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Golf
By Victor Okoye
Abuja, July 2, 2017 (NAN) Zimbabwean Visitor Mapwanya on Sunday emerged the winner of the 2017 West Africa Golf Tour (WAGT) B & E Stroke Play Tournament in Abuja.
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.
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), when he opened up a four-shot lead, served him in good stead as his closing two rounds (75, 74) were unimpressive.
Ghanaian Vincent Torgah who had a 73 and Cameroonian Pristhy Nji who shot level par for the last round both ended in joint second position.
Issa Nlareb, also of Cameroon, who shot a 75 in the fourth round for a total of 299, finished third.
Nigerian players Gift Willy (74, 302), Desire Ebele (70, 303) and Morgan Atako (80, 305) settled for fourth, fifth and joint sixth positions respectively.
NAN reports that the best score of the day was for Ebele who shot 2 under par 70 to move him up the leaderboard five positions to finish fifth.
The winner pocketed a prize money of 8,000 dollars, which was the biggest prize on the WAGT so far.
Also, the category 1 amateur event of the B & E tournament was won by Barry-White Gureteh who finished a very credible 15th position.
Following is the final results of the 2017 B & E Stroke Play tournament:
PLAYER ROUND 1 ROUND 2 ROUND 3 ROUND 4 R1-R4
Visitor Mapwanya 72 71 75 74 292
Vicent TORGAH 76 72 73 73 294
Pristhy NJI 74 75 73 72 294
ISSA NLAREB 77 72 75 75 299
GIFT WILLY 82 74 72 74 302
Desire EBELE 77 81 75 70 303
Morgan ATAKO 74 74 77 80 305
Francisco PEREZ 75 80 75 75 305
Kingsley OPARAKU 76 77 78 75 306
Kojo BARNI 77 76 79 80 312
Solomon IDERIAH 79 78 76 79 312
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(Edited by Olawale Alabi)