By FIDEL ONO

For the first time, only four amateur players will represent the country at this year’s Kenya Open Golf Championships to be held at the par 72 Karen Golf and Country Club between March 17 and 20.

The decision was made by Kenya Golf Union (KGU) this week and will see foreigners take the other two slots to make the six amateurs for the Premier golfing event.

The foreigners are Ronald Otile from Uganda and Romaine Langasque from France.

The local amateurs will be led by national golf team captain Kenneth Bollo of Royal Nairobi Golf Club, reigning golfer of the year John Karichu and John Kariuki from Limuru and Nyali’s Mathew Wahome.

Karichu qualified for the Open by virtue of being the Golfer Of The Year 2015 champion while Bollo is the current leader in this year’s GOTY series and Kariuki is the current amateur strokeplay championship. The South Africa based Wahome was included in the Open list because he is the top junior in the country. He won the GOTY in the Junior series last year.
Usually, the GOTY champion, amateur strokeplay and matchplay champions qualify for the Open. Last year’s Matchplay champion is Kericho’s William Odera who however could not be included the in Karen-bound team as he is currently under suspension from his club hence his slot was offered to the Uganda Open champion Otile.
For an amateur to play in the Kenya Open, he must be playing off scratch or better. And like the professionals, the amateurs must make the second round cut to continue playing in the last two rounds. cheap air max cheap air max

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