Arowolo wins Obasanjo’s golf tourney

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By Olu AJAYI

NIGERIA: SAMSON Arowolo has won the third edition of Obasanjo Open Golf Championship for both professional and amateur golfers in the country.

Arowolo of Abeokuta Golf Club won with 75 gross while he was closely followed by teammates, Dotun Ajobiewe, who recorded 78 gross, and Afeez Odejayi with 80 gross.

With the feat, the host, Abeokuta Golf Club, made a clean sweep of the tournament’s three top prizes.

GatewayMail learnt that Warrant Officer Fatimah Usman of the Tigers Golf Club, Odogbo, Ibadan clinched the female category top spot with 79 nets while Sade Opawunmi of Abeokuta Golf Club emerged second.

Dr. Lemboye Okunboye won the veteran category of the tournament with 80 nets, closely followed by Chief Bode Mustapha with 81 nets while Prince Segun Onabolu emerged winner of the super veteran category.

Top golfers from Abeokuta Golf Club, Ibadan Golf Club, Tigers Golf Club, Ewekoro, golfers from Benin-Republic competed for prizes at the tournament.

The contest was packaged in honour of former President Olusegun Obasanjo,

who described golf as a game for gentlemen.

Obasanjo, who lauded the organizers for the successful hosting of the tournament, tasked captains of various clubs to work hard on him to give-up his favourite game of squash for golf.

The Abeokuta Golf Club Captain, Adewale Adeogun, however, urged the former president’s support and the corporate sponsors in taking the tournament to international level.

Adeogun appreciated the commitment of the club’s planning committee, led by its board of trustees Chairman, Justice Ademola Bakre, for the success of the championship.

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