MTN WGC's Eastern Regional Qualifiers Set for Port Harcourt

15th December, 2010 - 3:05 PM

The MTN World Golf Championship (WGC) resumes this weekend at the Port Harcourt Golf Club which hosts over 200 amateur golfers in the Eastern Region qualifiers. More national finalists are expected to emerge from the Port Harcourt zone and compete with the other zonal finalists in the national championship billed for Le Meriden Golf Resort, Akwa Ibom State between May 21 and May 23, 2010. The western regional qualifiers tee-off for the 2010 championship two weeks ago at the Ikeja Golf Club. Over 150 golfers drawn from Abeokuta, Ibadan, Dolphin and Sagamu Golf Clubs participated in the 18-hole competition. From the western zone, the four single burst players will be joined by several double digit players in the national finals. The MTN WGC has evolved into the nation's flagship amateur golf tournament given the quality of the players it attracts from different segments of the economy as well as the array of prizes in the annual contest.

According to MTN's Chief Marketing Officer, Mr Bola Akingbade, through the WGC, MTN is again re-affirming its core corporate values of leadership, innovation and relationship. He said that MTN would not only create experiential opportunities for its customers in terms of innovation and executive networking, but it would also build a lasting legacy of support, partnership and excitement in golfing experience in Nigeria. The WGC is an annual tournament that starts from the players' home country as a national championship which is divided into five handicap flights, each played differently. Five winners, one from each flight, represent their countries as a team, as well as play individually within their flight. Since the debut of the WGC in Nigeria in 2005, it has not only ignited the passion of golfers in and around the country, it has also attracted global attention under the sponsorship of MTN Nigeria. From the national final scheduled for the exclusive Le Meridien Golf Resort, Ibom, five national flight category winners will represent Nigeria at the world finals in Hua Hin, Thailand in October.