Tym Glaser, Associate Editor - Sport
United States-based Peter Horrobin ... confident of doing well against the Germans today. - Rudolph Brown/Chief Photographer
JAMAICA'S PETER Horrobin and Delroy Cambridge will swing away with some of the world's elite golfers when the World Golf Championships tee off this morning at the Sandy Lane Country Club in Barbados.
The Jamaicans have the first tee time and face legendary German golfer Bernhard Langer and his partner, Marcel Siem, in the four-day, 24-team tournament over the par-72 course.
Other elite players at the event include the England pair of Luke Donald (ranked No.10 in the world) and David Howell (12), Scotland's Colin Montgomery (16), Ireland's Padraig Harrington (17), Rory Sabbatini (31) of South Africa, Mike Weir (37) of Canada, American Stewart Cink (23) and the best golfer the Caribbean has produced, Stephen Ames (32), who will be representing Trinidad and Tobago with his brother and regular caddie, Robert.
Small fry
While the Jamaican team can be considered small fry among such big fish, Horrobin is confident he and Cambridge will acquit themselves well in the event, which includes two days of four-ball and two days of foursomes.
"We are doing well," Horrobin said after a practice round yesterday at the course which has been soaked by heavy rain over the past few days.
"We are working well as a team and making birdies and pars which is the key to team golf," he said.
"The course is very wet, long and windy, but I am sure we'll do well tomorrow when we tee off against the Germans. We are feeling good about our games and our teamwork."
Horrobin, a Florida-based pro, and Cambridge, who has been plying his trade on the European Senior Tour for six years and has never finished out of the top 20 in the Order of Merit, face a mighty task to claim the US$1.4 million first-place prize.
England's Donald and Howell look the class of the strong field with Sweden's Henrik Stenson and Carl Petterson, Harrington and Paul McGinley of Ireland, Argentinians Angel Cabrera and Andres Gomes, the U.S. duo of Cink and J.J. Henry, defending champions Stephen Dodd and Bradley Dredge of Wales and Australians John Senden and Mark Hensby likely to provide the greatest challenges.
