Lalong, Oyinlola sign in for Kwara anniversary golf tourney

Date: 2017-07-14

Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong has confirmed that he would be among participating amateur golfers at the closing rounds of the Kwara at fifty Golf Championship this weekend.

Lalong, a passionate golfer, would be joining the list that includes the host governor, Abdufatah Ahmed, newly elected President of the Nigeria Golf Federation (NGF), Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, among others, for the closing 36-hole round for amateur players tomorrow.

Luqman Owolewa, a former NGF board member, who is consulting for the event, hinted that more key players would be arriving the Kwara State capital today from Lagos, Abuja, Rivers, Oyo and other states.

"The event has received entries from almost all parts of the country and so far we are expecting at least 250 amateur players to show up, most hotels are at 80 per cent capacity as at today (yesterday) and we are waiting for most of the 138 players that took part in the opening rounds to make room for the amateurs in from Friday," he said.

The event weekend event, which will also feature lady golfers, will see all female players getting free cervical and breast cancer screening courtesy of LEAH Foundation, a pet project of the first lady of the state, Mrs. Omolewa Ahmed.

Professional golfers had teed-off the championship on Tuesday. It serves as qualifier for an international event billed for Equatorial Guinea later in the year, as well as a point earner for the players' ranking b y the Professional Golfers' Association of Nigeria (PGAN) Order of Merit.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Theophilus Oyebiyi     Emir Of Shonga     Abdulfatah Ahmed     Titus Suberu-Ajibola     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     Ilorin Durbar     Ibrahim Labaika     Saliu Ajia     Adama Isa     Offa Grammer School     Eleja Taiwo Banu     Government High School (GHS), Adeta     Shehu Raheem Adaramaja     Abikan     SWAN     Umar Yakubu Jaja     CCEPE     Borgu     Garment Factory     Kale Kawu     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Hakeem Lawal     Rapheal Ashaolu     JUSUN     Centre For Digital Economy     Kwha.gov.ng     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     CACOVID     KWSUED     Elerin Of Adanla     Mashood Dauda     2023 Elections     Abraysports FC     Dele Belgore     Amos Sayo     Quran     Samari     Otoge     Oluranti Idowu     Jaiz Bank     Dauda Adesola     Femtech     Sunset Workers     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     AbdulHamid Adi     Emmanuel Bello     Abdulwaheed Musa     ITP     Fawenu     IQRA College     Omar Gambari     Kolade Solagberu     Abdulrosheed Okiki     Offa Poly     NaAllah     Idofin     Bature Bello     Ahmed     Olokoba Sulyman     Dan Masanin     Ayo Opadokun     Neuropsychiatric Hospital     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     Students Union Government     Amos Justus Sayo     Dan-Kazeem     Muritala Olarewaju     Sanusi Abubakar     Hamza Usman     FOMWAN     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Abdulrazaq Magaji     Christopher Ayeni     Aliyu Salihu     PPS     General Hospital, Ilorin    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Isiaka Yusuf     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Mumini Ishola Hanafi     Saka Asiat Ayinke     Adamu Ibrahim Sabi     Matthew Babaoye     KWSIEC     Ilesha-Baruba     Kwara State Fire Service     Young Progressives Party     Amos Sayo     Kola Bukoye     Muhammed Danjuma     Ayinde Oyepitan     Kwara Polytechnic     Ajeigbe     SSA Youth Engagement     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Tunde Saad     Adama Isa     Sa\'ad Alanamu     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Kwara NIPR     Edret Sabi Abel     Soffiyyallah Kamaldeen     Saka Onimago     Leke Ogungbe     Ado Bayero     Sun Qing Rong     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Kayode Ishola     Olusola Saraki     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Nigeria Computer Society     Toyin Abdullahi     Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin     Baakini     The Herald     Saka Adeyemo     Suraj Tunji Oyewale     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Olaoye B. Felix     Lanre Badmas     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Moses Salami     Saliu Mustapha     Public Holiday     Yusuf Abubakar     BIR     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     Babajide Ajayi     RTEAN     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Bolaji Gambari     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Afolayan     ITP     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Ishola Moses Abiodun     Mohammed Yisa     Abdulhakeem Amao     Ayegbeni     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     Emir Of Kano     Sa\'adu Salahu     Ilorin Metro Park     Sulyman Buhari     Oasis Muslim Care Foundation     Metro Park     Kunle Akogun     Ahmed Dankaya     Ita-Ore     Maigidasanma     Baba Issa Awoye