A LARGE FIELD OF 220 PLAYERS HAVE BEEN ATTRACTED AS ROYAL HOSTS THE FINAL LEG OF TUSKER MALT GOLF CARNIVAL
FINAL STRECH: Nyanza Club Captain Tobia See chips the ball in a past event.
By DISMAS ONYANGO
The century-old Royal Nairobi Golf Club is hosting the final leg of the Tusker Malt Golf Carnival today. A field of 220 players has been drawn in the four ballbetter ball format series.
TheCaptain Darshan Mistry says the key to highscores is to keep the ball in play and to be positive and confident around thegreens. “The course is recovering well from a long dry spell. Thefairways are running hence helping high handicaps to hit the ball further butconversely any errant drives will also tend to go further off line making thesecond shot tougher. This also means that staying on the fairways paysdividends as lies in the rough can be pot luck. The greens are recoveringfrom deep hollow tining and a recent further light top dressing,”adds Captain Mistry.
Amongthe single- figure handicappers are J. Kogo handicap 5, J. Sandu handicap 1 andQ. Bhatti handicap 5. The Captain says that from his draw he expects highscores. “Being a Four Ball Better BallCompetition, one expects the winners to score over 46 points. Hence it’stough to predict who will have a good chance. It also depends on how theteams have combined; you need a combination of a low handicap as the anchor tosecure you pars as much as possible and a high handicapper who can takeadvantage of his strokes but needs to be on form ,” CaptainMistry adds.
The captain warns that there are subtle breaks in many greensespecially where the pin is mounted near the front which can cause havoc withputting.
TheTusker malt Golf series which kicked off at the Kenya Railway Golf Club onSeptember 22, 2011 aimed to give extensive and professional experience toamateur golfers and to the highest degree advance their expertise as golfers.The Carnivore has visited 13 golf courses all over the country and has seenover 2000 golfers participating.
Speakingon last weekend’s tournament at the Karen Country Club, Tusker BrandManager Wanyi Mwaura said that golf in Kenya needs to grow.
“Wedesire to make golf a popular game and boost the levels of professionalism inthe courses. We want to see more Kenyan pros in the international scene and seethem win and be recognized, Wanyi said.
TheGrand Finale of the Tusker Malt Carnival will be held in April 2011 at theMuthaiga Golf club. The top contenders for the top prize are looking forward tothe Muthaiga as the winners of the Tusker malt Golf Carnival are expected towin an overseas golf trip to South Africa. canada goose jacke herren canada goose jacke herren