Tema, April 6, GNA - This year's Bok Nam Kim Memorial Open Golf Championship tees off at the Tema Country Golf Course on Saturday, April 18.

Mr Ebenezer Adablanu, General Manager of the Tema Country Golf Club who announced this at Tema on Monday, said the one-day 18-Hole Stable-ford event, which was open to amateur and professional golfers would be played in memory of Mr Bok Nam Kim, former Chief Executive Officer of Afko Fisheries who died in 1995. Mr Kim, one time President of the Tema Country Golf Club, single-handedly sponsored Ghana's contingent to the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea.

Mr Adablanu said the competition which is expected to attract over 150 golfers, would be sponsored by Afko Group of Companies. He said the competition would be played in accordance with the rules of the World's Golf governing body and the local rules of the Tema Country Golf Club and has Handicap 18 and 24 respectively as the entry requirements Leonard Kweku Okyere, newly-elected captain of the Tema Club would lead his team, which would include former Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Felix Owusu-Adjapong, Nana Antwi Boasiako, Alex Fiagomey, Oswald Amuzu, Paul Owusu-Baah and William Asiedu Yeboah. Mike Aggrey is also expected to lead the Achimota Golf Club's team which had promised to snatch all the prizes at stake. Mr S.C. Chun, Chief Executive Officer of Afko Group of Companies is expected to grace the occasion.