{"id":2548,"date":"2018-06-03T19:03:10","date_gmt":"2018-06-03T19:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thebureaugh.com\/addons\/thegolferonline.com\/golfer\/?p=1849"},"modified":"2018-06-03T19:03:10","modified_gmt":"2018-06-03T19:03:10","slug":"torgah-fires-7-under-65-to-win-vodafone-asantehene-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegolferonline.com\/golf\/blog\/2018\/06\/03\/torgah-fires-7-under-65-to-win-vodafone-asantehene-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Torgah fires 7-under 65 to win Vodafone Asantehene Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: text; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">The current West Africa Number One golfer, <\/span>Vincent Torgah, fired an incredible 7-under 65 for a defining lead in the Pros division on Saturday at the Vodafone 61st Asantehene Open Golf Championship.<\/p>\n<p style=\"outline: transparent 0px; text-align: left; word-spacing: 0px; cursor: text; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">\u00a0He closed off his Sunday campaign on 75 for a total 280 shots over four days to win the enviable Championship back-to-back. (he shot 68 and 74 on days one and two respectively)<\/p>\n<p style=\"outline: transparent 0px; text-align: left; word-spacing: 0px; cursor: text; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">\u00a0Torgah began the third day, two shots behind Korblah but turned it around when he finished 8 incredible shots up on the leaderboard. That ultimately electrified the gallery.<\/p>\n<p style=\"outline: transparent 0px; text-align: left; word-spacing: 0px; cursor: text; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">\u00a0For shooting 65 and winning at the same time, Torgah breaks the course record of 66 at the magnificent Royal Golf Club in Kumasi.<\/p>\n<p style=\"outline: transparent 0px; text-align: left; word-spacing: 0px; cursor: text; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">\u00a0The organizers awarded him a cool GH\u20b53000 for that feat which brought his winning to GH\u20b515,000. His Majesty Otumfuo pledged an extra GH\u20b55000 bringing his total cash prize to GH\u20b520,000.<\/p>\n<p style=\"outline: transparent 0px; text-align: left; word-spacing: 0px; cursor: text; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">\u201cIt\u2019s a great feeling for a player like me\u201d. Vincent said, adding \u201cI feel like now people can see what I am good at because it takes hard work and self believe to break a course record\u201d. He concluded, describing how he feels setting a new course record.<\/p>\n<p style=\"outline: transparent 0px; text-align: left; word-spacing: 0px; cursor: text; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">\u00a0Meanwhile, Emos Korblah who almost disrupted the leaderboard after the second round with 2 strokes, ended the Open 7 points away from the ultimate winner Torgah. Korblah totaled 287 after returning 70, 70, 75, 72 over the four days.<\/p>\n<p style=\"outline: transparent 0px; text-align: left; word-spacing: 0px; cursor: text; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">\u00a0Kojo Barni finished in third place with combined score of 288 (71-71-72-74) while Lucky Ayisah scored 292 (74-74-70-74) for fourth place.<\/p>\n<p style=\"outline: transparent 0px; text-align: left; word-spacing: 0px; cursor: text; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">\u00a0The back-to-back Champion, Vincent Torgah, who in the last year alone capped a total of 14 wins, expects to relive that glory and this astonishing victory clearly sets him on the right path.<\/p>\n<p style=\"outline: transparent 0px; text-align: left; word-spacing: 0px; cursor: text; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">\u00a0TheGolfer Online<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The current West Africa Number One golfer, Vincent Torgah, fired an incredible 7-under 65 for a defining lead in the Pros division on Saturday at the Vodafone 61st Asantehene Open Golf Championship. \u00a0He closed off his Sunday campaign on 75 for a total 280 shots over four days to win the enviable Championship back-to-back. 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