Tiger Woods will be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2021.
“I am both honored and humbled,” Woods, a 15 times major winner, said in a statement on Wednesday after receiving the necessary 75 per cent of support from the body’s voting panel.
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Jide Bolaji, the Secretary of the Professional Golfers Association, on Friday said the proposed affiliation with the European PGA will further boost the profile of the PGA of Nigeria.
President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to receive President of the United Nations General Assembly, Maria Espinosa, who is paying a one-day official visit to Nigeria on Monday.
Malaysian golfer Arie Irawan died of “apparent natural causes” on Sunday in his hotel room on the Chinese resort island of Hainan, the PGA tour said in a statement.
The 36-year-old also won the PGA Championship at Wentworth, the Tour’s flagship event, and claimed a maximum five points to help Europe beat the US in the Ryder Cup.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that names of the All Progressives Congress candidates were missing in the list displayed at the INEC Secretariat in Gusau on Friday.
This includes a share of 11th at last week’s Players Championship in the eight events he has played since returning to the PGA Tour this year after spinal fusion surgery in April 2017.
His bid to end a five-year title drought in the majors appeared to be in tatters, as he ended the day 10 strokes behind pacesetting American Jason Dufner, tied for 38th at one-over par