Acutech Pro-Am Launches 2024 Professional Golf Season
The second edition of the Acutech Pro-Am Golf Championship will tee off at Ikeja Golf Club in Lagos today, January 29, 2024, and simultaneously kickstart the professional golf season in the country.
With a total purse of N15million at stake, Nigeria’s topmost professionals assembled at the host course over the weekend to make an early impression on the 2024 ranking and a sizeable chunk of the winning purse.
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 professional golf to run the championship and looks forward to expand its deliverables.
Ghana’s Emos Korblah, the winner of the inaugural edition of the event, said after his practice round on Sunday that he looks forward to defending the championship.
“Ikeja Golf Club is one golf course that is highly underrated. 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.
Former Nigeria’s number one players, Francis Epe, Oche Odoh, and Mike Ubi, would be headlining the playing rounds when the 56-hole hostilities get off.
Professional Golfers’ Associotion’s Operation’s Director, 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 onboard more this season,” he concluded.