The maiden edition of Glo Golf Tour West Africa ended on Sunday in Otukpo, Benue State as Globacom doled out N20m, a brand new car, motorcycles, sewing machines and other prizes to pros and amateurs, including Senate President David Mark and his wife, Helen, who won in the Grand Finale.
Mark, playing with handicap 12 won the veterans men event with a score of 176 gross in the 36-hole event on the Otukpo Golf and Country Club course, while his wife led the women's field with a score of 251 gross.
Mark, Helen, the Och' Otukpo, Dr. John Eimonye, and over thirty other amateurs, who won in other categories, received various prizes from Globacom at the prize-giving ceremony.
Mark said the Glo Golf Tour West Africa 2012 was a huge success not only because the highest ranked professional golfers in West Africa participated in the tournament but also because of the exceptional quality of organisation, the N62.5m unprecedented prize money and the glamorous closing ceremony.
He explained that no sport was elitist, contrary to the opinion of many that golf was. He pointed out that many of those who won prizes in the amateur categories were youths, adding that every sport was capable of bringing glory to a nation.
He announced that for the next five years, the Glo Golf Tour grand finale would be held in Otukpo and called on the pros to improve their game as the Otukpo Golf Course would be upgraded to be more challenging.
"Once you play here (in Otukpo) after the upgrade, you can play on any course in the world and do well," he said.
