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Cayman’s golfers set to tee off at Caribbean championships
- Updated: 31 July 2017
Brian Ross was 10th in the Hoerman Cup last year.
Cayman’s team of six golfers opens their competition at the 2017 Caribbean Amateur Golf Championships on Tuesday, 1 August in the Dominican Republic, where they’ll battle for the Hoerman Cup.
Aaron Jarvis, who was the recent runner-up in the boy’s 15-and-under division at the Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championships, will be the first to tee off. He is scheduled to begin at 7:30 a.m. (6:30 a.m. in the Cayman Islands) and is grouped with Alex Raffa of the USVI and Puerto Rico’s Andres Aranguren, who beat Jarvis at the juniors in Trinidad in early July.
Next up is his brother, Andrew Jarvis, who tees off 10 minutes later. He is grouped with Beris Lynch Jr of the USVI and Brandon Bueno of Puerto Rico.
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- Aaron Jarvis
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- Andrew Jarvis
Brian Ross, who finished 10th at last year’s Hoerman Cup in the Bahamas, follows at another 10-minute interval. The other golfers in his group are Enrique Valverde of the Dominican Republic and Trinidad & Tobago’s Clint Alfred.
Justin Hasting receiving his 2017 Cayman Islands Amateur Championship trophy .
Cayman’s 2017 amateur champion and 2017 runner-up among 13-and-under boys at the Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championships will begin his play at 8:20 a.m. (7:20 a.m. in the Cayman Islands). Joining him will be Barbados’ James Jonson and Joe Siblly Jr of the USVI.
Michael Wight, who was 22nd in the individual competition at the NatWest Island Games in Gotland in June, will tee off at 9:10 a.m. (8:10 a.m. in the Cayman Islands). He is grouped with Nick Little of the USVI and Jamaica’s O’Shae Haye. Wight and Haye tied for 31st at last year’s Hoerman Cup.
Michael and Payten Wight.
Next to hit the course will be his son, Payten Wight, 10 minutes later. The younger Wight was 22nd last year and 14th in the individual competition at the NatWest Island Games in Gotland. He is paired with Trinidad & Tobago’s top junior, Sachin Kumar, who won the boys 18-and-under group at the Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championships and was sixth at the Hoerman Cup last year. The third member of the grouping is Oren Butler of the Bahamas.
The competition runs until Friday, 4 August. CaymanSportsBuzz.com will have daily updates.
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