Top players from Africa, including reigning champion Francis Epe, are billed to jostle for the increased N20m prize money at the second eTranzact Golf Classic, which holds at the IBB International Golf and Country Club in Abuja from May 15 to 17.
The event debuted on the PGD Tour last year at the Lakowe Lakes Golf Course in Lagos.
The first edition was won by Epe, who presently leads the PGD Tour’s 2024 ranking with a marginal point difference from Olapade Sunday, whose win in the event might upstage the ranking order.
There are also potential threats from Okoko Godwin, Kamalu Bako, Inalegwo George, Elisha Markus and Kabiru Habu Mohammed on the home front.
Other top West African players like Ghanaian trio Barry Yaw, Augustine Manasseh and Vincent Torgah are also on the cards to cause ripples.
Managing Director and CEO of eTranzact, Niyi Toluwalope, said the golf tournament was an offshoot of the firm’s vision.
“We are very supportive of the design and the management objectives of the PDG Tour, that is why we launched the eTranzact Golf Classic on it last year. This year, we have taken our support for the golf development project a notch higher by introducing some changes around the event.
“This edition would be staged at the IBB International Golf and Country Club, in Abuja.
This is our bid to bring a new flavour in terms of the challenge that the IBB Golf Course brings to the event.
The other factor that would be different is that the event would now have a purse of N20m, which is double what was on offer at the maiden edition.”
Olaitan Ibrahim