350 golfers for P’Harcourt tourney

Three hundred and fifty golfers are set to begin battle for the 2013 Port Harcourt Amateur Open Golf Championship, which tees off on Friday  with a cocktail at the golf section of Port Harcourt Club 1928.

Captain of the club, Opunabo Inko-Tariah, said, “The tournament remains one of the biggest events at the club and we expect 350 golfers from across the country to take part in it.

“Heritage Bank is the major sponsor of this year’s event, so we decided to christen the trophy The Heritage Cup. In terms of preparations, we are 100 per cent ready to make it a memorable weekend.

“During championship with large fields like this, the course plays quite slow.

 “Nothing can really be done about the slow play of the course in tournaments with heavy human traffic. Everybody wants a large turnout in tournaments and so do we. If the course is slow because of a large turnout of golfers, then so be it. But we will use marshalls that would ensure that play is not ridiculously slow.”

Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, Managing Director of Access Bank Plc, Mr. Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede and Chairman, Heritage Bank Plc, Mr. Akinsola Akinfemiwa, are some of the dignitaries expected at the event