PGA executive calls on Sports & Recreation Minister
The leadership of the Professional Golfers’ Association, (PGA) Ghana has called on the Minister of Sports and Recreation, Mr Kofi Adams.
The meeting discussed a potential collaborations and a commitment to reposition professional golf as a powerful tool for sports excellence and the promotion of ecological awareness and social inclusion.
Welcoming the team, Mr Adams expressed an enthusiasm to leverage golf as a tool for sports development and environmental consciousness, saying “a sport like golf can enhance the country’s economic benefits for the youth.”
According to Mr Adams, golf plays an important role in promoting discipline, strategy, and respect for nature, noting that every golfer becomes an advocate for the environment.
This, he said makes it imperative to introduce golf in schools, an initiative that could nurture young minds to value green spaces while embracing a sport that has enormous potential for tourism, health, and character development.
He assured that their collaboration would move beyond dialogue into action, with plans to develop golf-in-schools programmes, roll out climate-awareness campaigns, and engage communities across regions in growing the game.
The President of PGA. Mr Hans De Beer, appreciated Mr Adams’ support and commitment to developing golf in Ghana.
He said the collaboration between the Ministry and PGA is expected would have a positive impact on the development of golf in Ghana.
Other PGA executive members who were present at the meeting were Alhaji Ahmed Padori, Vice president, Tournament Director, Eric Henaku, Assistant Tournament Director, Francis Torgah, Emos Kwablah a senior member and Secretary of the Ladies’ Professional Golfers of Ghana Mercy Werner.
BY TIMES SPORTS REPORTER
