Date: 2017-02-12

The management of Ilorin Golf club has commenced plans to partner with the kwara state government to set up a golf academy in Ilorin, the kwara state capital.

The re-elected captain of the club, Mustapha Olayiwola Malik disclosed this in Ilorin while answering questions from VON.

Malik said the Golf Academy which will be almost cost free would be for future professional golfers after enrolling at the academy from the age of seven.

The captain of the club also disclosed that during his tenure, both he and his management team will introduce the young once to join the game of golf.

He explained that the club will also purchase about ten golf kits and hire them out to the young once at a minimal cost per game which is meant for those between the age of seventeen and thirty.

Malik also announced plans by his leadership to revive the "KWARA OPEN" as the management of the club is already in talking terms with the Kwara state government which will be the major sponsor of the tournament.

The captain revealed that the "KWARA OPEN" Tournament will attract over one thousand golfers to Ilorin the state capital for the four day event which will in turn not only improve the economy of the state but will further open kwara to the international community.

He described the game of golf as game meant to exercise the entire body including the brain, eyes, arms and the legs to be at alert while it is always difficult for a golfer to be hypertensive since his/her major focus is on how to put the ball into the hole and corrected the misconception people have about the game that is meant for only the elites or the rich in the society.