Playing like someone infused with the winning bug, Augustine Friday Nabueze led from start to finish to emerge champions of the 7th edition of First Bank of Nigeria Limited sponsored OBJ Golf tournament in Abeokuta at the weekend. Playing off handicap 3, Nabueze grossed 76 for 73-net score to defeat a field of 134-golfers in the event put together to honour former President, Olusegun Obasanjo. Event sponsors, First Bank pledged its continuous support for the competition. The golf playing Chief Executive Officer of First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Olusegun Alebiosu, in a chat with newsmen, said the continuous sponsorship of the OBJ golf tournament is sacrosanct as its in line with the Bank’s commitment to supporting any sporting initiative that bring Nigerians together. “At First Bank, we appreciate sports as part of our own strategy of reaching across the society and that is line with our theme of being woven into the fabric of the society. And sport, like the OBJ Golf tournament is a good way of bringing people together”, stressed Alebiosu. He added that the OBJ Golf tournament will enjoy the same commitment that Lagos Amateur Open Golf Championship and the Georgian Cup in Kaduna Polo enjoy. Reacting to the Bank’s gesture, former President Obasanjo, a renowned squash player, confirmed that First Bank’s consistent sponsorship of the tournament has now made him to take up playing golf. “First Bank’s consistent sponsorships of this tournament in my honour have finally broken my resistance to golf. I have therefore decided to join league of golf players,” Obasanjo announced to the delight of golfers present at the closing ceremony of the tournament. Golfers drawn from across the country took part in the 7th edition of the tournament which ended at the weekend.