PGA Grand Slam: Cricketer Brian Lara To Play
The man with the highest individual score in first-class cricket will attempt to shoot low at the Port Royal Golf Course when he participates in the PGA Grand Slam of Golf Pro-Am, October 18th, 2010. International cricket sensation Brian Lara will play the event as a guest of Premier Dr Ewart Brown and the Bermuda Department of Tourism.
“I was playing a round in Trinidad during the April 2009 Summit of Americas,” Premier Brown explained. “Lara was playing ahead of me and when I got to the clubhouse I met him and invited him to play in the 2009 Grand Slam Pro-am. “He was unable to make it last year but has confirmed that he’ll be in Bermuda this year. I am excited that this sports icon will join us and see for himself why Port Royal has generated so much buzz.”
Director of Golf at Port Royal Andrew Brooks said: “It is a great honor to have a sportsman of Brian Lara’s status visit Port Royal Golf Course for the 2010 Grand Slam of Golf. As a player he rewrote the record books, becoming one of the most exciting batsmen to play cricket. Now an ambassador for Trinidad & Tobago sports development, we look forward to welcoming a sportsman of his caliber to Bermuda.”
Brian Lara is a West Indian international cricket player who topped the Test batting rankings on several occasions and holds several cricketing records, holds the record for the highest individual score in first-class cricket, with 501 not out for Warwickshire against Durham at Edgbaston in 1994, which is the only quintuple hundred in first-class cricket history.
The PGA Grand Slam of Golf takes place October 18th – 20th. Daily tickets for individual day attendance will be available for $20 on Monday for the Champions Clinic and Pro-Am and each day for Tuesday and Wednesday competition days (or $50 for all three days).Tickets are available at Pgagrandslamofgolf.com or the Port Royal Golf Course.
Pictured below is President Barack Obama and Mr. Lara during the US President’s tour of Trinidad and Tobago in 2009. President Obama had asked to meet Lara, whom he described as the “Michael Jordan of cricket.”
