Gold Fields PGA Champs open at Damang

A strong field of 51 golfers are competing for prizes at the Gold Fields Ghana Professional Golfers Association (PGA) Championship at the Damang Golf Club after the competition officially teed off Wednesday.

A contingent of Ghanaian golfers from the Royal Golf Club in Kumasi, Achimota Golf Club, the Celebrity Golf Club, Takoradi Golf Club, the Tarkwa Golf Club, the Obuasi Golf Club, the Tema Country Golf Club and the Beige Village Golf Club face a challenge from their counterparts from Togo, Benin, Cameroun, Cote d’Ivoire, Senegal, Gabon, Sierra Leone and Nigeria in the four-day competition which ends on Saturday.

The winning golfer takes home GH¢25,000 as the first prize put together by the sponsors Gold Fields Ghana with support from Stellar Logistics and Connell Mining.

The field will be cut to 24 golfers at the end of today’s round with the players in line to receive various prizes.

About 35 amateur golfers will also be in action on the last two days of the competition.

At its official opening yesterday, the Executive vice-president and head of Gold Fields’ West Africa Operations, Mr  Alfred Baku, charged the golfers to exhibit a high sense of sportsmanship as they battle for the winner’s prize at stake.

“Inasmuch as I’m expecting a very competitive tournament,  I also expect the professionals to be disciplined because the prize money has tripled and they will be eager to win something,” he said.