By Yahaya Isah
No fewer than 250 lady golfers from across the country have converged in Minna, the Niger capital for the 2025 Northern Zone Golf Championship 2025.
The National President of the Ladies Golf Association of Nigeria (LGAN), Evelyn Ovome, made this known during a press conference as part of activities to mark the opening ceremony of the 2025 Northern Zone Golf Championship.
She explained that by Nov. 26, African countries would be expected to come to Nigeria for the All Africa Golf Challenge Trophy taking place at the IBB Golf club, Abuja.
Ovome appealed to the Federal Government through the National Sports Commission (NSC) to do all it could to ensure the success of the event.
The national president further appealed to the Federal Government to reinstate Golf as an event in National Sports, noting that golf had not been introduced to the next Olympics.
Earlier, the 1st Vice President of LGAN, Lami Ahmed, said the event which commenced on June 18, and expected to end by June 21, would be played with over 54 holes by 250 players.
Ahmed said: “We chose Minna because we want to spread the tournament to every part of the North and to encourage women to participate.”
She added that the championship was a World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) standard which would feature amateur ladies while their male counterpart would also participate as guest players.
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