Mohammed Suleiman and Deanne Mamza have emerged winners of the men and women gross categories of the maiden TopFx Golf Tournament.
Suleiman playing off handicap 2 scored a cumulative gross 75 to emerge in the men category, beating a field of 120 golfers in a stroke format play. While Mamza playing off handicap 19 took home the ladies highest gross prize with 96 gross.
In the Men’s Division 1 category (for handicap 0 to 18), Okey Akobundu playing off handicap 17 scored a gross of 85 and 68 net to emerge winner, while Biju Sunita playing on handicap 34 with a gross score of 106 and 69 net won the prize for the Ladies Division 1 category. Former IBB Lady Captain, Joy Ikwe, playing off handicap 27 with 108 gross and 81 net finished as runner-up in the category.
In the Auxiliary award category, Mamza won both the prize for the longest drive and nearest to the pin ladies with a distance of 195 metres and 12.10 ft respectively.
Joe Opio and T. Amanambu won the prize for the longest drive (275 metres) and nearest to the pin (3.6 ft) respectively in the men’s category.
Speaking at the prize presentation, TopFx West Africa Regional Manager, Ada Ogbuehi, expressed delight at the large number of golfers that turned up for the maiden edition of the tournament, saying her company was looking forward to hosting many more editions of the tournament. She said the 2024 edition promises to be bigger and better.
The tournament which teed-off on Friday ended on Sunday at the IBB International Golf and Country Club, Abuja.
