By AMANDA DAMARIS

Muthaiga Golf Club’s Greg Snow maintained his excellent form at the Thika Greens leg of the Safari Tour Golf series to post a final round score of 2-under par 70, to win the tournament with a total of 5-under par 283.

Snow played a decent first nine, sinking a birdie at the Par-5 second to make good for the dropped shot at the Par-4 seventh. On the back nine, he found birdies on the Par-4 10^th, Par-5 13^th and Par-4 15^th; only dropping a shot at the Par-4 12^th.

Speaking after being crowned overall champion at the tournament, Snow said: “I am very pleased with my performance this week; the course has been tough, and the conditions have been very difficult with the wind picking up; making this the most testing leg on the Safari Tour so far. I started off with a slow start but picked up form along the way and I am delighted to have attained this milestone.”

Greg extended his overall lead on the Road to the 2019 Kenya Open ranking; having picked up maximum points over the last three Safari Tour events. For his efforts, Indiza took home Ksh 150,000.

Long-hitting Dismas Indiza returned an equall-impressive score of 2-under par 70 for a tournament total of 1-under par 287 to finish second overall. He started his final round with consecutive birdies at the Par-4 first and Par-5 second; only dropping one shot on the first nine at the Par-5 fourth. On the back nine, he found birdies at the Par-4 12^th and Par-5 18^th with his only dropped shot here coming at the par-4 16^th.

Speaking after the round, Indiza said: “The course has been decent, though long leading to a lot of player fatigue; but overall it has been a very good outing for me. I would say that the Safari Tour Golf series has been helpful to us as Kenyan Pros as I can confidently say that out form, individually and collectively, is improving tournament to tournament, I however need to work on my game to improve my chances of winning a Safari Tour event.”

For his efforts, Indiza took home Ksh 100,000.

Meanwhile, the Professional Golfers of Kenya Captian, CJ Wangai, returned an excellent final round score of 3-under par 69 (the best for the round) for a tournament total of Level-par 288; tied for third place, overall, alongside Njuguna Ngugi and Simon Ngige. For clunching third place at the tournament, Wangai, Ngugi and Ngige all took home Ksh 55,625.

Speaking after the round, CJ Wangai said: “I think we stand a better chance of having a Kenyan winning the 2019 Kenya Open as a result of the experience that we have all gotten through the Safari Tour. The Tour is keeping us busy – like never before, making the Pros go back to the range to work hard on our form; we therefore stand a better chance of challenging the top players from around the world who come to Kenya for the Kenya Open.”

Action resumes next year with two Safari Tour events planned to take place, before the Kenya Open, at Muthaiga Golf Club and at the Karen Country Club.

Safari Tour Calendar 2018/19:

Event 1 – Nyali Golf & CC – 18 – 22 August (DONE)

Event 2 – Vet Lab SC – 1 – 5 Sept (DONE)

Event 3 – Limuru Country Club – 27 – 31 October (DONE)

Event 4 – Thika Greens- 14 – 19 December (DONE)

Event 5 – Karen Country Club – TBC

Event 6 – Muthaiga Golf Club -TBC

 

Total Prize Money per event: KES 1 Million.

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