By AMANDA DAMARIS

The Kenya Open Golf Limited (KOGL) has today announced a Ksh2 Million sponsorship towards the Professional Golfers of Kenya to support preparations of the Kenyan professional golfers ahead of the 2018 Barclays Kenya Open Golf Championship.

This year’s tournament will see a field of 22 Kenyan golfers go against over 100 international professionals for a total prize kitty of £500,000 (KES. 62.5 Million – the biggest kitty on the European Challenge Tour. Speaking during the cheque hand over at the Muthaiga Golf Club, KOGL Chairman, Mr. Peter Kanyago, expressed the board’s commitment towards improving golf standards in the country.

“At the Kenya Open Golf Limited, we remain deeply committed to ensure that the sport of golf grows, not just among the professional players, but also among the junior players. To this effect, we are sponsoring the Professional Golfers of Kenya to the tune of KShs 2 Million to ensure that they have the best preparations possible. We trust that this will go towards helping the pros prepare adequately and give them a better chance at winning this year’s tournament,” he said.

The deal will also see the Kenyan professionals receive specialized training ahead of the tournament, as part of their preparations.

“As part of the partnership, we will be sponsoring two professionals from South Africa, who have been engaged by the Professional Golfers of Kenya to train the local professionals ahead of this year’s Kenya Open. In addition, there will also be a trainer to help our local Pros work on the nutrition and mental part of the game,” said Mr. Kanyago.

Last year, the Kenya Open Golf Limited organized for two European teaching professionals to come to Kenya to train the local professionals in a bid to enhance their skills ahead of the 2017 tournament. The training lasted three days and covered all the professionals that had qualified for the 2017 Barclays Kenya Open Championship.

Speaking at the same event, Professional Golfers of Kenya Chairman Mr. Charan Thethy thanked KOGL for their generous donation and assistance in the preparations for the Kenya Open and assured them that the money will be put into good use.

“On behalf of the PGK, I want to thank KOGL for this generous donation towards our preparations for the 2018 Kenya Open. This gesture comes at the right time as we are in the middle of the qualifying rounds for the tournament. This money will be put to good use and ensure that our pros as adequately prepared for the Kenya Open as possible,” he said.

The 2018 Kenya Open will be held from the 22^nd to the 25^th of March 2018 at the Muthaiga Golf club; with the final list of Kenyan players scheduled to take part in the tournament being made Public in March after the conclusion of the 5-leg qualification tour that is being conducted by the Professional Golfers of Kenya.

Mr. Kanyago added that the KOGL has received a lot of interest from players across the world and expect to have a better field of players from across the globe.

“So far, we have had over 30 requests from international players who want to take part in this year’s tournament, compared to only 10 requests at a similar time last year. Over the coming weeks, we will announce details of some of the international and local players that will be taking part in this year’s tournament,” he said.

The tournament will be preceded by two Pro-Am events on the 20^th and 21^st of March at the Muthaiga Golf club, that shall be sponsored by the Kenya Open Golf Limited and the Barclays Bank of Kenya respectively.

Ticket prices for this year’s tournament will be KSh. 500 daily and KSh. 1,000 for the season ticket; they are available for purchase at www.ticketsasa.com. cheap air max mens cheap air max mens

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