Absa Financial institution Uganda has introduced a UGX 300 million sponsorship for the Professional-Am leg of the 2026 Uganda Golf Open, sustaining its sponsorship dedication on the similar stage as 2025 and lengthening its assist for the nation’s flagship golf event for a seventh consecutive 12 months.
The announcement was made through the official press launch of the 2026 Uganda Golf Open at Uganda Golf Membership, Kitante. The event will tee off on August 13, 2026, bringing collectively Uganda’s main golfers and regional opponents throughout varied classes.
The Absa Professional-Am, one of many event’s signature occasions, will probably be held on Tuesday, September 1, 2026, bringing collectively skilled and beginner golfers in a aggressive format designed to advertise interplay, data sharing and participant growth.
Talking on the launch, Billy Bisanga, Head of Consumer and Digital Advertising and marketing at Absa Financial institution Uganda, stated the financial institution’s continued funding within the event is aimed toward supporting the long-term growth of Ugandan golfers and elevating the nation’s aggressive requirements.
Billy Bisanga, Head of Consumer and Digital Advertising and marketing at Absa Financial institution Uganda on the 2026 Uganda Golf Open Press Convention.
“Our partnership with the Uganda Golf Open displays Absa’s long-term dedication to rising the sport and creating alternatives for Ugandan golfers to succeed in the subsequent stage. Via the Absa Professional-Am, we’re making a platform the place beginner {and professional} golfers can compete alongside each other whereas opening pathways to worldwide publicity via the Magical Kenya Open, one in every of Africa’s premier tournaments on the DP World Tour.
“Over the previous six years, greater than 60 Ugandan golfers have benefited from this expertise, returning with worthwhile classes and publicity that proceed to boost the usual of golf in Uganda. We’re proud to proceed investing in a platform that develops expertise, conjures up excellence and positions Uganda’s golfers to compete on the regional and worldwide stage,” Bisanga stated.
As a part of this 12 months’s event, as much as 10 excellent performers from the Absa Professional-Am will earn absolutely sponsored alternatives to attend the subsequent version of the Magical Kenya Open.
Precedence will probably be given to the main qualifying professionals, with any remaining slots allotted to the top-performing amateurs. The initiative is designed to offer Ugandan golfers the chance to expertise one in every of Africa’s premier golf tournaments whereas gaining publicity to world-class competitors.
Dr. Jackson Have been, President of the Uganda Golf Union, stated Absa’s sustained partnership had performed an essential position in strengthening the event and creating alternatives for native golfers.
“Robust partnerships are important to the expansion of golf, and Absa has demonstrated that dedication persistently over the previous seven years. Their assist has helped elevate the Uganda Golf Open whereas creating alternatives for Ugandan golfers to realize worldwide publicity via the Magical Kenya Open.
“These experiences are invaluable for participant growth and contribute to elevating the usual of aggressive golf in Uganda. We’re grateful for Absa’s continued partnership and sit up for one other profitable version of the Uganda Golf Open,” Have been stated.
The Absa Professional-Am has grow to be a key characteristic of the Uganda Golf Open, strengthening the connection between beginner {and professional} golf whereas creating alternatives for mentorship, data sharing and worldwide publicity for rising Ugandan expertise.
Past the sporting competitors, the Uganda Golf Open continues to contribute to Uganda’s tourism, hospitality and repair sectors whereas offering a platform for enterprise networking and regional sporting collaboration.
The Absa Professional-Am will probably be held on Tuesday, September 1, 2026, at Uganda Golf Membership, Kitante, bringing collectively main golfers, sponsors, company companions and golf fans from throughout the area as a part of the broader 2026 Uganda Golf Open championship programme.
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