Talking Tiger without Scandal

Today marks the beginning of another journey.

I have always journeyed with golf but not on the pages of National Life and the big names at “life” have brought my writing sabbatical to an abrupt halt. What a sweet pain!

I will try to talk about Tiger without his adultery. I will mention his ex-wife, Elin Nordegren but try hard to skip her three boyfriends (since divorce with Tiger). Its going to be a tough call anyway; that tells how delicate golf has become, especially trying to dig into the life of the sport's super stars.

John Daly’s ex published her account of life with her controversial former partner and says he makes Tiger Looks like a saint.

Today, lets open this affair with some nerve soothing matters and it comes inform of numbers, I will try to tell stories with them.

1; This weekend Nigeria’s number one golfer is in Kenya,  and as you read this he’s knocking balls around the Muthiaga Golf Course in Nairobi. If you ask me; I am not too excited. I will describe my unhappiness with the case of a toddler trying to take solid.

The field may be too mature for the level of golf we play. Anyway let me borrow the saying of Nigeria's ruling party PDP “Goodluck to you, Goodluck to me”

Before I log out of Kenya (which we trashed 3-0 in football during the week), Oyebanji and is in town with two other players Lateef Lasisi and Sunday Odegha (the last is stepping outside the country for the first time and as at last check before the tee-off, hes been dazed by what he has seen so far both the ambiance at Muthiaga and the platora of players he has only seen on TV that he would be playing with)

Again, Goodluck to them, Goodluck to us.

2: For the second time in two years Nigeria would be presenting almost the same team tor the World Corporate Golf Challenge in Gorege in South Africa. The O&A Consulting team that won would be parading Olaitan Muyideen, Christopher Obije, Remi Olukoya and Joe Abu (all except Abu flied TRENKO Oil) flag last year.

3. Three New golf facilities that would interest you.

 Sarner PFN last week was announced to have nicked a deal to build what will be Nigeria’s biggest golf resort that its first phase would be ready in 2013.

The Golf course is to be built with as part of “Delta Leisure Park” to be situated in both Warri and Asaba,49 billion naira is in the offing here for the project (we are watching)

Then, there is this Enugu Lifestyle and Golf City. Please don’t ask me about the lifestyle part, but it’s the golf part that attracted me to the project. It’s the project of the present government and we hope it will help deliver more facility for more people to enjoy the game.

The third is the "Lagos Keys" which is being built by the Lagos state government and Pinnacle point in South Africa. The promoters hopes the Lagos keys would rank in the top 5 in the world when it is finally completed sometimes in 2015. Four hundred housing units are to come with it which will be sold to the public.

I have deliberately left out some golf development so we can have space for them in subsequent discourse. There are two others in Lagos, two in Abuja, one in Akure, one each in Rivers and Cross River states and another in Kano that rates like these.

Golf development is one of the stealth indices for a growing economy and it provides huge opportunities for the community.

Keep a date to share in the openings that the game would create and we can all latch on to it.