Good turnout for inaugural Scott Anderson Golf Memorial

The event featured competition at the two venues and was organised in memory of Anderson, who died on January 25, 2017 from complications with brain cancer. He was 38 years old.

West Indies batting legend Brian Lara, Anderson’s friend and former business partner, was the brainchild of the event. At the closing ceremony, held at Brian Lara’s residence at Lady Chancellor Hill, Port of Spain, the former West Indies left-hander thanked everyone for supporting the initiative.

“I want to say a very big thank you to everyone for turning out.

This was not a normal tournament, where you have two or three months in advance and you have an opportunity to go out there and get a sponsor or get a day off to play the tournament.

This was hastily organised,” he said.

The record-breaking batsman, speaking about Anderson said, “We’ve lost a brother, a son, a friend, and someone that we all know and we all have great respect for. He was a great fighter.” The proceeds from the tournament will go towards the Scott Anderson Young Achievers Award. The programme will see youngsters from underprivileged communities introduced to the sport of golf.

Anderson’s father, Steve, said, “I cannot express the gratitude of our family. Thank you so much.

This is something for our family that we never expected, nor could’ve imagined. This will be with us for the rest of our lives.” At the Brechin Castle Course in Couva, Ernest De Gannes and Rol Seecharan won that leg of the tournament with a score of 41, followed by the team of Bill Ramrattan and Arjoon Samlal. Third place went to Suresh Jagessar and Munilal Lalchan, while Kumar Boodram and Ken Pollard ended fourth.

In Chaguaramas, Andy Gomez- Burke and Curtis Moses finished with a score of 35 to earn victory. Jason Collier and Richard Lara were second and the duo of Chris Richards and Michael Commissiong grabbed third spot. Rounding off the top four were Subash Ranjitsingh and Gerard De Four. Brian Lara and Shaheed Komdiah won awards for closest to the pin.