PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan will this weekend commission the new all green Pro-Am golf course constructed by Senate President, David Mark in Oturkpo, Benue State, with about 150 local and internal professional golfers expected to feature in a tournament marking the ceremony.Until last year, all golf tournaments at the course were played on brown turf, but all that changed have with the decision of the Senate President to pioneer an 18-hole green course to put the Oturkpo Golf and Country Club on the international map.Secretary of the Club, Oga Ekwu, told The Guardian during the commemorative golf tournamentthat the commissioning of the course would be performedby President Goodluck Jonathan, who is expected to lead top dignitaries, including Ministers, senators, House of Representatives members, and captains industry to the serene town.Ekwu noted that with the new green course, golfers would be eager to etch their names in history books, saying that the feel of the course accounted for the massive turn out for the commemorative event.'Since 2002, golf action had been on brown but the Senate President single-handedly undertook this marvelous green course you are seeing; it is unprecedented that one person will build a green course. We are all excited; it evokes some feelings in all of us; like golf is coming here for the first time. It is something to cheer, to be thankful to the Senate President and celebrated by the community,' he stated.Among top rated golfers expected to the tee off include Oturkpo-based Ghanaian golfers, Amos Korblah and J. J Hardy; their Nigerian counterparts A. O Odoh, F. Pam, G. Oyebanji and K. Ogwuche.Ekwu gave a graphic picture of how the feat was achieved, saying that two dams were built to supply water to ensure that its present all-year-round lush green condition is maintained.The captain also revealed that virtually all the caddies that will work during the tour will take home about N1, 500 daily, adding that many youths have taken up the game of golf with some already playing handicap two.
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