THETHY’S CHAIRMAN’S PRIZE TOURNEY REACHES CLIMAX AT ROYAL NAIROBI CLUB WITH MORE THAN 200 PARTICIPANTS
Jatinder Thethy in action during the Club Night.
By DANIELLA APIYO AND AMANDA DAMARIS
A large field of more than 200 players has been drawn to play at the Royal Nairobi Golf Club’s Chairman’s Prize tournament slated for Friday and Saturday at the par 72 golf course.
The tournament that has been organised by outgoing club chairman Jatinder Thethy who has served in the position for a year now will reach its climax tomorrow after a week of activities that started with a juniors tournament on Sunday, then a tree planting ceremony, before a caddies event that attracted 110 caddies and then a tournament for professional players and a club night. Click this link https://a.meridianbet.ke/c/C7pYjz to start gaming and stand a chance of winning big with a meridian bet.
Thethy 49, who started playing golf at the age of 12, will be remembered for several achievements at the club including a heated swimming pool, a dam, and a borehole.
Meanwhile, during the Chairman’s Prize’s pro tournament, Muthaiga pro Greg Snow fired one over par 73 to emerge the winner.
Snow, one of Kenya’s finest pro golfers, shot 36 in the front nine and 37 in the back nine to beat Vet Lab’s Isaiah Otuke by a solitary shot.
Otuke, on his part, fired a 37 in the front nine and repeated the score in the back nine to settle for second position.
On his way up Snow made four birdies in holes 3, 7, 13, and 15 and parred holes 2, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, and 18.
The celebrated Muthaiga pro dropped four shots including the par 4 twelfth where he picked up a double bogey.
Third was home player Hesbon Kutwa with scores of 37 and 39 for a gross total of 4 over par 76. Mohit Mediratta of Sigona came fourth with a gross total of 5 over par 77 returning scores of 39 and 38 on both nines.
Joint fifth with 9 over par 81 were Kopan Timbe and G. Giddie.