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<div dir="ltr">Two-time winner of the Gold Fields Professional Golfers Association Championship, Vincent Torgah has been thrown out of this year's event after he was accused of breaching the rules</div>
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<div dir="auto">His disqualification was announced by the PGA Tournament Director Akwesi Prempeh after the second round of play on Thursday which ended with Torgah in a one shot lead.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Torgah named Golfer of the Year by the Sportswriters Association of Ghana (SWAG) in 2017 was sent packing after being reported by his two playing partners for infringing the Ground Under Repair (GUR) rule at hole 15 of the Damang Golf Course, Tarkwa.</div>
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<div dir="auto">According to the report brought by Samuel Tetteh, a scratch golfer from Tema playing to qualify to join the professional ranks and Kwabena Poku, of the Royal Golf Club, Torgah refused to add the required strokes to his score but went ahead to sign it.</div>
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<div dir="auto"><strong>Rules</strong></div>
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<div dir="auto">Per local rules governing Damang golf course, if a golfer plays GUR without stroke and distance, he/she has to add two strokes to his/her score before signing the scorecard.</div>
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<div dir="auto"><strong>Leaderboard</strong></div>
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<div dir="auto">The Tema Country Golf Club man was top of the leader board with nine under (-9) course par after two rounds of play.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Nigerian Christopher Francis who was top of the standings after the opening round, replaced Torgah at the top after he scored 136 gross over two days.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Four shots behind the Nigerian is Zimbabwean Visitor Mapwanya (140) and Leading the charge for the host country is Emos Korblah who has recorded a 142 gross.</div>
<div dir="auto">Meanwhile, the playing field of sixty three (63) professional golfers from host Country Ghana, Nigeria, Togo, Cote D'Ivoire and Zimbabwe have been whittled down to thirty (30).</div>
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<div dir="auto">Two-time defending champion, Kojo Barnni is still in the hunt for an unlike third consecutive victory. He is tied in 15th place with a 152 gross with Francis Torgah and Peter Amenyo.</div>
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