Yakub wins maiden TYB Golf club tourney

Adam Yakub has emerged winner of the maiden Tukur Yusuf Buratai International Golf Resort and Country Club, Abuja induction kitty.

Yakub played off handicap 20, with a net score of 86 and 66 gross to emerge winner of the tournament.

Y.J. Sado, playing off handicap 28, with 95 net and 67 gross finished as runner-up net, while Kunle Badejo, playing off handicap 28, with 98 net and 67 gross, settled for first runner-up prize.

In the ladies’ best net category, Patience Abochi emerged winner after playing off handicap 17, with a net score of 84 and 67 gross.

While Staff Sergeant Maureen Apute, the Lady Captain of TYBIGRCC, finished as runner-up net after playing off handicap 18, with 87 net and 69 gross.

In the Auxiliary category, Mohammed Sadiq won the award for the longest drive  in the men’s category, while Halima Agbeniyi won the same award in the ladies category

Maj. Gen. Samson Jiya, the captain of the club, told newsmen on the sidelines of the event’s tee-off ceremony that the TYB Golf Club was gradually becoming the pride and bride of golfing in Nigeria.

“So, we thought it wise to host and specially welcome our new members in a first-of-its-kind induction kitty.

“We are using the opportunity to educate them on the roles, values and ethics of golf, especially as it relates to what is expected of them here at the TYB International Golf Resort and Country Club,” he said.

Maj. Gen. Epa Undiandeye , the Chief of Defence Intelligence and a special guest of honour at the event added that he was very proud of the heights the club had reached.

“TYBIGRCC has indeed become a major competitive golfing course in the Nigerian golf circuit, having taken off from a very humble beginning.

“Beyond that is the fact that the very best of the best in the country now come to play in this wonderful, historic and well maintained golf course.

“Indeed the creme de la creme of the society is now seeing TYB as the club to be, which accounts for the very high number of newly inducted members which we are seeing today,” he said.