CHARLESTOWN, Nevis, July 26, 2010 (Press Release) - Maxwell Liburd of Stoney Grove, clinched the inaugural ‘Nevis open’ Golf tournament played over the weekend. The tournament ran over two days—Staurday 24th and Sunday 25th July and was staged at the prestigious Four Seasons Golf course.
Liburd was gracious in victory and congratulated the other participants for a great tournament. He indicated that he started badly on Saturday but managed to concentrate sufficiently to edge ahead and maintain the lead on Sunday.
He is looking forward to representing Nevis at the regional level and beyond.
One of the main organizers of the tournament Vance Rawlins, indicated that plans are afoot to shortly formalize a Golf Association on the island. He stated that there are quite a number of persons on Nevis—locals and expats who play the game on a regular basis and they feel strongly that it is now time to take the game to another level, organize local annual tournaments and also get representatives to participate in regional tournaments.
Another of the main organizers Robert Byron, who is a local Golf Pro at Four Seasons, was high in praise for Marlon Brando who sponsored the main trophy and prizes for the tournament. He explained that the tournament was played using net scores instead of gross scores and was tabulated minus handicaps. He is locking forward to the formation of the Association as he is convinced that this will help to take the game on Nevis to another level.
Marlon Brando who is a Taxi driver by profession indicated that he loves to play the game in his spare time and describes himself as ‘average’. He said that he tried really hard to win the tournament on the weekend but Liburd was just too good this time around. He is convinced that he will win next year however and pledged his continued support of the sport on Nevis.
The tournament lasted for two days with Saturday posting 2 rounds and Sunday posting the final round. The participants for the Nevis Amateur Golf Classic were Robert Byron, Marlon Lonke aka Marlon Brando, Kurt Lake, Cedric Jeffers, Wayne Tyson, Orville Daniel, Vance Rawlins and Maxwell Liburd.
After the first round of play the leader board showed that Maxwell Liburd was first, posting a net score of 72, Robert Byron was in second with a net score of 73 and Wayne Tyson in third place with a net score of 74.
The second round showed some shuffling with Maxwell Liburd still at the top of the leader board with 76, Kurt Lake taking the second spot with 75 and Robert Byron at third with 81, So the first day of play saw Maxwell Liburd with a cumulative score of 149, Kurt Lake in second with cumulative score of 151 and Robert Byron at third with 153.
The final day of play saw Maxwell Liburd finishing off with a net of 73 to complete his score of 222, Wayne Tyson posting a net of 75 to complete his round with 230 and Robert liburd completing his round with 77 to finish with 231.
The overall results were:
DAY 1 Round 1 Round 2 Final round Total scores
Robert Byron 73 81 77 231
Kurt Lake 76 75 82 233
Marlon Brando 81 77 75 233
Orville Danielle 76 76 DISQUALIFIED DNP
Wayne Tyson 74 81 75 230
Cedric Jeffers 83 86 79 248
Vance Rawlins 77 89 79 245
Maxwell Liburd 72 77 75 222
Closest to the pin winner was Robert Byron on hole number 16 and the longest drive was won by Cedric Liburd on whole number 8. The winner was Maxwell Liburd,’ second place was Wayne Tyson and third place was Robert Byron.
