Oboh begins campaign at Ladies Tour in Morocco

Teenage sensation, Georgia Oboh will on Thursday, April 19 feature in the Ladies European Tour (LET), tagged the  Lalla Meryem Cup at the prestigious Dar es Salaam Blue Course in Rabat , Morocco.

The 17-year-old will be the youngest and first Nigerian to play in a LET event as an amateur golfer.

As an amateur, Oboh will not be sharing from the 450,000 Euro tournament purse, however this will serve as great preparation for the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) . She is the first Nigerian golfer male or female to feature in any Olympics

Oboh captained the Nigeria girls’ team to the last All Africa Junior Challenge in Morocco and it was her performance that prompted the organisers to invite her for the LET event.

According to Oboh, her primary goal is to learn a thing or two from the lady professionals whilst honing her own skills. “I am excited about the environment particularly the greens. It is very tricky and it is going to be challenging.

I hope to give my best having played on same course during the All Africa Junior Challenge last month.

Among the notable lady professionals who have signed up for the tournament are veterans Trish Johnson and Lydia Hall of the U.K. and recent winner of the Lalla Meryem 2018 Qualifying rookie, American Casey Danielson

Oboh is very much looking forward to this event after she was supported to be part of the tournament by well-meaning Nigerians.

The Lalla Meryem Cup is a women’s professional golf tournament in Morocco under the high patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI. It was held in Rabat until it moved to Agadir in 2011. It moved back to Rabat in 2016.

The tournament has been played annually since 1993 and is held alongside the Hassan II Golf Trophy. In 2010 it was added to the Ladies European Tour (LET) schedule and upgraded to a full fledged tournament having previously been limited to around 12 players. Both tournaments moved to Agadir in 2011.