Golf: Battle for Nigeria’s No.1 intensifies at eTranzact Classic

More than N20 million in prize money is up for grabs in the second eTranzact Classic, which is scheduled to begin at the IBB International Golf and Country Club in Abuja on Wednesday. The tournament also has the potential to identify a new number one among Nigerian gold professionals.

185 professionals, including category one and club amateur players, have registered for the 54-hole competition, which takes place on the Professional Golf Development Tour platform. It closes on Friday, May 17.

In addition to being the reigning winner of the coveted eTranzact title, Francis Epe leads Nigeria's professional golf rating at the moment. To hold onto his ranking, he is, nevertheless, well-positioned for a strong finish.

These young Nigerians have a lot of potential, according to Niyi Toluwalope, Managing Director of eTranzact. We're happy to have given them this stage to demonstrate their abilities. Like the super fintech that we are, our goal is to constantly encourage creative and healthy competition that will advance the nation.
Currently rated below Epe and fresh off a fourth-place result at the Cameroon Open last weekend, Olapade Sunday is the front-runner for Nigeria's leader of the order of merit slot from the tournament.
Other players are George Inalegwu, Kabiru Haruna Mohammaed, Kamalu Bako, George Inalegwu, and youngster Okoko Godwin, the former top player in Nigeria.

Top entries from West African nations are also present, particularly from Ghanaian PGA players like Bary Yaw, Augustine Manasseh, and Kofi Owusu.
Femi Olagbenro, Commissioner of the PDG Tour, stated that the eTranzact tournament achieved the tour's goals of assisting in the sourcing of professional golf events and maintaining the engagement of the nation's many golf talent.

"The eTranzact is the most recent of three events we have hosted on the PGD Tour this year. The effect the event is having pleases us. Because of the flair that the PGD Tour has highlighted, the Nigerian circuit has grown extremely lively in the present day.

Following 36 holes, there will be a mid-way cut in the event, with the top 30 players in the professional division moving on to the Friday classification round alongside club amateurs.