Jamaica Observer Reporter Friday, May 28, 2004 National golf trials tee off Dennis Atkinson, ranked first in three Order of Merits for the Jamaica Golf Association's 2003 / 2004 season, heads the list of qualifiers for the National Trials which tee off this weekend at the Cinnamon Hill Golf Club in Montego Bay. Atkinson, who led the men's, seniors and mid-amateur Order of Merit, will be vying with 27 other males for a much-coveted spot on any one of three teams: the Hoerman Cup (men), Ramon Baez Figueroa (men 35 and over) and the Francis & Steele Perkins (men 50-59). This year's trials are organised to provide the maximum challenge for the competitors who will be seeking to represent Jamaica in the 2004 Caribbean Amateur Golf Championships (CAGC) and are scheduled for two very different layouts. Cinnamon Hill, with its undulating fairways and greens, many of which are protected by numerous bunkers, will not easily give up any birdies and pars and the field may have to make up ground in the final two rounds, scheduled for June 5th & 6th, on the more forgiving and open Caymanas golf course. The line-up for the teams includes Owen Samuda, Jason Garbutt, Paul Thompson, Philip Prendergast, Hansel Williams, Gifford Wilmot, Wayne Chai Chong, Michael Gleichman, Hamar Dayes and Radcliff Knibbs. The two spots for the superseniors Higgs and Higgs team will be up for grabs among Cleo Taylor, Maurice Foster, Herman McDonald, Gordon Hutchinson, William Telling and Ossie Lee. Former junior representative Lisandra Brown heads the list of ladies for the George Teale trophy team. This is Brown's first year on the ladies' Order of Merit, and after six tournaments was ahead of her fellow competitors by 800 points at the end of the season. Also in the ladies' field are Darnley Thomas, Barbara Sampson, Michiko Asonuma, Tiffany Terrier, Yvonne Munn and former top lady Jodi Barrow who had three wins from three events. The 2004 CAGC will be held from August 1-8 in the Bahamas at the Lucayan Country Club.