The Zambia Golf Union – ZGU has reiterated that golf tournament are still suspended despite the lifting of restrictions for the use of the golf clubs. The golf union stated that all tournament fixtures remain suspended and still await health authorities guidelines.
In an exclusive phone interview with the Zambian Business Times – ZBT, ZGU president Christopher Mulenga disclosed that only social golf is being played but corporate golf tournaments and professional golf tournaments have been suspended.
The golf union is also reviewing the situation with guidance from the ministry of health and the ministry of sports.
“To be honest with you, organized golf is not yet open, what people are seeing is just social golf. The annual fixture which should have started in February is suspended and we haven’t gone back to operate as normal”.
“We suspended all fixtures even before the republican president announced the ban. It was a proactive move by Zambia Golf Union itself, and we are reviewing the situation in terms of the information we are receiving from the Minister of Health and the Minister of Sports”, he said.
He further stressed that the loss from the suspended league is momentous but a proper assessment on the loss needs to be made before arriving at actual figures, but the loss is huge. And tournaments like Zambia Open and Zanaco Masters have all been suspended. The fixtures run from February till November.
All the major cities in Zambia have international standard golf clubs. The capital Lusaka has the Lusaka golf club and the privately held Bonaza golf club. The second largest city by population, Kitwe has the Nkana golf club, Ndola has the Ndola golf club, tourism capital of Livingstone has the Livingstone golf club while Solwezi has Kansanshi golf club.
