Lalong, Oyinlola sign in for Kwara anniversary golf tourney
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.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Students Union Government JSSCE Olatunde Oyeyiola Saliu Ajia Hassan Oyeleke Ayodele Olaosebikan Sa\'ad Alanamu Oke-Ogun Wahab Abayawo Kwara State Geographic Information Service MATTA Girls Foundation Aiyedun Cornelius Fawenu College Of Education Special Agro-Industrial Hub KWAFFA SAPZ Project Saidu Isa ASUU Saka Keji Salihu Jibril Garbi Ahmed Saidu Rufai Amasa Kwara State Governor Abdulahi Abubakar Bata Aisha Gobir KWASSIP Alloy Chukwuemeka Moses Adekanye Lawal Jimoh Yahaya Seriki Gambari Abubakar Baba Na\'Allah Susan Modupe Oluwole Yusuf Abdulraheem Peculiar Allowance 20 Billion Bond HYPPADEC Joseph Alex Offorjama Fatimat Saliu Law School Scholarship Ishola Balogun Fulani Garba Ado Sanni Kaiama KwaraLearn Ubandoma Razaq Atunwa Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations Saba Jibril Kwara Volleyball Association NIPR Medinat Folorunsho Salman Olusegun Adeniyi Esuwoye Galadiman Ngeri Is\'haq Modibbo Kawu Pius Abioje Dumagi Saad Omo Iya Asa LGEA School Radio SBS Apata Ajele Secondary School Igosun Elekoyangan Binta Abubakar Mora Kayode Ogunlowo Abdulkarim Adisa General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Salami Adekunle Muazam Nayaya Sabi Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh Jide Ashonibare Women For Change And Development Initiative Academic Staff Union Of Universities Wahab Olasupo Egbewole Elelu

