{"id":343934,"date":"2025-12-14T04:04:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T04:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/343934\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T04:04:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T04:04:12","slug":"local-golf-pro-peter-scorpion-lutchmansingh-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/343934\/","title":{"rendered":"Local golf pro Peter \u201cScorpion\u201d Lutchmansingh dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<a class=\"article-category\" href=\"https:\/\/newsday.co.tt\/category\/sports\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sports<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t<a rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/newsday.co.tt\/reporter\/newsday_reporter\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\tNewsday Reporter<br \/>\n\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>22 Hrs Ago<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/24649088.jpg\" alt=\"Peter \u201cScorpion\u201d Lutchmansingh - \"\/>Peter \u201cScorpion\u201d Lutchmansingh &#8211; <\/p>\n<p>VIDIA RAMPHAL<\/p>\n<p>The local golf community is mourning the loss of Peter \u201cScorpion\u201d Lutchmansingh, one of the country\u2019s most accomplished and beloved professionals.<\/p>\n<p>Lutchmansingh died on the morning of December 12 after ailing for some time.<\/p>\n<p>St Andrew\u2019s Golf Club, where Lutchmansingh mentored generations of young golfers, hailed him as one of the best golfers of his era.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeter\u2019s journey in golf began in 1955, when he started as a young caddy. From those humble beginnings, he rose to become one of the most respected golfers in the Caribbean,\u201d read a statement from the St Andrew\u2019s Golf Club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe stood among the top three golfers in the Caribbean of his era, competing alongside legends like Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As a player, Lutchmansingh was renowned for his creativity, exemplified by his remarkable shot at the Jamaica Open in the 1960s.<\/p>\n<p>Facing an impossible chip from a cramped position close to a wall, Lutchmansingh clipped the ball off the wall, sending it onto the green and into the hole.<\/p>\n<p>Byer Maraj, who is said to have seen the shot, would give Lutchmansingh the name by which many still knew him, \u201cScorpion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lutchmansingh\u2019s unorthodox, but deadly putting style, was another iconic aspect of his game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeter was also known for his distinctly unorthodox putting style, always striking with the heel of the putter and the toe lifted \u2013 yet deadly consistent,\u201d St Andrew\u2019s stated. \u201cOn the greens he was never to be underestimated; his precision, touch, and calm under pressure made \u201cScorpion\u201d an even more fitting name.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At St Andrew\u2019s, Lutchmansingh influenced the careers of generations of young golfers \u2013 shaping their lives, careers and the history of TT golf in the process.<\/p>\n<p>After spending more than 60 years at Moka, Lutchmansingh devoted his attention to Tobago, where he worked with \u201cLet\u2019s Learn to Golf Tobago,\u201d a non-profit organisation formed in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Founder Arifa Bansal said of Lutchmansingh, \u201cCoach Peter was more than a coach \u2013 he was a mentor, a friend, and a guiding light to our juniors and our entire LLGT family. His kindness, patience, dedication, and love for the game touched every life he encountered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>St Andrew\u2019s Golf Club offered sincere condolences to Lutchmansingh\u2019s family and friends, and the indelible mark he made on golf in TT.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeter \u201cScorpion\u201d Lutchmansingh leaves behind an extraordinary legacy \u2013 one of talent, humility, mentorship, and lifelong dedication to the game he loved.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sports Newsday Reporter 22 Hrs Ago Peter \u201cScorpion\u201d Lutchmansingh &#8211; VIDIA RAMPHAL The local golf community is mourning&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":343935,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":["post-343934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/343935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}