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About 120 golfers would parade at the Tema Country Golf Course to compete for the third Lipton Bi-Monthly Open Championship trophy on Saturday, October 17. Mr Ebenezer Adablanu, General Manager of the Tema Country Golf Club who disclosed this to GNA Sports at Tema on Wednesday, said the one-day 18-Hole Medal Play competition would be sponsored by Unilever Ghana Limited. He said the entry requirements for the competition, which would be played in accordance with the local rules of the Tema Country Golf Club, has Handicap 18 and 24 respectively. Mr Adablanu said the number of entries received attest to the fact that the competition would be keenly contested, adding that management was putting up measures to ensure that the Golf Course was playable by turning the browns into greens. Kweku Okyere, Paul Owusu-Baah, William Asiedu Yeboah, Larry Chinebuah, Alex Fiagomey and Felix Owusu-Adjapong are expected to feature for the Tema team while Mike Aggrey, Charles Tabi, Matthias Dorfe, Daniel List, Paul List, Mike Ben-George and Mike Ezan have registered for the Achimota Golf Club. Five prizes would be awarded in the Men's category while three would be given out in the Ladies segment. There would also be prizes for the 'Longest Drive on Hole 117' and the Nearest to the Pin on Hole 18'.