana Amateur golf championship first round was held.
The first round was played at the Georgetown Golf Course on March 21st, 1927. Mr. F. A. Donaldson’s 78 points stood out from the large list of competitors while Mr. T. R Cowell scored an 81 and Captain G.N Trace an 82 for the 18 holes. Mr. Donaldson’s only dangerous rivals for the trophy were T. R. Cowell and G. N. Trace.
The second round was played on the 27th March 1927 at the Demerara Golf Course Turkeyen. It was hoped that another contest with eliminating and qualifying rounds would be arranged and there was also a strong desire by many of the golfers towards the ultimate fixture of a West Indian Championship which could be played on different courses from year-to-year.
The following were the results from the first round.
Mr. F.A Donaldson 40 38 78
Mr. T. R Cowell: 41 40 81
Captain G. N Trace: 43 39 82
Mr. J. W Potter: 42 43 85
Dr. R. O Sibley : 43 43 86
Mr. S. C Smith: 46 41 87
Mr. A.W Kerr: 44 47 91
Mr. W. Mulcaby : 42 50 92
Mr. A. B. Way; 49 44 93
Mr. A. G. King: 45 48 93
Captain G. H: Smellie: 47 47 94
Mr. G. R. Reid: 47 47 94
Mr. A. Fyle; 46 50 96
Mr. A. H. Hill: 42 55 97
Mr. J. D.M. Bourne: 53 45 98
Dr. G. H. Steven: 54 46 100
Mr. R. S: Herbertson: 48 52 100
Mr. F. B. Henderson: 48 52 100
Mr. D. Fitzmaurice: 52 50 100
Mr. H. B. Sadler: 51 52 103
Mr. B. R. Wood: 55 49 104
Captain H. Stayner, A D C: 57 49 106
Mr. W. J. Gilchrist: 54 54 108
The statistics in this article were taken from the Daily Argosy newspaper of March 21st 1927.
Sports Editor’s note: This article is sponsored by the Lusignan Golf Club.
