{"id":2499,"date":"2018-08-15T13:54:11","date_gmt":"2018-08-15T13:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thebureaugh.com\/addons\/thegolferonline.com\/golfer\/?p=2499"},"modified":"2018-08-15T13:54:11","modified_gmt":"2018-08-15T13:54:11","slug":"ghana-open-returns-to-tema-country-golf-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegolferonline.com\/golf\/blog\/2018\/08\/15\/ghana-open-returns-to-tema-country-golf-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana Open returns to Tema Country Golf Club"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 85th Ghana Open returns to the celebrated Tema Country Golf Club from September 21 – 22 with incredible fields to compete for the Champion Golfer of the Year. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Tema Country Golf Club has earned the reputation as one of the outstanding golf destinations in the country due to its lush fairways and breathtaking scenery. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Considered the cr\u00e8me-de la cr\u00e8me of all Opens in Ghana, this year\u2019s Open is planned to feature both amateurs and professionals who will compete for honors in the various categories. <\/span><\/p>\n

The tournament undeniably offers a great amount of entertaining action and talented golfers are set to battle it out for glory on the green fields. <\/span><\/p>\n

President of the Ghana Golf Association, Mr. Mike Aggrey, disclosed to TheGolfer Online; Ghana\u2019s only specialist golf website that the competition will comprise of the following categories; Men Group A ( hcp 0 \u2013 12), Men Group B (hcp 13 \u2013 18), Ladies Group A (hcp 0 \u2013 19), Ladies Group B (hcp 20 \u2013 27)\u00a0 and the Pros. <\/span><\/p>\n

The event, due to its heroic status on the golfing calendar in Ghana is expected to also attract golfers from neighboring countries and other parts of the world. It\u2019s is also projected to line up fantastic gallery and stream of media coverage. <\/span><\/p>\n

According to Mike Aggrey, the competition aims at unifying golfers in Ghana, Africa and the world at large, as well as promoting the game of golf. <\/span><\/p>\n

He also believes pro golfers in Ghana will take advantage of the amazing platform that the Open offers to be more active and demonstrate top class performance. <\/span><\/p>\n

Most prestigious competitions of this nature have a heavy purse for the winners in the pros division, and the Ghana Open may be no exception<\/span>. The committee will soon decide on the prize money for the ultimate winner.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, there will also be flurry of prizes and other giveaways for winners in the other categories who will compete in what is expected to be one of the most exciting but challenging Opens ever. <\/span><\/p>\n

Gold Fields Limited, Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited and Innovation Manufacturing Group (IMG) are the main sponsors of the event. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The 85th Ghana Open returns to the celebrated Tema Country Golf Club from September 21 – 22 with incredible fields to compete for the Champion Golfer of the Year. The Tema Country Golf Club has earned the reputation as one of the outstanding golf destinations in the country due to its lush fairways and breathtaking […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,2,3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2499","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-competitions","8":"category-featured","9":"category-golf-news","10":"category-local-golf-news"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegolferonline.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegolferonline.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegolferonline.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegolferonline.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegolferonline.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegolferonline.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegolferonline.com\/golf\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegolferonline.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegolferonline.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegolferonline.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}