Torgah Vincent of Tema Golf Club in Ghana on Friday emerged winner of the first Abuja International Golf Championship. He went home with 13,500 dollars while the first runner up, Andrew Dotegbodo of Nigeria collected 8,100 dollars as prize money. Vincent said he was happy to come first in the tournament and attributed his success to hard work [...]
Tiger Woods stumbled to a two-over par 74 in his opening round on Thursday at the Players Championship, nine strokes off the pace at the $9.5 million US PGA event. Woods, a 14-time major champion chasing the record 18 majors won by Jack Nicklaus, opened on the 10th hole with a bogey, finding a greenside [...]
Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy reclaimed golf’s world number-one ranking on Sunday despite falling to Rickie Fowler in a playoff at the US PGA Tour’s Wells Fargo Championship. McIlroy, who celebrated his 23rd birthday on Friday, regained the summit a week after he was supplanted by England’s Luke Donald. The two have exchanged the top spot [...]
The odds are against the amateur golfers from Minna Cantonement Golf Club, who attended the recently concluded 1st KGI All African Junior Golf Championship. The trio, Paul Odoh (Jnr), John Odoh and Peter Idoko, who all qualified for the U.S Kids European Championship, have failed to secure sponsorships to make the trip in June. Although [...]
Jason Dufner two-putted from 60 feet for a birdie on the second playoff hole to defeat Ernie Els and won his first PGA title in 163 attempts by capturing the Zurich Classic. There was heartache for South African icon Els, a three-time major champion whose win drought of more than two years continues. But there [...]
The past week’s golfing action has not brought any significant changes to the top of the world rankings. Despite his successful defence of the Indonesian Masters title, Lee Westwood was not able to improve on his third place, with Rory McIlroy remaining on top and Luke Donald still holding strong in second. Bubba Watson remains [...]
The Professional Golfers Association of Nigeria, PGA, has announced that application for the 2013 PGA School Tour has commenced, and interested players have till 29 June, 2012 to apply. Emerging from their executive meeting in Lagos, the PGA said the delay to start receiving entry is in an attempt to put next year’s admission process [...]
