Ghana's Korblah wins at Abuja Glo Golf Tour

Emos Korblah poses with his top prize for winning the Abuja leg of the Glo Golf Tour on Friday

Top-most Ghanaian golfer, Emos Korblah, on Friday got a fantastic birthday present as he held his nerve on the final day of play to finish off his impressive games on the second and third days to emerge champion of the Abuja leg of the Glo Golf Tour. 

Born on November 23, 1963, Korblah celebrated his 49th birthday the same day he won the prestigious prize. He was closely followed by his country man, Vincent Torgah, who won the first leg of the tour in Asaba and Andrew Oche Odoh, who won in Sagamu. Korblah, after a stuttering start on Day 1 when he finished 6th at 75 points, quickly rallied to lead the table on Day 2 with 2 under par at 70 points and maintained the lead on Day 3 with 72 points, bringing his three-day score to 217.

He finished off on Day 4 with 71 points to make a total of 288 points, leaving Torgah, in second place with 292 points. Torgah had hit 73 points on the final day of play. Odoh on his part finished with 293 points.

Korblah, who boasted to newsmen before the start of play last Tuesday that he had his eyes “firmly set on the title”, thus won Globacom’s N2.025m prize money at stake for the Number 1 spot in Abuja. Torgah went home with N1.125m for the second place winner, while Odoh went home with a N900,000 cheque. A total of N15m was at stake at the Abuja leg of the tour.

Speaking to newsmen after he received his prize, highly elated Korblah said he was delighted to have realized his dream. “I want to first thank God for adding a year to my life, and then for this fantastic victory. Like I said from the beginning, I came here to enjoy myself with an eye on the title. I saw the victory coming; in Asaba I was second, in Sagamu I was 3rd, so I knew then that it was coming and this would be my week. It was not easy playing against such fantastic golfers from all over West Africa, especially Torgah and Oche. They pushed me to improve my game. I am glad everything worked out well for me eventually,” he said smiling. 

“I want to use this opportunity to thank Globacom for bringing this tournament and motivating everybody with such huge prize money,” Korblah said. He added that he would try to win the grand finale at the Oturkpo Golf and Country Club.

On his strategy, he said: “My putting was not good, but I made sure that my drive was very good.”

The Glo Golf Tour West Africa, which teed off in Asaba on November 8, 2012 and swung through Sagamu and Abuja, will climax at the Oturkpo Golf and Country Club, Oturkpo, Benue State, from December 6 to 9 2012.