AMATEUR Golfer  Olaitan Muyideen of Ikeja Golf Club over the weekend beat over 80 competitors from all the nook and crannies of Nigeria to win the prestigious First Bank Lagos Amateur Open.

Olaitan total gross was 155. Bawa Umur of Kaduna Golf Club gross of 157 ensured that he placed second, while Ajah Millu of Dolphins Golf Club was third.

In the Ladies Guest tournament Samuel Bella won, the runners-up was Hall Ellen. In the Men Guest event, Tunde Oremule and Charles Idowu were winner and runner-up respectively.

The new champion, Olaitan was on cloud nine when he was declared the overall winner on Sunday. Many golfers were taken aback by his exceeding joy considering that he has won the tournament twice before, but Olaitan sees this win as important and if not more important than the two previous successes,

“First Bank Open is the biggest and the most prestigious amateur tournament in Nigeria. To win the first time, second time and now the third time is a big feat that means I am the road to being a legend. I intend to participate in this tournament and win again and again; this victory is sweet, better than the first and the second one”

In his message to the guests and golfers at the award that rounded the tournament on Sunday night, the Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of FirstBank PLC Bisi Onasanya commended Ikoyi Club 1938 for ensuring top-notch maintenance of its golf course.