Ikoyi Club 1938 – Golf Section – remains hosting choice for the 60th edition of FirstBank Lagos Amateur Open Championship as over 400 golfers globally are expected to be busy on the fairways from November 18-21, 2021.
The Championship is billed to tee off on Thursday November18 with Corporate Golf Challenge, a special aspect of the competition geared towards raising funds for Charities.
The development is under the banks SPARK initiative, an acronym – Start Performing Acts of Random Kindness; a values-based initiative designed to create the consciousness of being kind as a choice.
This year’s event according to the organisers, Concierge Sports, is a unique event to celebrate FirstBanks unwavering commitment to golf and sports in general.
The FirstBank Lagos Amateur Open Golf Championship is a World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) listed competition that attracts the best golfers from the amateur scene, not only in Nigeria but across the world.
Speaking at the events pre-tournament briefing in Lagos on Wednesday, FirstBank’s Deputy Managing Director, Gbenga Shobo, who represented the Chief Executive Officer of FirstBank of Nigeria Limited, Adesola Adeduntan said this year’s event marks landmark sponsorship of the longest-running known golf competition in this part of the world.
Also speaking, the Group Head, Marketing and Corporate Communications, Ms. Folake Ani-Mumuney said that the bank will continue to sponso sporting events, because it reflects the banks belief in the role of sports as a major vehicle for social development, whilst also being a unifying force of individuals, irrespective of language, culture, religion and social strata in any given society.
The 4-day event which promises to be highly competitive, would be rounded off on Sunday November 21.
