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.
Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa Mazars Consulting Atiku Sheu Ndanusa Usman Dan Iya Okeose Christian Cementary Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman ASUU Medinat Folorunsho Salman Oba Of Jebba Kwara Restoration Project Eleja Asa Oyun Ronke Adeyemi Al-Hikmah University Abdulmumini Jawondo Aminat Omodara Oladipo Akanmu Tolani James Kolo Sam Okaula Michael Ologundea Code Of Conduct Bureau Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir Salake Gbemi Saraki CCEPE KWATMA Olaiya Zuberu Abdulfatah Ahmed Chikanda Sulyman Buhari Riskat Opakunle Idofin Moses Rahman Popoola Salihu S. Yaru Nnazua Agbarere Ibrahim Orire Ibrahim Oloriegbe Samuel Olusegun Adedayo Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf Iliasu Sadiq Buhari Shururat Olatinwo Universal Basic Education Commission Alaro New Naira Notes Ajibola Ademola Julius Hamza Usman Oloye George Innih Arinola Fatimoh Lawal Oba Sulaiman Asude Anilelerin Laduba Afeyin-Olukuta Salman Alada Sa\'ad Alanamu Kolade Solagberu Sidikat Akaje Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa Police Commissioner Olaoye B. Felix Ilorin Amusement Park SDP CCT Abdul Jimoh Mohammed Kola Adesina Esinrogunjo Dan Iya Of Ilorin Local Government Sheriff Shagaya Nupe Abdullah Janet Amudat Ishak Mohammed Sabi Onilupeju Of Ilupeju

