By Abimbola Ogunnaike
At least 172 players from across the country are expected to converge at the Ibom golf course for the 2024 Ibom championship tourney, which kicks off Saturday, 1 June, 2024 ( in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.
The players, including former governors, deputy governors, and senators, among others, will slug it out for the various prizes during the tournament tagged “Ibom 2024 Open.”
The captain of the golf course, Usenobong Akpabio, who made this disclosure while addressing a press conference at Ibom Golf Country on Friday, 31 May, 2024, said all is set for the tournament.
“We are at Ibom Golf and Country Club, and we are getting set for one of the most exciting golf days tomorrow (Saturday) in this part of the world.
“Ibom Open used to open in the past, and we used to have Le’Meridian open in the past, and we used to have “LM open” at the time; it was Le Meridien Hotel here. It used to be the game that every golfer within and outside the country looked forward to playing.
“In fact, at a point, it was “LM Open 1&2,” but when Le Meridien left and COVID 19 set in, a lot of things went underground. As a club, we are to do a rebirth of Ibom Club, and I am happy the way I’m seeing this birth may give birth to twins.
“We are getting ready for the epic show tomorrow. The games start at 6.30am, and we are having presentations of trophies and dinner by 6pm here in the club.
“On Sunday, we have another show that we call the OPM festival of jamming, and most of the people that are coming are because they know that there will be a jamming festival.
Ibom Open 2024 is going to be a good one, with former governors of Kogi, Cross River, Kano, and other states, including former senators and captains of industries, among others, partaking.
This event was oversubscribed in under one week, and we want to apologise to those who would have wanted to be here but are not here,” he said.
A total of 200 professional and amateur golfers drawn from all parts of Nigeria lighted up Uyo, Akwa Ibom State for a three-day golf tournament which kick-off on Friday, 24 September, through Sunday, 27 September, 2021, at the Ibom Icon Hotel and Golf Resort.
