Ayomike, Olukoya, others battle for title at Ikoyi golf championship

Tim Ayomike is the star on every players’ lip as the yearly Ikoyi Golf Club Championship tees off today at the Golf Section of Ikoyi Club 1938. Ayomike is the defending champion of the championship and such stars as Remi Olukoya, Peter Eben-Spiff, a former champion, Akeem Lawal, Ewi Akpata and Mike Makinde are angling to take the crown from him.

The competition, which is already generating a lot of interests within the Club, is open to golfers within handicap range of 14 and below.To be played over 36-holes, the competition is sponsored by Guinness, Aramanda and Turkish Airline.

Captain, Golf Section of Ikoyi Club 1938, Tade Adekunle, has described the Club Championship as the biggest golf tournament in the club that all golfers look forward to and practice for, saying, the organisation of this edition will be a departure from the past.

Though the Club Championship had thrown up the most unlikely winners in the past, analysts believe that low handicapped golfers hold the ace in this year’s edition.

The championship will officially tee off today with invited guests, while tomorrow will see gentlemen golfers filing out for their opening round, with Sunday listed as the grand finale. The Club Championship is an event that determines the best amateur golfer within the club.