Accra, Nov. 30, GNA – A total of 32 professional golfers will converge at the Damang Golf Club on Wednesday, November 30 to compete at the 2022 Gold Fields Professional Golfers Association (PGA) Tournament.
The golfers, made up of 24 Ghanaian golfers and eight foreigners, would be battling for a cash prize of GH₡50, 000 in the tournament that is expected to end on Saturday, December 3.
The 24 Ghanaian golfers competing in the tournament are currently the top ranked players during a four mini tournament played within the year while the foreign golfers would be from Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Togo, Zimbabwe, Senegal, and Gabon.
In addition to this, 16 senior golfers would also play at the championship.
The regular pros would play for four days but would be cut to 24 after the first two days while the senior pros would also play for three days but would also be cut to eight after the second day.
At stake is a winning prize of GH₡50,000 for the regular pros and GH₡20,000 for the senior pros making the total prize money of GH₡267,000 for the regular pros and GH₡69,000 for the senior pros.
According to the sponsors, Gold Fields, the grand total for the prize money for this year’s tournament is GH₡336,500 which has been increased significantly from last year, which was GH₡172,000.
Winners over the past four years are Kojo Barnni (2018), Christopher Francis from Nigeria (2019), Lucky Ayisah (2020) and Vincent Torgah (2021).
The competition is sponsored by Gold Field Limited with support from Engineers and Planners, BCM, Genser Energy, Total Energies, AEL, and Gaso Oil.
Mr. Hans De-Beer, Chairman of the Organising Committee, mentioned that the course was in good shape and ready for the tournament.
He said they hosted the Ghana Open about some weeks ago and according to him, there were lots of positive compliments from the players and described the Damang Golf Club as the best golf course in the country.
GNA