MULLET BAY:--- Howard Hobgood had to dig deep this time to win the January Medal Play Golf Tournament organized by the St. Maarten Golf Association SMGA over the weekend. A record amount of 39 golfers took the course by storm and with sometimes high gusty winds most golfers had difficulty scoring low.
As for Hobgood, who finished the par 70 Mullet Bay Golf Course with a score of 76 strokes, a score not familiar to Hobgood, it was enough to win both the Overall Low Gross for the tournament, as the 1st Low Gross prize in the Men's category.
Only one stroke more over 18 holes needed Kit Lee who scored a stunning 77 Low Gross which, after deduction of his 12 handicap, won him both the Overall Low Net prize of the tournament as well as the 1st Low Net in the Men's category with a 65 Low Net.
The Ladies Category had a big amount of participants this time. In total 9 ladies battled it out amongst each other. At the end Betty Green won 1st Low Gross with a score of 91 strokes, 1st Low Net was won by Debbie Ferland with a Low Net score of 73 strokes. In the same category came the winner of the fewest putts. This time it was Anne Marie Bouille who needed only 27 putts over 18 holes.
In the category Senior's for players between 50 and 60 years old, Jean Paul Clerc won after a match of cards, the prize for 1st Low Gross with a score of 83 strokes, 1st Low Net was won by Sam Bashir with a Net score of 69.
In the Super Seniors Category for players over 60 years old, 1st Low Gross was won by Keith Graham with a score of 81 and 1st Low Net was won by Richard Gibson with a score of 77.
This Medal Play tournament also some of the talented St. Maarten youth golfers were allowed to participate. Pierre Garcia, T.J. Lake and Oliver Hobgood all played very well and broke a 100 and with those scores left 11 players behind them. Well done!
The January Medal Play tournament was the 3rd round qualification for the 2015 St. Maarten Golf Team that will compete in the Eastern Caribbean Golf Championship that will take place in October in St. Maarten at the Mullet Bay Golf Course. For more information on tournaments or membership please contact the Golf Shop at the Mullet Bay Golf Course or like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/St.MaartenGolfAssociation.
SMGA Press Release