The Tribune

By RENALDO DORSETT

Sports Reporter

rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

THE Bahamas finished the 26th Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championships in a familiar position on the final standings, according to team executives.

The Bahamas maintained fourth place for the duration of the tournament hosted at the North Sound Golf Club, Cayman Islands.

The Bahamas finished fourth with a score of 118 behind first place Puerto Rico with 151, the Dominican Republic with 139 and Trinidad and Tobago with 135.

Jamaica finished fifth with 91 and Barbados rounded out the top six with 40.

Lucas Echeverri was the top scorer for Team Bahamas and finished third overall in the Boys 14-15 division with a total of 220. He shot a 72 in round one, returned in round two to duplicate his score of 72 and shot a third round 76.

Also in the division, Asif Robinson finished eighth with a 228 after he shot multiple rounds of 77 and a final round 74 and Craig Gomez was 14th with a 245 after an 87 in round one, 72 in round two and 86 in round three.

Sachin Kumar of Trinidad and Tobago took first with a score of 215 and Rodrigo Sanchez of the Dominican Republic was second with 219.

In the Girls 16-17 division, Asiyah Robinson was fourth with a total of 248.

She shot an 86 in round one, lowered her score with a 76 round two and closed with a third round 86.

Marlique Hield was 7th with a score of 281.

In the Girls’ 14-15 division, Inecia Rolle (245) finished fifth after she shot an impressive 74 in round two after an opening round score of 90 and finished with a third round 81.

L’Leah Laing finished eighth with a score of 259 (91,83, 85).

Xavier Robinson moved up a spot on the final day to finish seventh in the Boys’ 11-13 division with a score of 240. He shot an opening round 76, followed with an 86 and closed with a 78 in round three.

Cameron Riley finished 12th in the division with a 276 (92,90, 94).

Tynesha Tynes shot 305 to finish ninth in 11-13 division (104, 99, 102).

In the Boys 16-17 division, Harrison Collins finished 12th with a score of 250 (85,83, 82), Brian Coakley finished 13th with 258 (86, 86,86) and Marcus Gouthro was 15th with 282 (94, 97, 91).

The Bahamas was fourth following round one.

Said team manager Daphne Haines-Burrows: “After the first day, we are in fourth place, a very familiar spot for us, being right behind the three countries that have populations in the millions,” she said. “After day one the team was ahead of Jamaica and Barbados, the two other countries we are always fighting with for fourth place.”

At that point, the Bahamas was just 10 points behind the Dominican Republic, and led by Jamaica by just eight, but eventually extended the final margin to 27.

The Bahamian golfers faced off against the top teams from around the region, including the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Barbados, the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) on the 18-hole course.

The championships are played annually and is rotated amongst the members of The Caribbean Golf Association.

This team event, first played in Puerto Rico in 1988, is played over 54 holes in three divisions for boys and girls 11-18 years.