After watching first-hand the fun, excitement and competition in the sport, Stephen Oduro, Managing Director of state-owned SIC Insurance Company Limited, has reiterated the outfit’s commitment to the development of golf in the country. “Golf is played by all ages and enjoyed by a whole range of people as well as, it also provides us…
Player profile: Samba Niang Country: Senegal Age: 29 Height: 181cm Weight: 83kg Turned Pro : 2008 National rank: 1 West Africa Golf Tour ranking: 4 Pro wins: 18 Samba Niang is the number one golfer in Senegal for the last 8 years. He started playing golf in Senegal when he was three years old. He…
Samer Hage reeled off amazing birdies and pars to win in the Men Group A during the 2nd Head of State Invitational Golf tournament at the Royal Golf Club in Kumasi. Samer earned the ultimate prize after shooting to a Stableford score of 39 points to bring down his handicap from 2 to 1.7 The…
Mary Prempeh routed a strong Ladies field to win the second edition of the prestigious Head of State Invitational Golf tournament at the Royal Golf Club in Kumasi. She returned a Stableford score of 38. Her victory brings down her handicap from 12 to 11. Mary was presented with a sleek trophy by H.E President…
Brooks Koepka stepped up to his approach on No. 16 on Sunday afternoon at the U.S. Open. At +1, he was a single stroke ahead of Tommy Fleetwood, who’d been in the Shinnecock Hills clubhouse for two hours after posting a record-tying 63 earlier in the day. Koepka had no margin for error, and he…
The Awards Dinner for the Head of State Invitational Golf tournament was held at the Manhyia Palace in the evening of Saturday June 16. The event had in attendance the President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin II as well…
The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II and the Okyehene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin participated in what will forever remain the historic tee off at second edition of the Head of State Invitational Golf tournament at the magnificent Royal Golf Club in Kumasi on Saturday June 16. The intriguing gesture brought the garden city virtually to…
State Insurance Company (SIC) has thrown its financial weight behind the second edition of the Head of State Invitational Golf competition scheduled for the Royal Golf Club in Kumasi this Saturday. The Insurance giants in a ceremony at its Ring Road Head Office presented a cheque for ¢50,000 to the country’s golf governing body, Ghana…
Southampton (United States) (AFP) – Dustin Johnson likes the view from the top, and the long-hitting American says there’s no downside to arriving at the 118th US Open as the number one ranked player in the world. “If anything, it takes pressure off me just because I played well last week,” Johnson said Tuesday at…
The tournament might already have been wrapped for Dustin Johnson, but that didn’t stop him from putting a neat little bow on it with his final shot of the weekend. Holding a four-stroke lead over second-place finisher Adam Putnam, all Johnson had to do on the 18th hole was avoid catastrophe on a historical level.…
