Memory Lane PGA Championship set for Royal Golf Club in Kumasi from 16th to 18th October 2024

The days are moving very quickly ahead of the Memory Lane PGA Championship, scheduled for Wednesday, 16th to Friday, 18^th October 2024 at the Royal Golf club in Kumasi.

This will be the last flagship tournament on the PGA Ghana calendar to finalize the selection of twenty (24) players for this year ultimate PGA Championship at Celebrity Golf Club, Sakumono.

Therefore, all top professional golfers across the country are eager to go to Kumasi and show case their prowess to secure their positions for the last competition of the year. Even though Gold Fields, the title sponsor for the last ten (10) years came to an end 2023. However, the association has managed to secure a new title sponsor which will be announced in a couple of weeks. Meanwhile massive preparations are underway behind the scene within the PGA leadership in nation’s capital, Accra and also at the tournament venue in the Garden City to ensure the successful organization of the Memory Lane Championship.

The tournament director of the PGA, Eric Henaku who is working in partnership with the other executives and the former tournament director Rev Akwasi Prempeh ahead of the event mentioned that the golfers have shown massive interest in the Memory Lane Championship being the last qualifier.

Touching on the forth coming tournament from his based in the United Kingdom, the PGA’s director of operations, Alhaji Ahmed Padori advised the incoming professionals to train well and should not allow fear grip them regardless of the position they are in currently.

According to him such golfers should approach the game with positive mindset and surely they can produce a score that will deserve their effort. Alhaji Padori extended the PGA’s sincere gratitude to Prof Bernard Kofi Baiden and his able executives at the Royal Golf Club for offering the association the opportunity to use their course and facilities.

From Sammy Heywood Okine