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 has won many junior and amateur titles in Senegal and in the US. He was nominated Santa Barbara junior golf’s player of the year in 2006 and won the CIF Southern Section with the Santa Barbara High School team in 2007.
Since turning pro in 2008 he has won 18 professional tournaments. He has played on the MENA Golf Tour, the Thai PGA Tour, the Korean Tour and many qualifiers in Europe.
He is currently ranked 4th in the West Africa Golf Tour.
Credit: Golf News West Africa
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