T&T’s Chris Richards slipped into second place in the boys 11-13 division after two rounds of action at the Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championships yesterday at the Caymanas Golf & Country Club in Jamaica.
Richards shot a combined score of 155 to be tied with Puerto Rican Darrell Santiago (155) after he ended with a score of 80 in round two.
On Wednesday after round one, the T&T golfer was atop the 13 and under leaderboard by just one stroke ahead of Jamaica’s Rocco Lopez (76). However, Lopez produced a good second round score of 77, to move into the top spot with 153.
Another local player, Zico Correia, who was in fourth place with a score of 80, dropped to eighth place with 85 on day two for 165 heading into the final round today.
In the girls 11-13 group, T&T’s Caylynn Hosein had some measure of improvement in the second round with 101. She move up one spot to 11th after her opening round score of 104 for a combined score of 205, while Chloe Ajodha, who was 10th (101) after a first round is now in 12th spot (210).
Peter Ryan improved on the second day with 79 after a first round score of 80 to drop from the eighth position to 10th (160) in the boys’ 18 and under.
T&T has two other golfers competing in the division. After two rounds, Brandon Matabal is in 17th place (179) with scores of 88 and 91, respectively and Reyaz Rambarranm stays in one spot behind him with 184 (89/95).
On the girls’ side, Serena MacKenzie is in fifth place with a two rounds score of 167 (85/82). Her teammate Karina Matabal remains in the eighth spot with a score of 174 (86/88). Puerto Rican Valeria Pacheco holds the top place with 154 (75/79).
In the girls’ 15 and under, Yeji Lee’s respective scores of 83 and 82 (165) place her in fourth place while Azariah Joseph score’s of 192 (98/94) places her in the 10th position in the 12 player competition.
In the boys’ category, Dravid Bhim is in 10th spot with 163 (82/81), Jean-Marc Chevrotierre is in 12th position with a score of 170 (80/90), and Justin Kublalsingh moved up from his 18th spot (92) on day one to 15th place after a round-two score of 86 (178).
