No fewer than 300 golfers across the country have converged in Abuja for the inaugural captains tournament at the Tukur Yusuf Buratai (TYB) Golf Club and country resort. Speaking at the event, the captain of the golf club, Maj. General Samson Sunday Jiya said the significance of the week long is to promote golfing as […]
World second rank in men’s major championships, Tiger Woods will headline a star-studded field at Muirfield Village, an event he has won five times, having sat out of the first five PGA Tour back since golf’s resumption from the coronavirus pandemic on June 11. The 44-year old American professional golfer has not played an official […]
The Presidents Cup has played a significant role in Trevor Immelman’s career. It stands to reason that taking on the role of a Presidents Cup captain is one of the most important things he’s ever done in golf. Immelman, just 40 years old, was introduced on Tuesday as the seventh man to lead the International […]
The Captain of IBB International Golf and Country Club, Mr. Shola Awoyungbo has described the death of Chief Uche Okpuno as a great loss to the golfing community in Nigeria. READ ALSO:Breaking: National President of the Golf Union of Nigeria, Chief Uche dies 8 days after losing best friend Speaking in an exclusive interview with […]
8 countries are ably represented as the Nigerian Golf Federation {NGF} get ready for flag raising ceremony by 4pm today at the Ikeja golf club, Lagos. The west & central Africa tourney will commence with flag off February 19th,2020 following an 18 hole stroke play on Thursday 20th , 2020 then a 36 holes stroke […]
Andrew Oche, Nigeria’s most ranked golf player, says his priority is to play in world ranking golf event to sharpen his competitive skills. Oche made this known in Lagos on Tuesday. READ ALSO: FCT appoints Dilichukwu as acting social development secretary He said that winning the Kitante Open in Uganda was intriguing for him and a […]
The third Edition of Prince Ned Nwoko foundation one day par 3 golf tournament held recently in Aniocha North local government area of Delta State, with Chikwudi Okoro emerging the winner. Donaltus Isuku and Emeka Adikpe of Delta state fell behind as first and second runner up with total scores of fifty seven and fifty […]
The 2019 ladies golf tournament ended with an award and dinner night at the IBB golf and country club Abuja on Friday with Irene Nakalembe emerging winner. Irene speaking to Daily Times said,”Nigerians gave me though competitive moment but I won thank God”. READ ALSO: 2021 AFCON Qualifier: How Eagles beat Lesotho’s Crocodiles 4-2 “Next […]
The ladies golf association of Nigeria (LGAN) paid the parkland golf club a visit on Tuesday in Abuja. The visit was aimed at encouraging organizers of upcoming tourneys and 9holes event in Nigeria to looks towards the direction of parkland golf course. READ ALSO Phil Mickelson drops out of world golf top 50 for first […]
Tiger Woods returned to competition in style, shooting his best score in more than a year to take the lead with a spectacular six-under-par 64 in the opening round at the Zozo Championship on Thursday. Two months after undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery, the 15-time major champion made an “ugly start”, hitting his opening tee shot […]
Plateau State Governor Simon Lalong guaranteed the organisers of the 2019 Nigeria Ladies Open Golf Championship of his full support for the upcoming tourney. The governor gave the assurance at his Abuja lodge, when the leadership of the Ladies Golf Association of Nigeria (LGAN) paid a courtesy call. READ ALSO Nigeria Ladies Golf Open Championship […]
The American broke a rule brought in this year banning caddies from standing behind players to line up shots. Her playing partners noted the error on the fifth hole of her second round and she had to go back over her previous holes to tally up her infringements. “Now that I don’t play the LPGA […]
Men and women will compete against each other for one trophy at a new event to be hosted by Swedish golfers Henrik Stenson and Annika Sorenstam next year. The Scandinavian Mixed is co-sanctioned by the European Tour and Ladies European Tour and will feature 78 men and 78 women in its field. READ ALSO Association […]
More than 45 international golfers are set to join Nigeria in celebration of Nigeria Independence in a competitive tournament scheduled to hold Saturday to Tuesday at the IBB International Golf and Country Club in Abuja According to the vice chairman of the IBB golf course, Senator Emmanuel Anosike the 15th Match play edition between Achimota […]
Justin Rose has revealed his delight after securing the Zurich Classic at TPC Louisiana. The 2013 US Open champion has managed to bounce back after finishing as runner-up to Jordan Spieth in Augusta at the Masters with his win in New Orleans. Rose, who now has seven PGA Tour titles to his name, claimed the […]
The Volvo China Open got off to a suitably colourful start on Tuesday afternoon with the official opening ceremony in Shanghai. After a Kung Fu show opened proceedings, dignitaries from the China Golf Association, the Shanghai Government, the Volvo Group and Tomson Shanghai Pudong Golf Club took to the stage to deliver speeches. Once the […]
Six-time major winner Sir Nick Faldo will play in his last Open in July. Faldo, who will turn 58 during the 2015 event, has won the Claret Jug three times, including in 1990 at St Andrews, the venue for this year’s competition. “The Open and St Andrews will forever hold a significant place in my […]
Masters champion Jordan Spieth says he is relishing a future rivalry with Rory McIlroy after winning his first major. Spieth, 21, broke several scoring records in his four-stroke victory over Justin Rose and Phil Mickelson to claim the only major McIlroy is yet to win. “He’s got four majors, something I can only dream about,” […]
On this day in 1997, 21-year-old Tiger Woods won the prestigious Masters Tournament by a record 12 strokes in Augusta, Georgia. It was Woods’ first victory in one of golf’s four major championships–the U.S. Open, the British Open, the PGA Championship, and the Masters–and the greatest performance by a professional golfer in more than a […]
Former world number one Tiger Woods will have to match the achievement of his good friend Darren Clarke to win a fifth green jacket in this week’s Masters. Woods has started just two events in 2015, shooting a career-worst score of 82 to miss the cut in the first of them and withdrawing through injury […]