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All of the Jamaican golfers except one posted better round two scores at the 69^th Caribbean Amateur Golf Championship, with most of them moving up the competition leaderboard led by Kierra Williams who jumped from sixth to joint first place.

Williams’ one-over-par 73 along with her six-over-par 78 in round one gave her a combined score of seven-over-par 151 to make up the five-shot deficit from round one. Madison Carroll of host country Bahamas who was the first round leader dropped to sixth place while Williams joined Arabella Sol Lopez and Camila Alejandra Negroni Ramos of defending champion Puerto Rico who also were on 151 after two rounds.

“My first round, I played pretty well. I only made a couple mistakes due to not knowing the course very much as opposed to the second day. I learned from the mistakes that I made yesterday to be able to shoot five strokes better than my first round, so the things that I messed up on yesterday, I made a point to do differently the second day, which led to my round being better,” said a pleased Williams.

She was very effusive in her description of the golf course. “The course out here in Bahamas is really nice. It looks like they take very good care of it. The fairways are very pristine. There’s a lot of water. There’s nice trees. It’s aesthetically pleasing to play. It’s honestly a fun course. You have to be very decisive with what you want to do. It’s very nice. I enjoyed it. And the weather out here is very humid. It’s very hot. And because it’s so hot in the morning, they have the afternoon showers, which stop our play sometimes, but it’s perfect. It’s beautiful. It’s very sunny. It’s perfect weather for a day of golf.

Kinston Burke and Mattea Issa shot 84 and 85 respectively for a two-day total score of 172 to be joint 14^th place on the leaderboard.

On the men’s side, Trey Williams posted the best individual score of three over par 75, which when added to his 81 from the first round, resulted in a combined score of 156, and saw him move from 41^st place to 33^rd place.

Oshae Haye, who is the best-placed Jamaican on the leaderboard, posted the next best score of five over par 77 to close round two in 31^st place for a total score of 155 after scoring 78 in the first round.

Purbo Camden’s seven-over-par 79 in round two was the only Jamaica player with a higher score in round two after posting 78 in round one. His total score of 157 landed him in 37^th place in round two after being in 30^th place in round one.

Zandre Roye, the current national golf champion and winner of the trials, recovered from his first-round 87 to score 76 in round two. His two-day total of 163 saw him move from 52^nd at the end of round one to 42^nd at the end of round two.

Owen Samuda posted one shot better in round two after carding 85 and followed up with 84 in round two. He moved from 48^th to 46^th place on the leaderboard.

Dr Mark Newnham moved two places from 52 to 50 with his total score of 171 on the back of 87 in round one and 84 in round two.

The round-two leader was Kelvin Emir Hernandez Delgado, who ended the round with a five-under-par 139 combined score after posting 71 and 68, respectively in rounds one and two.

Round three’s final round of competition will help to determine the country placement, the male and female teams’ placements, as well as the individual player placements. The championship is being played at Royal Blue Golf Course in Nassau, Bahamas.