After wrapping up play at the 2026 Eastern Caribbean Golf Association (ECGA) Amateur Golf Championship held at Anguilla’s Aurora International Golf Club, Team Saint Lucia arrived back on home soil this week with an impressive set of results against regional competition. Despite fielding a roster drastically altered from the 2025 winning squad, the overall defending champions delivered a standout performance, claiming three first-place division titles and adding three additional top-five finishes across the tournament’s brackets.
Golf Saint Lucia Inc. (GSLI) opted not to enter a women’s team for this year’s edition of the championship, which ruled out the nation from contention for an official overall team ranking. The all-male contingent, however, turned in consistent play to claim two team titles: the Seniors Gross division and the Super Seniors Net division. Additional placements include a third-place finish in the Super Seniors Gross bracket, and fifth-place outings in both the Men’s Gross and Men’s Net open divisions.
The Seniors team secured the Gross team crown with a cumulative score of 321 strokes, led by core performers Terry Verdant, Eugene Edwin and Timothy Mangal, who carded 161, 164, and 168 strokes respectively. The Super Seniors squad matched that success, taking home the Net team title with a combined 157 strokes, while also notching a third-place finish in the Super Seniors Gross bracket with 178 total strokes.
Individual honors went to two Team Saint Lucia players. Dharmendra Shah claimed the top spot in the Super Seniors Net individual standings with a total score of 162, while Terry Verdant finished as runner-up in the Seniors Net individual division with 151 strokes. The Seniors Net team also wrapped up the tournament in fourth place overall.
In the open Men’s division, the squad faced significant challenges, particularly in the absence of veteran golf pro Yadhu Urs, who did not compete this year. The four-player team of Corey Devaux, Keymanie Thomas, Samuel Richelieu, and Jermille Daniel finished fifth in both the Men’s Gross (528 total strokes) and Men’s Net (487 total strokes) brackets, never mounting a serious challenge for a top-three podium position. Individually, Devaux placed 10th in the open Men’s Gross division with 170 strokes, but GSLI’s post-tournament analysis notes the collective result highlights clear room for growth for the open program.
In its official review following the championship, GSLI acknowledged gaps in performance and laid out clear development goals moving forward. The organization has prioritized pushing the open Men’s team into top-four contention at future regional tournaments, alongside a broader push to improve player development pathways, increase athlete availability, and enhance pre-tournament preparation to build a sustained, competitive women’s team for future ECGA events.