West Africa’s golfers gather in Ikeja for Acutech Pro-Am’s N15m prize

West Africa’s best golfers have assembled at the Ikeja Golf Course to compete in the second Acutech Pro-Am Golf Championship, which offers N15 million prize to winners.

The championship, which teed off at Ikeja Golf Club on Monday, ushers in the country’s 2024 professional golf season.

Among the contenders for the top prize are Nigeria’s topmost professionals and their counterparts from other West African countries. They include Ghana’s Emos Korblah, who won the maiden edition, as well as Nigeria’s Francis Epe, Oche Odoh, and Mike Ubi,

Looking ahead to another rewarding outing in Nigeria, Korblah, said after his practice round on Sunday that he looks forward to defending the championship.

“Ikeja Golf Club is one highly underrated golf course. The course challenges every bit of your golfing skill. The fairway design and several factors will be at play this week. I always look forward to playing it, and I hope they defend this title this week,” Korblah said.

Also speaking on the championship, chairman of Acutech Support Systems Limited, Zed Jituboh, said the event is part of the company’s attempt at investing in its operating environment through sports development.

“The Acutech Pro-Am Golf Championship is the platform we have created to help drive the development of the game of golf. We have other initiatives around golf too, but this event is solely to expose and reward our talents in professional golf.”

Jituboh says Acutech is partnering with professional golf to run the championship and looks forward to expanding its deliverables.

Operations Director of the Professional Golfers’ Association, Uche Ezebuiro, said that the body is continually working with willing corporates to develop the game and showcase the best of Nigeria’s golf talents.

“This year, in the bid to align our body and operations to global best practices, we are making some tweaks here and there to afford our members a better professional golf experience. Acutech is one of our topmost development partners, and we look forward to onboarding more this season.”