Lopez: We will do very well at CAJGC

COACH OF Jamaica's team for the Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championships (CAJGC) Jason Lopez believes the local players have a glorious chance to top the tournament ,which will be held at the Caymanas Golf course, July 3-6.

"The preparation has been good. In the past three months , we tried to bring together a team. With golf being an individual sport ... it's a challenge when it comes to these events because the kids are so used to playing on their own. We have done a good job in team building. We have a good team and will do very well," he told The Gleaner at the official launch of the CAJGC at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel yesterday.

BEST CHANCE

He added: “We need to give ourselves the best chance. One is home advantage. I was adamant that Caymanas should be the host site. We have some very nice facilities on the north coast but we need to do it in Kingston, where the majority of our players come from. Puerto Rico have won the most (titles), and it is going to be hard to topple them.”

The 54-hole Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championships, tees off on Wednesday, July 4 at 8:15 a.m. and will commence each morning at the same time. Seven other teams will compete alongside the hosts, including Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago and Turks and Caicos.

Justin Burrowes, Jack Stein, Sebert Walker Jr, and Luke Lindo make up the boys Under-18 teams, and Tianna Cruz, Kei Harris, and Hannah Foster make up the girls Under-18 contingent.

The Under-15 boys include Radino Lobban, Tristan Brown, Michael Lowe, and Luke Wright. The girls Under-15 team includes Erin Blakely, Justine McKenzie, and Evelyn Lai.

Rocco Lopez, Matthew Gant and Aman Dhiman make up the Under-13 boys’ team, and Emily Mayne, Mattea Issa, and Winnie Lau are the members of the Under-13 girls' team.

Lopez pointed out that there are some very good players in the squad.

"Emily Mayne, Rocco Lopez, Justin Burrowes, Tristan Brown, Tajay Lobban, and Mikey Lowe are all strong players. If we can get the guys to perform, we will

Eleven-year-old Mattea Issa (second left), the youngest member of the Jamaica junior golf team, gets a high five from Vikram Dhiman (second right), member, Tournament Organising Committee, during the launch of the 31st Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf...