The competition is the final qualifying event
The second pre-tournament qualifier for this year’s Gold Fields PGA championship will tee off at the Celebrity Golf course at Sakumono on Tuesday, September 7 and end on Thursday September 9, 2021.
Over 50 golfers will be competing to gain qualifications of which 24 professional golfers are expected to qualify depending on their total gross score.
The three-day event is the last qualification round for the championship after the first round came off earlier this year in March at Achimota. The results of the two events will be put together to determine first top 24.
Akwasi Prempeh made it clear that 'you can only play for prize money but not for qualification if you missed the earlier one because accumulation of points from the two will be use as benchmark'.
15 PGA senior golfers and 15 foreign golfers will be added to the 24 regular golfers who will qualify for the Gold Fields PGA Damang Championship.
Speaking to Nana Prempeh on Global Sports Preview show on Power 97.9 Fm in an interview, Tournament Director for PGA of Ghana, Akwasi Prempeh hinted that all is set for the last qualifier to begin on tuesday.
‘We have prepared enough and ensure total adherence of all Covid-19 protocols for a successful event.
‘For the foreign players they have their own order of merit to get golfers qualified for the this year’s tournament' Mr Prempeh stated when asked how foreign players would get to qualify for the championship.
He touched on what to expect at this year’s Gold Fields PGA Championship.
‘The Damang Championship will come off in November but date is yet to be revealed and the prize money will be increased as its has been each year and because of the foreigners there will be massive changes and improvement to make it one of the enviable golf championship in Africa every pro golfer would like to participate.
‘Some golfers from South Africa and the UK will come to participate in this year’s championship. Other Countries expected to join Ghana are Cote D'Ivoire, Senegal, Nigeria, Togo, Zimbabwe, Congo, Mali, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea just to mention a few.
Nigeria golfer Christopher Francis who won the Championship two years ago will have automatic qualification for this year
because he could not defend his trophy last year due to Covid-19 which subjected the tournament to only Ghanaian based golfers.
Concluding his submission, Akwasi was thankful to PGA executives for giving him the opportunity to serve as Tournament Director and express optimism his bid for reelection on monday elective congress will be successful because members will consider his job over the years to give him another mandate to lead them.