First Bank Celebrates Elevation Of Lagos Amateur Golf Championship

The authorities of Nigeria’s oldest bank were on Thursday celebrating the enlistment of the First Bank Lagos Amateur Golf Championship in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, WAGR.

It is a major development that is expected to increase interest amateur golfers from across the world to the First Bank Lagos Amateur Championship which has been sponsored by the bank over the last 57 years.

This year’s championship is scheduled to Tee-Off on Friday.

The 56-hole golf tournament, to be played over three days would be rounded off with a grand finale and awards ceremony on Sunday, 17 November 2019.

Other activities to be held in the course of the tournament are the “Professional Coaching Clinic” to nurture the skills of young and upcoming talents and “Beat the Pro Skills competition”. The 2018 edition which had over 260 golfers in attendance was won by Sam Njoroge from Kenyan.

Speaking on the Bank’s sponsorship of the tournament, Dr. Adesola Adeduntan, Chief Executive Officer, First Bank of Nigeria Limited said; “We are excited at the giant strides achieved with the FirstBank Lagos Amateur Open Golf Championship. The championship is now one of the international golf events where all amateur golfers worldwide can now participate and amass points to aid their WAGR rankings.”

“FirstBank has been in the business of supporting sports in Nigeria throughout its 125 years of existence. We have partnered with individuals and institutions to provide support, not only in the sports arena, but also in Education, the Arts and Small and Medium Enterprises”, he concluded.

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