WCGC: Grand Cereals wins, promises quality representation in Tenerife

Winners of the 2023 World Corporate Golf Challenge (WCGC) Grand Cereals represented by Vitus Ezenwa (Left) Simbi Wabote of NCDMB (middle) Peter Eben-Spiff of Grand Cereal-1 and Remi Olukya, WCGC representatives in Nigeria in agroup photograph with the champions.

The 2023 edition of World Corporate Golf Challenge came to a thrilling end on Sunday with Team Grand Cereal-1 emerging the winner. Playing like a team infused with the winning bug, the team came from behind to win decided at the Lakowe Lakes Golf Estate.

Represented by Peter Eben-Spiff and Vitus Ezenwa, the team who competed under Dulux Paints flag last year shot 81-stableford points beating team Banwo&Ighodalo who carded 80-stableford points by 1-points.

Team Grand Cereal opened their game with 39-stableford points and a closing 42-point to defeat Asue Ighodalo and Tunji Adebayo who represented Team Banwo&Ighodalo.

Wole Abegunde and Fatumata Soukouna, the events overnight leader, competing under the flag of Meristem came third with 78-stableford points. Geregu Power came in the fourth position with 77-stableford points while QSHOP represented by Talal Akar and Bidemi Ojo completed top five in the competition.

Satisfied by their success and performance in the champions, Ezenwa and Eben-Spiff promised to surpass their result in the last edition saying the experience garnered in their first appearance in last year’s World Finals will plays a big role in determining how far they will go in the 2023 edition which also marks the 30th anniversary of the competition. .

Also speaking, Asue Ighodalo of Team Banwo&Ighodalo described the outcome as interesting but painful losing out to the winner by 1-point.

“This is a weekend to remember. I thoroughly enjoyed myself and wished I