Golf: BPGA Stroke Play Championship Day #1
The Bermuda Professional Golf Association Stroke Play Championships got underway yesterday [May 21] in wet and windy conditions.
The tournament favourites did produce some respectable scores with defending champion Dwayne Pearman taking the 18 hole lead with a 71(+1).
Pearman was his always consistent self with a round of 2 birdies and 3 bogies, and managed to avoid the big numbers which plagued many a players’round today.
Chaka Desilva, the player picked to upset Pearman and Augustus, fired a 72(+2) to finish in second place. Had it not been for an unfortunate triple bogey on 18 could have been the well deserved leader. With an eagle and 3 birdies, Desilva was looking comfortable like breaking par until the lack of concentration cost him in the end.
Daniel Augustus fell behind early with bogeys on the first and second holes and scrambled well enough to finish with a 74(+4) for third place. Fourth place was senior Bobby Macronald followed by Paul Adams and Dwayne Gibson on 77(+7). The Championship continues tomorrow with the Champion being crowned on Wednesday after 54 holes.
