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Ghana’s Emos Korblah on Tuesday emerged winner of the professional category at the ongoing Nigeria Cup 2010 golf tournament.

The tournament which was put together
by the golf section of the Ikoyi Club 1938 as part of activities
leading up to Nigeria’s Independence Day celebrations on October 1, saw
the talented Ghanaian defeating a strong field to claim top spot.

With over 30 professionals in
attendance, based on their performance and ranking on the Nigerian
professional tour, the one-day, 18-hole tournament was expected to be a
fierce contest.

But it was the visiting Ghanaian, who competes in both the Nigerian and Ghanaian professional tours,

who outlasted the field as he proved he
was still a force to be reckoned with as he shot a resounding 3-under
par 68 to write his name on the 14-year old competition’s winners’
chart.

In second place was University of Benin
Teaching Hospital Golf Club’s resident professional, Victor Enaigbe,
who shot an impressive 1-under par 70, thus shaking off the lethargic
putting that saw him struggle at last week’s Nigeria at 50 tournament
at the IBB Golf and Country Club in Abuja.

Completing the top three in the professional category was Said Yusuf.

Other top professionals in Tuesday’s
field were Port Harcourt’s Willy Gift, Abuja based Ayuba Musa, Friday
Adache from Ilorin, Kingsley Oparaku who was formerly of Aba sports
club, and Lateef Lasisi, a former Nigeria Open winner.

Also present was the Director of
professional golfers association of Nigeria, Jamiu Oyebajo, Ikoyi Club
1938’s top professional Bashiru Bakare, as well as former Nigeria Cup
winner Gboyega Oyebanji among others.