Concordia Cup 2025

St. Martin Retains Cup

The annual event of the Concordia Cup Golf Tournament was held over the weekend of November 8th and 9th 2025. Started in 2005, this tournament is based on golf’s “Ryder Cup “and pits Dutch side St. Maarten Golf Association ( SMGA ) players against French side Saint Martin ( Les Tamarins ) players. The event is held over two days with 18 players per team.

Scoring is 1 point for a win, ½ point for a draw, 0 point for a loss.

On Saturday morning 36 players started playing at the Mullet Bay Course in teams of “2 vs 2“for 9 holes. The format is termed as “Alternative Ball” in that each team member hits the alternative ball until the hole is finished. The Les Tamarind players’ team managed to go ahead with a point score of 5.5 vs 3.5.

Following on, all players went straight on to play the remainder of the course with a different format, termed “Best Ball”- the lowest score of the 2 being the one that counts against the opponent’s lowest score. The Les Tamarind players’ team managed to go ahead with a repeat score of 5.5 vs 3.5. For the end of the first day of competition Les Tamarind enjoyed a 4-point lead.

Sunday morning the format was 18 individual matches. SMGA players had to win 12 out of the 18 matches to win back the cup. A daunting task and one that sadly did not come to fruition, both teams had an equal score of 9 wins. Thus, Les Tamarins golfers retained the Concordia Cup 2025 with a 20-to-16 point win.

Since 2005 this 2025 Concordia Cup has been the 21st annual tournament. Presently the French side has won 11 times and the Dutch side 10 times.

Keith Graham ( President SMGA) thanked Jan Peter Holtland and Fred Boureau with the scoring and organization, and then with a small tear in his eyes handed over the Concordia Cup to Fred Boureau ( President Les Tamarins ) to the very loud cheer from the well-played French players.

The Concordia Cup tournament, although very competitive, is played based on friendship and in good spirits and all players look forward to continuing this prestigious tournament for many more years.