By JAMES WAINDI

Thika’s professional Simon Ngige bounced back from poor show in the last KCB East Africa event held at the Nyanza Golf Club where he finished a disappointing sixth, as he took an early lead at the fourth leg currently going on at the par 72 Royal Nairobi Golf Club.

The player who won the order of merit in the same series in 2010 played an impressive round of seven under par 65 to carry an over-night lead of three shots as his closest challenger, new Professional Golfers of Kenya (PGK) chairman Riz Charania settled for the second position on four under par 68.

Nyanza winner Dismas Indiza, Vet Lab’s Ali Kimani and Nyali’s Kopan Timbe finished the first round joint third on three under par 69.

“I played well today because I have been practicing on this course for the last one week. The course today was playing long, but I managed to hit 80 percent of my ball on the fairway and I was also putting well. I managed 28 putts today,” said Ngige.

The first round winner started with back-to-back birdies on the par five hole two and par four hole three, picked other shots on the par four hole five, par five hole seven and par three hole eight for a first nine score of 33.

In the second nine, Ngige sunk a birdie on the par three hole 13, posted back-to-back eagles on the par five 14^th and par five 15^th, before dropping a shot on the par four 16 for a score of 32.

Charania on the other hand started with a birdie on the par three sixth hole, sunk an eagle on the par five seventh hole, but dropped two shots on the par three eighth hole and par four ninth for a score of 35.

In the second hole, the Windsor player picked a shot on the par four tenth hole, dropped a single shot on the par four 12^th hole, before recovering with birdies on the par three 13^th, par five 14^th and par five 15^th for a score of 33. nike air max 1 nike air max 1

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