Ghanaian Torgah disappointed, says his final round was bizarre
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Golf
By Victor Okoye
Abuja, July 2, 2017 (NAN) Ghanaian Vicent Torgah on Sunday expressed disappointment at finishing second in the West Africa Golf Tour B & E tournament in Abuja, saying that the results weren’t shocking, but “just a little bizarre.”
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the pro tournament teed off on Thursday at the IBB Golf and Country Club and came to an end on Sunday.
No less than 40 players from seven countries, namely Zimbabwe, Gabon, Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and Spain took part in the four-day stroke play tournament.
Zimbabwean professional golfer, Visitor Mapwanya emerged winner of the West Africa Golf Tour (WAGT) B & E tournament.
Mapwanya finished a total of 4 over par for the four rounds which was good enough to win by 2 shots.
His play in the first two rounds (72, 71), opened up a four-shot lead, which served him in good stead as his closing two rounds (75, 74) were unimpressive.
Torgah on the other hand, who had a (76, 72) in his first two rounds, improved in his two closing round with a (73, 73).
He, however, finished in joint second position with Cameroonian Pristhy Nji who shot level par in the last round.
The Ghanaian pro, who is a two-time winner of the tour, told NAN that he played well, especially in the final round but found it hard to score, adding however that his Zimbabwean counterpart, Mapwanya deserved to win it.
“The tournament was good but it was just hard luck for me and I think Mapwanya deserved to win it because he played well and worked hard for this tournament and I am happy for him.
“I finished joint second, which is also good. Not a bad week but I honestly wanted to win.
“I finished with a +6 after four rounds, which is bad for me. This course is so good to play but I can’t explain what really went wrong.
“But I think my short games let me down this week, I couldn’t make my ups and downs well. I hit the ball very well and too long and missed a lot of pots here and there,” he said.
He said he would be going back to the drawing board to work very hard on his short game, adding that he would give the tour a bigger challenge in the next tournament.
He also expressed his gratitude to Emeka Okatta, the President of the tour and all the sponsors.
“I am a two-time winner of the tour and I must confess that it has really been good to us and he has helped to keep us in good shape which is very key.
“We really appreciate it and look forward to seeing bigger sponsors join him (Okatta) so that the tour can organise even bigger tournaments for players as a lot of young golfers are eager to join the tour.
“It is my sincere hope and prayer that the tour continues to grow and very soon we will begin to see young ‘Tiger Woods’ coming out of Africa,” he said. (NAN)
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Edited by Yusuf Zango