Johnnie Walker-sponsored Dismas Indiza follows the flight of his shot on Round One of the 2019 Magical Kenya Open Golf Championship.

By DANIELLA APIYO AND AMANDA DAMARIS

Johnnie Walker-sponsored Dismas Indiza started off his 2019 Magical Kenya Open Golf Championship campaign to a flyer, finishing 2-under par 69 to leave him in fifth by the time he left the 18^th green. He started his round from the par-4, 10^th tee with a birdie before following it up with another at the par-5,11^th.

He however struggled to hole consecutive bogeys at the par-5, 12^th, par-4, 13^th and par-3, 14^th holes before holding par on the rest of the holes for a total of 37. He found the groove back on the first nine to play blemish-free to hole birdies on the par-3 4^th, par-5, 6^th and par-4, 7^th holes for a total of 32.

Speaking after the round, Indiza said: “I tried my best to play well since I started with consecutive birdied at the 10^th and the 11^th holes before struggling at the 12^th, 13^th and 14th holes; but I later calmed down and started playing well but it was generally a decent outing for me today and I felt that I don’t have much to improve on going into round two tomorrow.”

Commenting on the course conditions, Indiza said: “The course is in good shape; the fairways are a bit dry, but the greens are in very great shape. It got tricky with the wind in the morning, but I can only sympathize with the afternoon groups when the wind really picks up here.”

Indiza will be teeing off at the first tee tomorrow at 1:00pm alongside India’s Shubhankar Sharma (who finished 3-over par 74) and Spain’s Adri Arnaus (who finished 5-under par 66 to top the leaderboard as of 3:00pm on Round One).

The Mercedes at stake

By DANIELLA APIYO AND AMANDA DAMARIS

In addition to taking home prizes for their placings in the ongoing Kenya Open Golf Championship which ends on Sunday (March 17^th) players have a chance of winning a brand new Mercedes Benz GLC 250 coupe worth over 10 million shillings for the first hole in one on the 14^th hole. The stylish Mercedes SUV has been provided by DT Dobie to add greater excitement and sparkle to Kenya’s premier golf event.

DT Dobie is the sole distributor of Mercedes Benz passenger cars, trucks, buses, Volkswagen cars, light commercial vehicles, GWM Wingle pick-ups and Hyundai trucks in Kenya. The Company is located at Lusaka Road in Nairobi and has branches in Mombasa, Nakuru and Kisumu.