1. PORTO GOLF CLUB
Tucked away in Minjibir, a mere 20 minutes’ drive from Kano city is the Porto Golf Club. This amazing resort is everything you will see at the Algarve in Portugal. In a five-page stunner, we present to you why this resort is regarded as Nigeria’s best kept golf secret – and why your golfing holiday must start here. Here is a freebie: This golf resort has 50 luxury chalets and is equipped with two Olympic-size swimming pools.
2. NIGERIA’S SIX BIGGEST GOLF SPONSORS
In a well-researched history of golf sponsorship since golf was first played in Nigeria in 1897 at the Sapele Golf Club, we dug out six names of outstanding sponsors. Who are they? Why are they picked? Their profiles will intrigue you.
3. EMIR OF DUTSE BARES IT ALL:
“Cost Of Building Golf Club Would Have Put Me Off”
He says he would not have built the Dutse Royal Golf Club if he had thought of the huge cost in the first place. Then he adds: “Well it’s money and you don’t ask for the price. My happiness is that I have built a legacy for my people.”
4. The chilling story of how AIG Tunji Alapinni encountered a full-bred lion at the Kanji course…… and how the nightmare made him stay away from golf for six months.
5. Meet, first hand, the Okezie Golfing Dynasty
6. Queen mother of Twon Brass in Bayelsa and former president of Nigeria Ladies Golf Association, HRM Josephine Diete-Spiff discloses how ego and envy are ruining women’s golf.
7. Editor’s column: Why a year tenure for club captains is absurd and unhelpful.
8. 50 ways you can enjoy golf more.
9. Countdown on the President Muhammadu Buhari farewell tourney.
10. How the Chief of Naval Staff tourney played out.
INSTRUCTIONAL GOLF
Addressing the golf ball appears to be the simplest of the game. But you won’t believe that performing this simple task creates so much failure for most golfers, leading to them shooing awry scores in every round of golf.
But below, again, are simple remedies that could make you overcome the problem of creating a perfect stance. Just adhere to these remedies and tips and see how quickly your game would soar above all roughs and deep bunkers.
THE OKEZIE GOLFING DYNASTY
Father and son share the same passion. Both could offer their right hands just to have a round of golf.
Ralph Okezie is a wealthy philanthropist who will offer anything for the development of the game. In fact, he put in so much effort to ensure that the Military Course in Obinze, Owerri, that is the Arsenal Golf Club, receives enough care that it could be compared to any other big golf club in Nigeria.
Ralph’s son, Obinna, is the CEO of Wakanow, the first online travel company in Nigeria. He is a 1999 graduate of the Maryland University, USA, and an absolute sportsman who featured at the top level in five NBA clubs – Vancouver Grizzlers, Dallas Mavericks, Atlanta Hawks, Cleveland Cavaliers and the Los Angeles Clippers. He equally featured in the nation’s basketball team, D’Tigers, before giving all his time to golf. He plays off 15 Handicap at the Ikoyi Golf Club and already has several plans to uplift golfing in Nigeria.
Trust us, we got father and son talking about one subject, golf. What they told us is most revealing. All yours in our maiden edition.
