Golfer Oboh to grace Lagos Open

First Bank and organisers of the 60th edition of the Lagos Amateur Open Golf Championship have announced that Nigeria’s foremost lady golfer, Georgia Oboh, is one of the big names that will grace the annual golf event scheduled to hold at the Golf Section of Ikoyi Club 1938 from November 18 to 21.

This was made known at a press briefing at the Ikoyi Club House Terrace, Lagos on Wednesday.

Oboh, who is Nigeria’s only woman in the Ladies European Tour, is a product of the First Bank Lagos Amateur Open Golf Championship and is one of the professionals that will take part in the championship.

The event is a World Amateur Golf Ranking listed competition that attracts the best golfers from the amateur scene. Participating in the competition contributes to the points for golfers to aid their WAGR rankings.

Speaking on the significance of the tournament, Folake Ani-Mumuney, Group Head, Marketing and Corporate Communications, First Bank, said, “For us at First Bank, the championship is already special because time in itself makes it special.

“Sixty years of anything is significant because it means that there is continuous improvement and it shows commitment and I doubt if there’s sponsorship around the world that has lasted this long and unbroken, which is the point we are making.

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“This is not the only milestone for us; we have also done 102 years of polo in Kaduna. This means there are people within the bank who are deliberate about sustaining something that other people started.

“It is also significant for us because as we are developing sports it also means we are developing people and creating avenues and opportunities for people to express themselves in different ways