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Bahamas professional golfers start new year off with a bang

Glenn Pratt unanimously elected as the new president

PICTURED, from left to right, are Keno Turnquest, Keithen Stuart, Raquel Riley, Glenn Pratt, Marcus Pratt, Georgette Rolle-Harris and Chris Lewis. Master golf pro and former Young Lions standout Glenn Pratt has been unanimously elected as the new president of the Bahamas Professional Golfers Association.

PICTURED, from left to right, are Keno Turnquest, Keithen Stuart, Raquel Riley, Glenn Pratt, Marcus Pratt, Georgette Rolle-Harris and Chris Lewis. Master golf pro and former Young Lions standout Glenn Pratt has been unanimously elected as the new president of the Bahamas Professional Golfers Association.

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GLENN PRATT

THE Bahamas Professional Golfers Association has started this new year off with a bang.

Following recent elections, Master golf pro and former Young Lions standout Glenn Pratt was unanimously elected as the new President.

It was decided that the Bahamas PGA needed to do more and who best to lead that charge is Glenn Pratt.

Pratt is a very vocal and straightforward person who will fight for what is rightfully deserved. And members of the BPGA felt that they needed a jumpstart to this special year where The Bahamas celebrates their 50th anniversary.

“This year is significant and we need to be recognised and a part of the scene,” said one of the members at the meeting.

“We believe that Glenn Pratt is the right man for the job and we stand behind him 100 percent. Things will start happening for us, I believe that.”

Raquel Riley, the first female golf pro who was admitted to the BPGA a few years ago, is the outgoing president and she was one of the members who believed strongly in Glenn’s new leadership style.

“The ball is now in your hands Mr Pratt, and I believe that you will serve us well,” said Riley following the recent elections.

Elections were held this past Saturday at Britley’s Restaurant, and members were unanimous in their choice. In addition to Glenn being elected president, Marcus Pratt was elected as vice-president, and outgoing president Raquel Riley was elected as secretary. Kethen Stuart was elected to the post of treasurer and Georgette Rolle-Harris and Keno Turnquest were elected as captains to be in charge of any BPGA event.

The BPGA was originally started by the late former golf pro Roy Bowe. The aim of the association was to bring local golf pros together as one voice and to pave the way for future generations.

Today, the association has a long hill to climb in bringing back respect to the organisation. But with Glenn as the new president, he will definitely make in-roads in re-establishing professional golf in The Bahamas.

Pratt is a master golf instructor who has extensive history in golf, both locally and internationally. Glenn turned a pro golfer in 1982 and was the youngest Bahamian head golf pro in the history of golf in The Bahamas.

In 1984 as head golf pro under the late golf director Freddie Higgs at the Paradise Island Golf Club, Glenn immediately made history and then went on to be a part of the most fearsome golfing group in our history, the Young Lions..

He is a past-president of the BPGA (2006-2008) and was a former secretary before taking on the presidency again just recently.

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