Vice Lady Captain advises women to join golf club

Vice Lady Captain, Enugu Women Golf Section of the Enugu Sports Club, Mrs Nkiru Agbogu, has denounced the impression that golf is a game for the rich.

Agbogu made the remarks earlier this week in Enugu during an event to mark the 2022 Women’s Golf Day.

“Today (Tuesday), we are observing Women’s Golf Day. That is why you see a lot of women, young girls, even little children with us in a particular dress code.

“It is set out to create awareness and break the narrative that golf is meant only for the rich and the high echelon, No, it is not true.

“When you come in, you will remove all that impression you have.

“You can see little children, whom we want to catch young because when you catch them young, they come out like Tiger Wood,” she said.

The lady golfer encouraged women to join the golf club to enable them play and enjoy the game.

Agbogu argued that golf game would enable women to exercise well, adding that the game equally allowed them to play at their pace.

The Vice Lady Captain said that the Women’s Golf Day celebrated globally to raise awareness on women participation in the game as well as to clear the wrong insinuation that golf is exclusively reserved for the rich.

She noted that the Enugu Women Golf Section had improved tremendously since it was established in 2010, pointing out that it had over 30 female golfers, which according to her was poor.

Agbogu however, revealed that the challenges facing the section were quite overwhelming and enormous but applauded the current golf club captain for tackling the challenges head on.

She appealed to the State Government to assist the golf club in sustaining the game in the State.

On her part, a member of the club and General Manager of Juhel Pharmaceutical Company, Mrs Amaka Okoye, said the event, which was aimed at celebrating women in golf, also provided opportunity for new ones to learn how to play golf.

Okoye said that Juhel pharmaceutical Company was part of sponsors for the Golf day as a way of helping the people, including women to keep fit and also giving back to the society.

She described golf as a leveler, as it was played by the young, old, rich and poor unlike insinuated in some quarters.

Highlights of the event include training on teeing off, chipping and putting as well as longest drive and nearest to pin competition.