Owen Samuda and Jodi Munn-Barrow emerged winners of the AMG Buccaneer Memorial Golf Tournament at Caymanas Golf Club in St Catherine last weekend.

Samuda had two outstanding rounds of one under par 71 each day of the tournament to post a runaway two under par 142 to win by a massive 13 strokes.

Former national champion Oshae Haye was second on 11 over par 155. Two other former national champions, Zandre Roye and Sean Morris were tied for third place after scoring 14 over par 158 over the two days.

Samuda has been in very good form recently in the Brooklyn Open in the USA, the Caribbean Golf Association’s 4-Ball Tournament and came close at the 57^th Jamaica Open. “After a disappointment in the Jamaica Open last week I realised that you can’t drive a car and look behind you, if not you are not gonna realise what’s in front so, I just put that behind me,” said Samuda.

“I came into this tournament with a lot of confidence and more positive thoughts in my head. I played really well yesterday and today I even played much better today, so, I really feel good about the win,” he explained. “I am very pleased with my game. I am hitting the ball really well and my opponents even said that to me when they were finished and I am really proud of myself, coming back and winning this event.”

Meanwhile, Munn-Barrow, who is also the president of the Jamaica Golf Association (JGA), won after sending down scores of three over par 75 each day, for a total score of six over par 150 to win the Ladies 0-6 category ahead of second-placed Michele McCreath, 21 strokes back on 171.

“I think it was a little bit more difficult this time. I haven’t been playing because I have been dealing with the Jamaica Open, so my game this weekend was scrappy but I did get it around. I got the ball around and I am happy with how I managed because I know I didn’t have my best,” said Munn-Barrow. “But I still was able to put up two good rounds of golf. I am very happy with the outcome of the two days.”

There were numerous category winners at the end of the tournament. These included Quentin Hugh-Sam and Philip Gooden who scored 168 each to win the Men & Men Senior 7-12; Gifford Wilmott—157 to top the Men & Men Senior 13-24.

Philip Prendergast and Mike Glieckman—151 each to jointly take the Men Super Senior 0-12; Guyan Arscott – 192 for the Men Super Senior 13-24 category.

The Masters category went to Tony Gooden with a score of 169. The other Ladies category, Ladies 13 and over went to Diane Hudson with a combined score of 184.

Additionally, there were some juniors in the field. Boys 18 & U – Davin Hogan – 175; Boys 15 & U—Kemari Morris—163; and Boys 11-13—Shasa Redlefsen 159. The final category was the Girls 14-15—Alessandra Coe with a score of 177.

Peter Chin, president of the Buccaneers Golf Club noted that this tournament has been playing since the 1990s and that makes it the oldest golf tournament outside of the Jamaica Open and the Jamaica Golf Association calendar and most of the proceeds go to the Lawes Street Trade Training Centre.

“Every year we try to meet a million-dollar target. This year we were challenged because of the weather. A number of players especially outside of Kingston didn’t come because they were very uncertain about the weather but we are going to try our best to still meet the target,”

 There were over eighty golfers in the tournament and he was more than satisfied.

“The golf course despite the rain for the last two or three weeks, they were able to present the golf course in pretty good condition in the circumstances,” said Chin.

 AMG Packaging is the title sponsor while Scientific & Medical Supplies is the associate sponsor.

The charity event itself was being held for the 29th year. It is held annually in memory of seven of Jamaica’s outstanding past national representatives, namely Milton ‘Buddy’ Josephs, Izette Rhone, Lenan ‘Lennie’ Chin, John Fulford, Al Chong, Claude Stewart, and Mark Chin—former captain of the Buccaneers Golf Club.