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golfers wonTrinidad and Tobago and the US Virgin Island teams were the winners of the 18th annual Caribbean Golf Classic, played from Thursday 27th to Saturday April the 20th, 2013, on Casa de Campo’s 3 Pete Dye designed Golf Courses; Teeth of the Dog, Dye Fore and Links. 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 Dessie Henry Trophy, the Robert Grell trophy, the George Noon Trophy and the Jodie Munn-Barrow trophy, but also compete individually in 7 flights.

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In total, 16 men and 12 women were winners. They are among the hundreds of golfers who came from countries that traditionally participate in the event such as Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos, the Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, the Bahamas, Barbados and the OECS (Organization of Eastern Caribbean States representing: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Granada, Montserrat, St. Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines).

Over 3 days ladies and gentlemen golfers enjoyed excellent golf on Casa de Campo’s fine courses; the Dye Fore and the Links – as well as of course the Teeth of the Dog, the Caribbean’s #1 golf course! The tournament closed on Saturday the 20th of April with a dinner and prize-giving ceremony celebrated at Casa de Campo’s Flamboyán conference center. (Scroll down for all our photos of the golfing and the prize-giving ceremony!)

The Puerto Rico team was very enthusiastic during the event! pr team

The 18th annual “Caribbean Classic” Golf Tournament – Results

Male Division Men’s First Flight Winner: George Swann, Bahamas – 139 points Runner-up: (tie) Wayne Chai Chong, Jamaica & Doug Menzies, US Virgin Islands – 138 points Men’s Second Flight Winner: Peter Firestone, US Virgin Islands – 129 points Runner-up: Hadley Byer, Barbados – 128 points Men’s Third Flight Winner: Bob Slatter, Cayman Islands – 132 points Runner-up: Joseph DeFilippo, Cayman Islands – 126 points Men’s Fourth Flight Winner: Richard Isherwood, US Virgin Islands – 116 points Runner-up: (tie) Chaz Thomas, Cayman Islands & Ricardo Picorelli, Puerto Rico – 105 points Men’s Fifth Flight Winner: Carlos Beltran, Puerto Rico – 108 points Runner-up: Mackey Misick, Turks & Caicos – 98 points Men’s Sixth Flight Winner: Oliver Stubbs, Turks & Caicos – 87 points Runner-up: Paul Farquharson, Bahamas – 39 points Men’s Seventh Flight Winner: Cecilio Cadiz, Puerto Rico – 63 points Runner-up: Kenneth Zatlin, US Virgin Islands – 46 points Female Division Ladies Second Flight Winner: Isabel Lawson, Cayman Islands – 145 points Runner-up: Pauline Raynor, Trinidad & Tobago – 138 points Ladies Third Flight Winner: Amoy Chang Fong, Trinidad & Tobago – 130 points Runner-up: Joanne Bryden, Trinidad & Tobago – 125 points Ladies Fourth Flight Winner: Madelaine Erskine, Turks & Caicos – 104 points Runner-up: Diane Brazelton, Cayman Islands – 92 points Ladies Fifth Flight Winner: Karen Cuevas, Dominican Republic – 103 points Runner-up: Linda Lahm, US Virgin Islands – 101 points Ladies Sixth Flight Winner: Carol Wilson, Turks & Caicos – 86 points Runner-up: Alice Rose, US Virgin Islands – 80 points Ladies Seventh Flight Winner: Brenda Clarke, Trinidad & Tobago – 82 points Runner-up: Sandra Fulgencia Delmonte, Dominican Republic – 65 points (Ladies First Flight – no players) Team Competition Dessie Henry Trophy – Trinidad & Tobago Robert Grell Trophy – US Virgin Islands Jodie Munn-Barrow Trophy – Trinidad & Tobago George Noon Trophy – US Virgin Islands
The following selection of photos were taken on the Links and Teeth of the Dog golf courses in Casa de Campo as well as at the prize-giving ceremony in Casa de Campo’s Flamboyan Conference Center: