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Chairman of LIME Jamaica Chris Dehring (left) and LIME Sponsorship Manager and LIME Lions team captain Stephen Miller are in high spirits as they show of their team gear at Tuesday's launch of the LIME Cup Team Match Play Golf Championships at Cuddyz Sports Bar. (Photo: Aston Spaulding)
OVER 90 players representing six teams will be in action between October 2 and November 14 at the $4.75 million 2010 LIME Cup Team Match Play Golf Championships to be held across various golf courses across the island over six weeks. The event, which begins this weekend at the Cinnamon Hill Golf Club in Montego Bay, was launched at Cuddyz Sports Bar in New Kingston on Tuesday evening.
Play will also take place at Cinnamon Hill on Sunday with action moving to Upton Golf Course in Ocho Rios on October 24 with the final and consolation matches scheduled for Caymanas Golf Club on November 14.
Defending champions Buccaneers of Appleton Estate and last year's runner's up Advantage Generals lead the pack of six teams with the other participating teams being Pure Country Springs, JMMB Eagles, Sportsmax MaxPak, and the LIME Lions.
Each team will comprise three female players and 12 male players, in four handicap flights.
The teams will be placed in three zones over the four days of matches and will play three matches each. The top team in each zone will qualify for the final.
Some of the island's leading golfers will compete, including local number one Jonathan Newnham, leading 2009 junior player Danielle Morris, and national representatives Bobby Chin, Rory Jardine, Fabian Campbell, Jodi Barrow, Michelle Gabay, and Maggie Lyn.
The LIME Cup will be broadcast courtesy of pay-to-air sports cable channel SportsMax across 25 Caribbean countries.
LIME chairman Chris Dehring, who competed as part of the SportsMax MaxPak team in last year's inaugural competition, but will be part of the title sponsors LIME Lions team this time around, said he was looking forward to the action.
"Last year was a fantastic tournament and this year will be equally exciting," Dehring said.
Jamaica Golf Association (JGA) president Wayne Chai Chong told the Observer that the competition was good for the sport locally.
"Last year and this year what we have been seeing is an increased amount of participation in golf because of this tournament, so it's great for our development," Chai Chong said. "It's great for the involvement and participation."
