Accra: The 91st Ghana Open Championship has been launched in Accra on August 19, 2026, with stakeholders calling on the public and institutions to invest more in the sport. The championship is scheduled to take place at the Celebrity Golf Club from September 16-19, 2026, featuring both professional and amateur golfers competing for honours.
According to Ghana Web, the headline sponsor for the event is OmniBSIC Bank Ghana, which has pledged a total prize purse of GHS400,000 for professional golfers. In addition, exciting prizes will be awarded to amateur participants. This sponsorship marks a significant commitment to fostering competitive golf in Ghana.
During the launch event, Leonard Kwaku Okyere, President of the Ghana Golf Association (GGA), expressed gratitude to OmniBSIC Bank for its support and emphasized the importance of showcasing indigenous culture during the championship. 'We expect it to be exciting and very, very worth its salt. We're glad to have a lead sponsor, which is OmniBSIC Bank, and we think that this is to create awareness for other institutions to also come on board for Ghana Open. This is an Open for Ghana, not for a particular club or a particular institution. It's something that is going to promote golf in Ghana and give us the leverage and the mileage. Basically, we are very, very grateful for the other sponsors too,' he stated.
Okyere further noted that the championship has piqued the interest of other countries across the continent, with potential participation from nations such as Zimbabwe, Uganda, South Africa, and Zambia. 'Normally, the interest comes when the prize money in the purse is big, then you find more countries participating. Hopefully, we'll set the pace, and we hope that this will also lead us to better tournaments next year. It's going to last for four days,' he added.
Daniel Asiedu, Managing Director of OmniBSIC Bank Ghana, expressed his company's delight in sponsoring the championship and urged other institutions to support golf events to enhance the sport's prospects in Ghana. 'Something that has been done for 91 years plus is a good thing. It means that somebody has to be encouraged, and I'm glad that he told us the statistics because if other countries are seeing the importance of golf, then as a country, we need to also wake up,' Asiedu remarked.
He continued, 'And I'm using this medium to call on other institutions and other organisations to support. Golf worldwide is a big thing, just like football is a big thing. But I think in our part of the country, in our part of the world, we have downplayed it.' Asiedu also highlighted the health benefits associated with playing golf, stating that it offers an opportunity for exercise and relationship-building.