HANOVER, Jamaica, CMC—Pleasure is constructing for the celebrated Jamaica Open Golf Championship, which can happen for the fifth consecutive 12 months on the scenic Tryall Golf Membership in Hanover.
The occasion, organized by the Jamaica Golf Affiliation (JGA), was lately formally launched on the Fixed Spring Golf Membership in St. Andrew, Jamaica.
Match play will run from November 10 to 12, with a Professional-Am match scheduled on November 9. On this match, each professionals and amateurs will play in groups, fostering camaraderie and permitting abroad golfers to familiarize themselves with the difficult course.
The Jamaica Open will see over sixty individuals from the USA, Canada, Uganda, Trinidad & Tobago, Bermuda, and Jamaica. Among the many opponents is defending champion Andrew Arft from the USA.
This 12 months’s format stays stroke play, with gamers competing over 18 holes every day and a complete of 54 holes for the championship.
“We’re wanting ahead to a profitable occasion,” stated Peter Chin, organizing committee chairman.
“Entry numbers have surpassed final 12 months’s, which is a wonderful signal of the match’s restoration post-pandemic.
Prize cash considerably attracts high expertise, and this 12 months’s purse is about at US$110,000 for a complete area.”
This 12 months, the JGA is honoring legendary Jamaican golfer Johnny Bloomfield, the one participant to win three consecutive Jamaica Opens.
Jamaica Golf Affiliation President Jodi Munn-Barrow assured that Tryall’s course is in “wonderful situation” regardless of the heavy rainfall that the island skilled from Tropical Storm Raphael.
“The tough shall be grown once more, including to the course’s pure challenges.
Tryall is already identified for its problem, and if the winds choose up, will probably be much more demanding for the gamers. It’s a perfect venue for the Jamaica Open.”
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