President of the Senate, Senator David Mark will today (Friday 28, 2013) lead 80- man Nigerian Golfers to Ghana for an international golf match with their GhanAian counterparts.
The international match play between Otukpo Golf and Country Club and Tema Golf Club of Ghana will tee- off on Friday June 28, 2013 and ends on Sunday June 30,2013.
In 2010 , Achimota Golf and country Club of Ghana hosted their Otukpo counterparts to an international match play . Achimota golf club triumphed at the tournament.
Senate President said yesterday that Otukpo golfers have grown and matured to play international competition saying that the Nigerian golfers would surprise fans in Accra, Ghana.
” Our golfers mostly young men and women are prepared for this match . I am convinced that with the level of their preparations , they would bring the trophy to Nigeria”, Senator Mark stated.
Senator Mark hoped that with the crop of young Nigerian golfers, the country would make appreciable impact in the game in the forthcoming Olympics.