Championship

Island Championship

2005

Island Champions from left to right Senior Champion Robert Chilman, Men's Champion Johnny Widmer, Ladies Champion Samantha Widmer

Scores Down Below

2005 Island Championship

Saturday 5^th and Sunday 6^th June 2005 saw the 13th Cayman Islands Golf Association Amateur Championship with the final qualifying rounds for the Cayman Islands National Team.

Conditions on the Saturday were brutal with winds upwards of 40 mph and weed upwards of 40 inches the course was playable only for the toughest competitors. Fourteen year old Caymanian Johnny Widmer used his considerable length downwind and solid ball striking against the wind to card a magnificent 73. Highlights of his round included his playing the 500 + yard par five 9^th and 18^th holes with just a Driver, Lob Wedge and a putter! Johnny’s only real mistake was in over hitting the 362 yard 6^th hole by 40 yards……from the tee!Robert Woods and Paul Wammer were the only two other players to break 80……just, both scoring 79.

In the Ladies Championship, Samantha Widmer overpowered the field with an excellent 74, whilst Robert Chilman led the seniors with an 80.

Day 2 brought little relief as the winds stayed strong and the weeds grew longer! However the scoring was massively improved. Young Johnny remained calm under a barrage of verbal banter from the ‘nasty boys’ Wammer and Riggins and despite a few wayward strokes carded a solid and safe 71. So it became a battle for second place between Robert Woods, Trent Riggins, Paul Wammer, Matt Luke and Robert Chilman. All five played solid golf but made no impression on the leader. Woods (72) and Chilman (71) tied for second place leaving Woods to be considered the Bridesmaid for the third consecutive year.

Robert Chilman again showed his class in comfortably winning the Senior Championship, whilst Samantha Widmer (77) ran away with the Ladies Championship.

Net winners were Robert Woods (A flight), Matt Luke (B flight), Frank Brennan (C Flight), Nicole Chin (Ladies flight) and Shazad Hafiz (Junior Flight). Special mention should go to Shazad Hafiz, who at 12 years of age, and in his first ‘major’ on Island Championship was the overall Net Champion with a net score of 2 over par.

2005	Island Championships

	Course	Britannia	Britannia	Total
	Name:	Champs	Champs	Total
		4-Jun	5-Jun	Score	Average
1	Johnny Widmer	73	71	144	72.00
2	Robert Woods	79	72	151	75.50
3	Robert Chilman	80	71	151	75.50
4	Trent Riggins	80	73	153	76.50
5	Matthew Luke	80	74	154	77.00
6	Paul Wammer	79	79	158	79.00
7	Michael Wight	81	77	158	79.00
8	George Christie	80	80	160	80.00
9	Gary Carroll	80	81	161	80.50
10	Fazid Hafiz	83	79	162	81.00
11	Paul Woodhouse	80	85	165	82.50
12	Eustace Jeffers	84	82	166	83.00
13	Tracy Moore	87	81	168	84.00
14	Bob Slatter	84	84	168	84.00
15	Chris Butcher	84	84	168	84.00
16	Richard Jones	88	83	171	85.50
17	Steve Heal	84	89	173	86.50
18	Wally Clark	92	83	175	87.50
19	James Rawcliffe	83	92	175	87.50
20	Bill Koutsouras	88	89	177	88.50
21	James Mason	88	90	178	89.00
22	Shazad Hafiz	89	89	178	89.00
23	Rory Mohammed	88	100	188	94.00
24	Stephen Duval	96	95	191	95.50
25	Cisco Zarama	96	95	191	95.50
26	James Howell	101	91	192	96.00
27	Peter Milburn	100	96	196	98.00
28	Frank Brennan	97	100	197	98.50
29	Jack Widmer	112	102	214	107.00
30	Scott Gossen	105	114	219	109.50
Rank	Ladies
1	Samantha Widmer	74	77	151	75.50
2	Nicole Chin	86	82	168	84.00
3	Nitty Howe	93	91	184	92.00
4	Judy VanLiere	113	97	210	105.00