From May 24th through to May 26th, the 17th annual Caribbean Golf Classic was played in Casa de Campo on the resort’s 3 Pete Dye designed golf courses; Teeth of the Dog, Links and Dye Fore and for the first time in the tournament’s 17 year history – the Dominican Republic won!
The Caribbean Golf Classic golf tournament organized by FEDOGOLF (the Dominican golf organization) and conducted by the Caribbean Golf association, is an international event played between the golfers of different Caribbean countries, who compete in male and female teams for the Robert Grell trophy and the Jodie Munn-Barrow trophy, respectively. This year the Dominican Republic not only won the Robert Grell trophy but also the Jodie Munn-Barrow trophy as well as the George Noon trophy awarded to the overall winner of the tournament!
Congratulations to the successful Dominican golfers!
Male team: Rafael Canario, Juan Marcos Yunen, Gianfranco Regaozzoni, Héctor Acosta, Renaldo Lama, Carlos López Cornielle, Cary Chow, René Le Caplain
Female team: Vilma Márquez de Herrera, Francia Álvarez de Batista, Karina García de Batista, Rosa López, Urania Luna, Karen Cuevas, Juanita Albuja, Mary Ledesma
10 teams took part in the 17th annual Caribbean Golf Classic; Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos, the US Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, the Bahamas, Barbados and the OECS (the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States which represents; Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, the British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Granada, Montserrat , Saint Lucia, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines).
The event began on Wednesday evening the 23rd of May when the international group of players warmed up ahead of the tournament with a practice round and got to know each other at a welcome cocktail hosted at Casa de Campo’s beautiful Minitas Beach.
On each day of the 3-day event the 99 male golfers and the 52 lady golfers played 18 holes, playing 1 tournament round on each of Casa de Campo’s outstanding golf courses; Teeth of the Dog, Dye Fore and the newly refurbished Links.
To celebrate the end of the tournament, a farewell dinner and prize-giving ceremony was celebrated at the newly refurbished Flamboyan Conference Centre.
The results of the 17th annual Caribbean Golf Classic are as follows:
The Robert Grell Trophy (men’s team division)
1st place: Dominican Republic 2nd place: Turks and Caicos
3rd place: Trinidad and Tobago
4th place: Cayman Islands
5th place: Bahamas 6th place: Puerto Rico / US Virgin Islands 8th place: Barbados 9th: Jamaica 10th: OECS
Jodie Munn-Barrow trophy (women’s team division) 1st place: Dominican Republic 2nd place: Jamaica
3rd place: Trinidad and Tobago
4th place:Turks and Caicos
5th place: US Virgin Islands 6th place: Cayman Islands 7th place: Bahamas 8th place:Puerto Rico 9th:Barbados / OECS
The George Noon trophy (overall tournament winner) 1st place: Dominican Republic 2nd place: 3rd place: Trinidad and Tobago 5th place: 6th place: Bahamas 7th place: Jamaica 8th place: Puerto Rico 9th place: Barbados 10th place: OECS
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