Gold Fields PGA Golf Tee Off At Damang

Hans De Beer addressing the golfers at the opening ceremony

The 2023 Gold Fields PGA Championship teed off yesterday at the 18-hole plush Damang Golf Course.

Michael van der Merwe of Gold Fields performed the ceremonial tee off and urged the players to give off their best.

At stake is a whooping GH¢80,000 for the regular professional champion, while the senior pro champion will also take home GH¢25,000.

Thirty-three Ghanaian regular pros and nine foreign regular pros from Togo, Cote d’Ivoire, Zimbabwe and Nigeria are competing for the title, including four professional golfers who are playing for the first time.

The tournament promises to be an exciting and thrilling contest, with the golfers ready to go all out for the coveted trophy.

Some of the top golfers expected to display are defending champion, Kojo Barnni from the Tarkwa Golf Club, Vincent Torgah, Emos Korblah, Lucky Ayisah, and Francis Torgah.

The female players are Jessica Tei from Achimota, Constance Awuni from Kumasi, Mary Werner from Celebrity and Felicity Gyeabour from Kumasi.

Mr. Hans Van-De Beer, chairman of the organising committee, observed that there are many great golf players in Africa and expects an exciting tournament.

He disclosed that the ambition of the PGA is to groom more professional players, especially the females.

Companies sponsoring the PGA tournament are Engineers and Planners, Genser Energy, Total Energies, Gaso Petroleum, Liebherr Ghana, Carmeuse, Barbex, Classic Cristken, and AECI Ghana.

From The Sports Desk

Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (Syndigate.info).

News Related

OTHER NEWS

From arts to sciences: Once a teacher, always a teacher

Despite doing education at the university, Mellon Kenyangi, also known as Mama Bear, did not think of going to class, and teaching students was her dream job.“Since it was not ... Read more »

WC squad was picked on players’ performance, says Pramodya

213 Sri Lanka Cricket’s Chairman of Selectors, Pramodya Wickramasinghe reported to the Sports Ministry’s Special Investigation Unit( SMSIU) for the Prevention of Sports Offences yesterday for the second day. He ... Read more »

Malindu Dairy bags Industrial Excellence Silver Award

137 Malindu Dairy (Pvt) Ltd., a leading food production company in Sri Lanka, won the Silver Award in the medium-scale dairy and associated products category at the Industrial Excellence Awards ... Read more »

Africans Urged to Invest Among themselves, Explore Investment Opportunities in Continent

Africans Urged to Invest Among themselves, Explore Investment Opportunities in Continent Addis Ababa, November 27/2023(ENA)-The Embassy of Angola in Ethiopia has organized lecture on the “Foreign Investment Opportunities in Angola ... Read more »

Mohan Wimalaratne will lead Police this season

144 The dynamic front row player Mohan Wimalaratne will lead the Police Sports Club Rugby team at the upcoming Nippon Paint Sri Lanka Rugby Major League XV-a-side Rugby Tournament scheduled ... Read more »

Church assists the disabled in Bulawayo

Dozens of people living with disabilities from New Hope Inclusive in Entumbane, Bulawayo on Saturday last week received an early Christmas gift in the form of groceries. The groceries were ... Read more »

Somalia Joins East African Community

The East African Community (EAC) Summit of Heads of State has admitted the Federal Republic of Somalia to the regional bloc, making it its 8th member country. The decision was ... Read more »
Top List in the World