Nigeria’s Georgia Oboh shrugged off her near miss at the opening of her sojourn in the Sunshine Tour to record an improved performance at the second event of the season, the Serengeti Team Challenge, where she paired with Catherine Lau of South Africa to finish in the fourth position. Oboh missed the cut in the…

The organisers of African Sports Tourism Week – the Pan-African event and platform where sports fuses with tourism, have unveiled Accra, Ghana as the host for this year’s edition, adding that the event will top what was achieved in the previous year. According to Deji Ajomale-McWord, CEO, African Sports Tourism Week, said, “Having thoroughly deliberated…

By all standards, it is rated as a tough qualifying test, but Nigeria’s golf prodigy, Georgia Oboh, says she is set for the battles in Morocco. The challenge is the four-day finals of the Ladies European Tour (LET) Qualifying School, which will tee off on Sunday at Amelkis Golf Club in Marrakech, Morocco.   Oboh,…

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has commended Ugochukwu Chigborogu and others for brushing aside all oppositions to emerge champions at the 2018 CBN Governor’s Golf Cup held at the IBB Golf and Country Club, Maitama, Abuja, at the weekend. Chigborogu, who had a Handicap of 26.5 before the one-day…

It has started as predicted by golf enthusiasts. Georgia Oboh at the weekend began her professional career on a winning note, beating the field to take the Cote d’Ivoire Open title in Houphouet Boigny’s country. The exciting 17-year-old girl, whose game keeps improving every championship, decided to join the pro ranks after her exploits at…

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has pledged greater partnership between his administration and David Mark Golf Club to deepen youth participation in the game of golf. Speaking on Sunday at the tee-off ceremony of the Otukpo National Female Golf Championship, organized by wife of the former Senate President, Mrs. Helen Mark, Ortom said with such…

If there was a silver lining for American golfers after losing the 2018 Ryder Cup, it’s that they probably felt a little better than their victorious opponents when they woke up on Monday morning. After all, you can’t get a good night’s rest by sleeping on the bathroom floor, reports golfdigest.com. Such was the case…

The 17 athletes chosen to represent Team Nigeria in seven sports at the forthcoming Youth Olympic Games in Argentina departed for Buenos Aires yesterday hopeful of winning medals to enhance their chances of graduating into the main Olympics in 2020. Team Nigeria will feature in athletics, badminton, boxing, canoeing, golf, table tennis and wrestling at…

Youths from the Ikoyi golf community and its environs will gather tomorrow at the Ikoyi Club to test their ability on the course. It is the opening day of the Nigeria Cup, a competition that commemorates the country’s Independence, but the club also sees it as an opportunity to test the progress of the future…

Players from across the world are set to convene on the Texas/Oklahoma border in the U.S this weekend for the 43rd edition of the Volvik World Long Drive Championship, from September 4. Originating in 1976, the 2018 Volvik World Long Drive Championship marks the fifth televised WLDA event of the year, and will be contested…

Tiger Woods wouldn't even contemplate how it would feel to win his 15th major title, his first in more than a decade, after leaping into contention at the PGA Championship. The 42-year-old former world number one fired a four-under-par 66 in Saturday's third round at Belleville Country Club to share sixth on eight-under 202, four…

Plateau State Governor, Simon Bako Lalong has again stressed the importance of golf in the country’s quest to develop its tourism potential. The governor, who believes the sport will take Plateau State to the pinnacle of the tourism industry in Nigeria, reaffirmed his commitment to the development of the game. Speaking during the third anniversary…