GiTi Tyres President’s Putter set to tee off at Celebrity Golf Club on April 1

President of Celebrity Golf Club, Tang Hong

The Celebrity Golf Club at Sakumono in the nation’s capital will once again come to life with the game of golf as feverish preparations are under way for the 2025 Giti Tyres President’s Putter championship.

Being one of the prestigious golf tournaments on the calendar of the Celebrity Golf Club, the Giti Tyres President Putter is set to tee off on April 1 with over two hundred golfers consisting of professionals and amateurs who are expected to compete separately in the competition.

The tournament, expected to last five days, is being put together by Wonders Rising Stars Golf Academy with sponsorship from Giti Tyres and Tang Palace Hotel. Over two hundred golfers will compete in the tournament which is staged annually to honour the president of the Celebrity Golf Club Tang Hong for his leadership role within the club and contribution towards the development of the game in the country.

Fifty pros from different clubs across the country after competing in the just ended PGA Captain’s Prize tournament at Achimota will now focus their attention on the Giti Tyres President’s Putter tournament with much interest. Knowing very well the attractive prize money at stake, most pros are warming up themselves ahead of their category competition which will end on 4 th April at Sakumono.

The amateur golfers on other hand will get on the course on the final day of the competition and battle for the juicy prizes which will be up for grabs at the closing ceremony.

According to the lead organizer, John Mawuli Nyarko, all is set for the championship to start and hope the best of golf would be displayed especially from the pros who will be competing for cash prizes not forgetting the bragging rights.

The president of the Celebrity Golf Club, Tang Hong in an interview with a section of the media indicated that the golf championship will always bring out the best of organization on the part of organizers and sponsors, adding that the competition will create the platform for a Ghanaian – Chinese relationship to be strengthened.

Source Phil John Quartey