Torgah Claims The 2019 1st October Championship For Fifth Win Of The Season.

 

 

Vincent Torgah wanted to go wire-to-wire on the African Tour for the fifth time in a single season, and he had the perfect formula Tuesday at the 1st October Championship. He didn't make any mistakes at the Portharcourt Golf Course as no one came close.

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Torgah closed with a 2-under 68 for a fourteen-shot victory having grossed a score of 259 representing 21_under_Par over four rounds.

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The 36-year-old Ghanian remains the first multiple winner on the African Tour this season. He is a two time Order Of Merit winner on the Tour 2017,2018 and still leading this season. Torgah has fourteen victories in total a feat  no one else has achieved on the African Tour.

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Zimbabwe's Visitor Mapwanya parred his  last three holes for a 72  to finish alone in second @7_under_Par  for the tournament.

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The only drama in the final round was shown by Sunday Olapade who brilliantly finished @3_Under to move up to third place, beating home boy Gift Willy to fourth place. It was a big blow to Willy, when he carded a final round four_over par 74, having posted a 67, 67 and a 71 in the first three round closing the event @1_under Par.

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Kabiru Haruna finished fifth @1_Over_Par, Chukwudi Okoro also finished @3_Over_Par. While the trio of Ghana's Emos Korblah, Solomon Ideriah and Francis Epe finished joint fifth @_4_Over_Par.

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Torgah won the Portharcourt Classics in May , ending nearly five months without a victory on the Tour. Now he has five victories five months apart, and Torgah strongly believes he has a lot of unfinished business on the tour for the remainder of the 2019 season.

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The African Tour has three events remaining -- all of them in Nigeria-- before the top 30 qualify for the season-ending African Tour Championship in December.