More than 160 golfers and 200 special guests from 10 regional countries have registered for the Caribbean Amateur Golf Championships, the Hoerman Cup, at Casa de Campo in La Romana. With the participation of golfers from the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica, Barbados, Bahamas, Cayman Islands and Turks & Caicos, the tournament will take place Sunday, 16 August through the 23rd. The tournament is held in different categories – Hoerman Cup, Senior, Super Senior and Women. The Dominican Republic is the defending champion of the Hoerman Cup. Dominican team members are Robert Smith, of Club Cajuiles of La Romana; Carlos Arias, of the Santo Domingo Country Club, Antonio Olivo and Alfredo Campechano, and Michael Gil, La Romana and Jonas Fernández of the Santiago Golf Club. The DR will also be represented by Rafael Canario, José Marmol, Homero Saviñón and Enrique Ureña. Arturo Pellerano, Miguel Subero, Jocelyn de la Hoz and Francis Redman. Female players will be María Hurtado, Dominique Gagnon, Teresa García and Carole Tremblay. This is the 42nd year of the tournament that rotates among Caribbean participants. The event is organized by the Dominican Golf Association. The Dominicans won the men’s title, last year in Grand Cayman, a first in 30 years of participating in the event. The finals will take place 21, 22 and 23 August.
