MULLET BAY-- Kit Lee was able, among a field of 61 players, to win the title of Tournament Champion during the 28th annual St. Maarten Open Golf Tournament. Kit Lee ended on top on the first day, of the two-day tournament, with a score of 81 gross and did even better on the second day scoring 76, resulting in a 157 Low Gross score taking the Champion title. The prize for Tournament Overall Low Net was won by Hervé Thibaudeau with a total Low Net score of 135 beating the runner up by one stroke. During the two-day 36 holes tournament that took place over the weekend at the Mullet Bay Golf Course, players from both St. Maarten and St. Martin, joined by a large group of golfers from Anguilla, Curacao, Antigua, St. Kitt’s and Nevis and other neighboring islands as well as from Canada, USA, Great Britain and Germany, got underway on Saturday morning for their first round. The St. Maarten Golf Association SMGA was able to organize this tournament due to the great partnership with Mullet Bay Resort & Golf Course, and the relentless efforts from its board members, volunteers as well as the tremendous support it received from both the local and international business community. Proceeds from the event will benefit pre-selected community organizations involving Youth Sports. The tournament was played under ideal conditions with a mild breeze and sunny weather. In the Champions category, the prize of 1st Low Gross was won by Kit Lee from Sint Maarten with a score of 157 Low Gross, 1st Low Net was won by Jerry Semper from Curacao with a score of 151 Low Net. 2nd Low Gross was won by Christopher Gibbons from the United States of America with a score of 168 Low Gross and 2nd Low Net was won by Chris Hensley from St. Kitt’s and Nevis with a score of 154. In the category Men’s 1st flight for players with a handicap between 11 and 15, Maarten van der Waart from the Netherlands came out on top with a score of 167 Low Gross, Kemarly Thomas from Antigua took first Low Net with a score of 144. In the Men’s 2nd Flight for players with a handicap between 16 and 30, first Low Gross was won by Jean-Baptiste Lugger from St. Martin 178, first Low Net went to Louis Assier de Pompignon with a score of 143. In a strong field with a total amount of 6 female players that joined the tournament this year, the prize for Low Gross in the Ladies category went to Marie Gibbons from the United States of America with a score of 173. Low Net was won by Joanne Ambron from the United States of America as well with a score of 145. Max Thomas from Sint Maarten shot 161to win Low Gross in the category Seniors for players over 50 years old, while Hervé Thibaudeau took 1st Low Net with a score of 135. This year again there were a large number of players participating in the category Super Seniors for golfers over 60 years old. Therefore, this category was split up for players with a handicap lower than 20 and a category with handicaps from 20 to 30. In the ‘Super Senior’s 1st Flight’ Jean Marc Greaux from Saint Martin won Low Gross with a score of 175 and Low Net was won by Harry Jansen from Curacao with a score of 145. The category ‘Super Seniors 2nd Flight’ was won by Keith Graham from Sint Maarten with a score of 188 Low Gross, Glenford Gumbs from Anguilla won Low Net in this category with a score of 150.
