PGA OF NIGERIA
6, Olukole Close
Off Ajao Road
Surulere
Lagos State
Nigeria
Formed: 1969
Confederation of Professional Golf Member Country Since: 2018
Members: 182
No. of Players: 21,000+
No. of Courses: 70
The Professional Golfers’ Association of Nigeria was established in 1969 when the first set of four Nigerian pros returned from Pro Training in Europe. Since then it has been growing to become what it is now.
It is now made up of 182 members with our headquarters Lagos, Nigeria. Our members are presently males from different parts of our country and neighbouring Ghana, Cameroun, Togo and Senegal.
It was initially named Nigeria Professional Golfers’ Association (NPGA) before it was changed to its present name in 1999. It was registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission of Federal Republic of Nigeria under the Companies and Allied Matters Decree No. 1, 1990 in 1999.
The PGA of Nigeria is the only PGA in Nigeria that promotes and manages professional golf in the country with a good working relationship with Nigeria Golf Federation (NGF).
Our mission is to promote and develop golf particularly, professional golf; Seek career development, capacity building and update its members in the profession; And more importantly, ensure strict adherence to the rules of golf as provided by the R & A and the USGA.
In view of the above, the following has been the strategic plan set out and followed strictly by the Association towards achieving all its objectives:
Our activities in the Association have been in line with these strategies. Bi-ennial Qualifying School has been used for the training, assessing and admission of talented golfers into the Association. This school will be admitting female golfers for the purpose of establishing the ladies wing in the Association within the next three years.