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.
Senate Presidency Oluwole Dupe Bola Tinubu Kwara State Television (KWTV) Baakini Ijakadi Emir Of Shonga Tunde Mukaila Mustapha Musa Alhassan Buge Arinola Fatimoh Lawal Kayode Oyin Zubair Opaleke Bukola Iyabo Adewuyi Funmilayo Amasa Saliu Tunde Bello Aliyu Umar Lanre Badmus Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke Omu Aran Economic And Financial Crimes Commission Cassava Growers\' Association Ola Falade Ridwan Agboola Dan-Kazeem Fatai Garuba Labaka Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan IEDPU Yemi Sanni Magaji Are Soffiyyallah Kamaldeen Alapansapa Col. Adedipe Baba Idris Alapado Kwara State Government Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf Garba Ayodele Wahab Maryam Ado Bayero Kamaldeen Ajibade NIRSAL Goodluck Jonathan Abubakar Imam Kwara 2019 Yahaya Oloriegbe Hamid Bobboyi Iqra Books Dunmade Abdulahi Abubakar Bata Jimba Babatunde Dairo Kunle Paul Saka Balikis Kehinde Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye Onilu ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited Olumide Daniel Ibitoye Kwara State Internal Revenue Service Ambassador Kayode Laro Adeola Abraham CT Ayeni Okanlawon Taiwo Ibrahim Mashood Lanwa Mahmud Ayinla Giwa Mohammed Kamaludeen Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd Simeon Sayomi Share-Tsaragi Katibi Ibraheem Adeola Shuaib Abdulkadir Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency Maryam Nurudeen Doyin Group Kwara State Television Otunba Taiwo Joseph Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan Wahab Egbewole Abdulwahab Oba

