By CYNTHIA OMBATI
A total of 36 local professionals tee off on Tuesday morning at the par 71 Muthaiga Golf Club for the second edition of the Jamii Telcom PGK Master Golf Competition.
The 72-hole competition is expected to polish up the local pros ahead of next week’s Premier golf event Kenya Open that will take place at the same venue.
Stiff competition is expected at the event where a lucrative prize money of Sh1million is on offer and all the top 12 players after the fourth round will walk away with something.
“We are looking forward to have a fantastic tournament in the next four days. We are supporting sports because we want to create opportunities for our sportsmen and I am challenging other corporate companies to come forward and support the sport because it can be used to promote tourism,” said Jamii Telcom CEO Joshua Chepkwony.
He added: “We knew that for us to improve the golf levels in the country, we must increase incentives and that is what we have done in the second edition. We also plan to invite our clients for a corporate event on Friday.”
This year, the winner will pocket Sh300, 000, while the runner-up will go home with Sh200, 000 and the third placed player will earn Sh150, 000. All the top 12 will get cash prices.
Charan Thethy, the Professional Golfers of Kenya (PGK) chairman said: “This will be a fantastic build-up for the local professionals ahead of the Kenya Open to be played at the same venue next week. In golf the more you compete the more you play better and we are proud to have formed a partnership with JTL.” michael kors tasche blau michael kors tasche blau

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