Ladies Golfers celebrate Women’s Golf Day

The Ladies Golfers in Nigeria Tuesday, joined the rest of the world to mark the Women’s Golf Day.The event which took place at the prestigious IBB International Golf and Country Club, Maitama, Abuja, had over 150 women (girls and ladies) that participated.

Vice President of the Ladies Golf Club Association of Nigeria, Northern Zone, Mrs Ekanem Ekwueme said that the event has a significant impact on women especially the golfers irrespective of age.

Ekwueme disclosed that they have concluded plans to train junior golfers that would represent Nigeria at the forthcoming junior Olympics.She also used the opportunity to dispute views in certain quarters that golf is an elite game, calling on young women in Nigeria to join the sport.

She said: “In Nigeria, golf is taken as an elite sport, but it may surprise you to know that it is the contrary. Therefore, we are trying to create that awareness that golf is not an elite sport, and every woman or girl child needs to get involved.

Another thing we have to know is that in Nigeria, we have just one professional lady golfer. Golf instill a lot of discipline in individual, it is like life and you need that discipline because if you don’t have it then it’s not there.

Today is set aside to mark the International Women Golf Day, it is a day set aside to celebrate girls and ladies playing golf or intending to play golf. It is simply, a day we celebrate the ladies because they are special specie.

On whether the club has the required resources to train junior golfers that will go for the junior Olympics, the former Lady Captain said they believe that the junior golfers would get the support they need to be able to move forward and that’s what the International Women Golf Day is all about.

Earlier speaking, the Director General of National Council for Art and Culture Otumba Orunsewe, who was one of the special guests at the event, described it as a wonderful day for the women golfers in Nigeria. He urged the women to take the game very serious because of its numerous benefits, not only to health but for their general wellbeing.

Speaking on the significance of the even, the Lady Captain of IBB International Golf and Country Club Abuja, Mrs Grace Ihonvbere said it was a memorable event and they have consciously worked hard to mark the event with pump and pageantry.

She said that the IBB Golf would continue to promote women participation in golf and ensure they compete favorably with their counterparts across the globe.