Le Meridien Ibom Golf Course Nigeria

Ritson Golf Design were appointed in 2002 as golf course architect consultants to design a new 18 hole, par 72, championship standard golf course of over 7,000 yards for Le Meridien Ibom Hotel Golf Resort near Uyo in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The Golf Course was opened in March 2007 by Colin Montgomerie, Retief Goosen and Nancy Lopez and is now a premier location for top golf professional tournaments in Nigeria.

The golf course is the jewel in the crown of the new 5 star Le Meridien Ibom Hotel which is situated on a hilltop ridge, with spectacular views over the surrounding rain forest stretching to the mountains of Cameroon.

The course is the first major golf development in the last 20 years in Nigeria and rivals the IBB Club in Abuja with superb paspalum grass greens. This is officially the largest new golf courses in Nigeria. A new model of the whole golf course is now available by searching at http://www.lemeridienibom.com/video