KIAMBU GOLF CLUB HOSTS 160 PLAYERS FOR KENYA AIRWAYS GOLF SAFARI
Kenya Airways Golf Safari Kiambu's invite.
By ENOCK NGOME
The par 72 nine holes Kiambu Golf Club tomorrow plays host to the ongoing Kenya Airways Golf Safari where a large field of about 160 players are expected to rub shoulders.
The event with the theme ‘Fly and Drive’ will see competitors battle for different honours and a ticket to the grand finals in Nairobi next month.
This year’s Kenya Airways Golf Safari was sponsored to a tune of Sh15, 000 million and will have witnessed 35 rounds by the time of the grand final, 24 events more than the previous events where the series was only played over 11 rounds.
The third edition of the event has also for the first time witnessed the series go out of the continent as two events are planned for Bangkok, Thailand and Guanzhou, China, where the flight goes to.
Other countries that the tournament visited are Egypt, Cameroon, Ghana, Cote D’Ivore, Senegal, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Sechelles, Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania.
During the tournament, the airline has been offering packages that tour operators can use to promote Kenya as a super golf destination.
Meanwhile, a second nine score of 22 stableford points was enough for home player Tom Simba to beat Maina Mukoma and Renato D’Souza on countback to emerge the overall winner of the Kenya Power and Lighting Corporation (KPLC) Golf Day at Karen Golf Club at the weekend.
Simba playing off handicap 17 posted 19 stableford points in the first nine and amassed 22 in the back nine for a total of 41 points. Mukoma settled for the runner-up position on 41 points (21, 20) and D’Souza playing off handicap 12 was the men runner-up 41 points as well (23, 18).
Betty Gacheru playing off handicap 18 was the lady winner on a count back score of 36 points (14, 22) after she beat handicap 27 Flora Wokabi who settled for the runner up position in the category on 36 points (21, 15). canada goose sale canada goose sale