Ayisah displaying his honours
Unassuming pro golfer Lucky Annan Ayisah from Achimota Golf Club emerged winner in this year’s Gold Fields PGA Golf Championship in Damang on Saturday.
The ‘Achimotan’, first time winner, teed off brightly by topping the leader board on day one. He trailed the day three leader by three shots, overturned the game on hole 15, making sure he pulled a score of five under par (-5) over four days to open two strokes gab which he held on to win the flagship prize on Saturday.
Kojo Barnni, who topped day three by leading Ayisah with two shots going into the last day but lost it on hole 15 which was par 4 where Kojo played seven instead, saw him finished second with three under course par.
The lucky winner said, “This is a very big thing to me because I have been working hard to win this tournament for the past six years.
“My patron, Emos Koblah, is not playing well this year so I said to myself, I have to be there.
“Wanted to win the trophy and this trophy must go to Achimota, so it was always on my mind to win it.
“I did not just get up to win Gold Fields PGA Golf Championship but rather hard work went into this victory so I advise young golfers to take their training seriously and accord their seniors the needed respect.”
He added ”I know it is extremely difficult to defend this Championship but I can assure the next winner that he must be a hard working person to take this glittering trophy from me because l am coming next year to defend it.”
It was Victor Brave Mensah, who dominated the seniors category by scoring 219 gross over three days, while the tournament director, Akwesi Prempeh, came second with SSS 234 for three days.
This year’s edition did not attract golfers from foreign lands due to the Covid-19 pandemic which prevented the defending champion, Christopher Francis, a Nigerian, from participating.
By Kofi Owusu Aduonum