Where we're going
Our vision
To be the leading golf and lifestyle destination in South-East Nigeria — the first place people think of for championship golf, and the easiest place in Imo to fall in love with the game.
About the club
Built on the Obinze plain, for the people of Imo and everyone who visits.
Arsenal Golf & Country Club brings championship golf, a full clubhouse and a genuine social home into one destination just outside Owerri.
Our story
A course that started as a conversation
Golf in Imo State used to mean travelling. Players who wanted a proper eighteen holes drove hours, and the people who might have discovered the game never got the chance. Arsenal was founded to close that distance — to put a course of real quality within reach of Owerri, and to make it a place families would visit even when nobody in the car played.
The site at Obinze gave us the raw material: gentle ridges, mature palm stands and the red laterite that runs through the whole landscape. Rather than erase it, the routing works with it. The same instinct shaped the clubhouse — local timber, shaded terraces, and rooms that open onto the closing hole.
Today the club is best known as the host of the Imo Governor's Cup, but the tournament is the peak of an ordinary week that we care about just as much: junior lessons on Saturday morning, corporate fourballs on Friday, and a long lunch that runs into the evening.
What we do daily
Our mission
To maintain a course and clubhouse of international standard while staying genuinely accessible: coaching newcomers, hosting the state's biggest tournament, and giving members, families and visitors a place that feels like theirs.
Core values
Six things we don't compromise on
They govern how the course is cut, how the kitchen runs and how a first-time visitor is greeted at the gate.
Rooted in Imo
The course follows the land rather than flattening it. We plant what already grows here, employ from the communities around Obinze, and keep the club's character local.
Open to beginners
Golf grows when new people can start without embarrassment. Coaching, short-game access and patient starters are part of how the club runs, not an afterthought.
Serious about the game
Championship-standard greens, honest yardages and a setup that can be stretched for tournament play. The course rewards a good shot and asks a question after a poor one.
Hospitality first
Whether you arrive with clubs, a family or a boardroom, you should be looked after the same way — quickly, warmly and without fuss.
Care for the land
Water management, native planting and responsible turf care so the course stays playable through both the rains and the harmattan.
A place to belong
The round ends; the club doesn't. Long tables, shared trophies and members who know each other's names.
The best way to understand the club is to stand on the first tee.
Arrange a visit, ask about membership, or simply come for lunch on the terrace and watch a few groups come through.