Aminu wins 60th First Bank Lagos amateur Open Golf tourney
Aminu Kadir of Ilorin Golf Club emerged winner of the 60th edition of First Bank of Nigeria sponsored Lagos Amateur Open Golf Championship which ended over the weekend at the Golf section of the prestigious Ikoyi Club 1938. He grossed a score of 14-over the Course par, playing over 54 holes to clinch the event’s […]
Tunde Owolabi, Group Executive, Retail Banking Lagos & West; Folake Ani-Mumuney, Group Head, Marketing & Corporate Communications; Aminu Kadir, Winner of 60th Lagos Amateur Open Championship and Callistus Obetta, Group Executive, Technology & Services at FirstBank’s 60th Lagos Amateur Open Golf Championship finals held at Ikoyi Club 1938
Aminu Kadir of Ilorin Golf Club emerged winner of the 60th edition of First Bank of Nigeria sponsored Lagos Amateur Open Golf Championship which ended over the weekend at the Golf section of the prestigious Ikoyi Club 1938.
He grossed a score of 14-over the Course par, playing over 54 holes to clinch the event’s coveted trophy, leaving the tournament defending champion, Tajudeen Ajayi of the golf section of Ikoyi Club 1938 in the second position.
In the third position was 2019 top-ten finisher, Gabriel Ejembi while Olusegun Emmanuel with gross score of +17 duck in the fourth position.
Shola Ogunwoye maintained his consistency in the Lagos Open with another top-five finish.
However, the 60th anniversary celebration of the Lagos Open was more about Aminu, the Champion, who now eyes professional career in golf.
“My target now is the Qualifying School and I believe I will make it. That is my ambition. My victory has further given me the conviction that I will make it through Qualifying School”, Aminu said.
The special 60th anniversary celebrations of the Lagos Open also had past winners who are now Professional on the Course. Sam Njoroge from Kenya, Nigeria’s top seed, Andrew Oche Odoh, Willy Gift from Port Harcourt, were some of the professionals who took part in the competition. Gift won in the category after a 4-holes playoff with Njoroge.
First Bank’s Chief Executive Officer, Adesola Adeduntan, who was represented by Callistus Obetta pledged the Bank’s continuous support for golf.
Other highlights of the four-day event was the donation of an Ambulance to Ikoyi Club 1938, N5.1m donation to Down Syndrome Foundation and Pacelli School of the Blind which also got N5.1m as part of the special anniversary celebrations of the famed Lagos Amateur Open Golf Championship.