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Friday 27 OctOber 2017
KLM Aruba Championship Once Again a Success

Betty Green managed to by Rennie Arends and
hold off Angelique Schoop Frank Gregoor with Arends
(2nd) and Lone van der winning second place by
Hofstede (3rd) for the vic- means of the tie breaker.
tory. After a strong first round,
The A-Flight saw Orlando Larry Nedd managed to
Rasmijn with an opening hold off the competition
round of 74 net, increase by 2 strokes to claim winner
his lead of 2 strokes after of the C-Flight. Ken Hover
the first round to 5 strokes managed to reduce Larry’s
to capture this division. Ed- lead from 4 to 2 points but
son Kelly finished second. came up just short to finish
There was a tie for third and second. Third place went
Jochem Ros won the tie to Bjorn Angela another 4
breaker over Michael van points back. Tierra del Sol
der Hofstede to claim his would like to thank KLM
trophy. for their continued support
Regarding the B-Flight, Cliff in making this the premier
Starke put on a very strong amateur championship in
performance, earning a to- Aruba and the Gold Spon-
tal of 70 Stableford points sor Aruba Airport Author-
he deservingly took first ity and Silver Sponsor FMSA
place. (Fuels Marketing & Supply
A two-way tie for second Aruba) for positively con-
with 58 points was shared tributing to this event.q

NOORD – Tierra del Sol Re- Sol, the only 18-hole golf being very tough over the
sort & Golf together with course on the island. weekend, consistently very
KLM proudly presented the A fun filled and very com- strong winds, a small show-
KLM Aruba Championship petitive weekend of Golf er of rain on Saturday after-
2017 – Aruba’s premier 36- having taken place at noon and the Golf Course
hole Golf Championship on Tierra del Sol, the winners of at Tierra del Sol in great
October 20, 21 & 22. the respective categories playing conditions with
were closely contested. Of smooth and slick greens
On behalf of Tierra del Sol course, the great prize of 2 provided the perfect chal-
and KLM; a thank you goes return tickets AUA – AMS – lenge for this prestigious
to all the participants that AUA for the winner of each event. This brought out the
participated in the KLM category really got the at- best in all the participants
Aruba Championship 2017, tention of all participants. and the KLM Aruba Cham-
that took place at Tierra del With weather conditions pionship was once again a
true success.
The overall champion was
Eddy Rivera, who con-
quered the conditions best
and with two rounds of 76,
totaling 152 strokes won the
Gross division by 3 shots.
A very consistent perfor-
mance and well-deserved
crowning as the winner.
In the Ladies division after
day one the three leaders
were separated by only 3
points. With another con-
sistent round on Sunday,