CJ Wangai in action today.

By DANIELLA APIYO

PGK captain Charles John Wangai is optimistic of putting up a good show and finishing top ten when the KCB Karen Masters gets underway in 17 days’ time.

The golfer has been having early morning training at Sigona Golf club in readiness for the big event. He believes the Karen Country club course will play a major factor in determining who wins the continental outing.

“Playing sufficiently will be vital in this outing, if you aren’t careful in the front nine you may end up burning out in the back nine, I will also be visiting the course at Karen to understand the technicalities of playing there later in March”, said Wangai.

The golfer says he will play target golf at the KCB Karen Masters.  Karen Country club embarked on greens reconstruction in April last year. Each of the greens has taken about 3 months from excavation, preparation, seeding to opening. The last green will be opened on the first week of March 2017 with KCB Karen Masters acting as the grand opening of the new course.

Golfers will have difficulty at holes No. 6 and 12. Hole no. 6 is the longest Par 4 at 472 yards and it’s Stroke Index 1. It has trees and a bush on both the right & left side and one is playing against the wind.

Hole No. 12 is a Par 4 and has a dam on the left side of the fairway and out of bounds on the right.

Most players have their first shot landing in the water. Karen Country club signature hole is the 14^th boasting of two water features; one between the tee and green and the other on the left of the green.

22 local pros will face international Pros during the March outing aiming to grab major victories. cheap nike air max 95 trainers cheap nike air max 95 trainers

Greg Snow in action during last year’s Kenya Open Golf Championships.

By AMANDA DAMARIS

The die has been cast. Local professionals who will represent the country at this year’s Barclays Kenya Open Golf Championships are now known after the competition of the third and final leg of the ‘Race to 2017 Kenya pro-golf series held at the par 71 Muthaiga Golf Club.
Home player Greg Snow reigned supreme in the final leg of the series, winning by a comfortable margin after sinking two birdies on the final day and emerged the overall winner of the three series on a total of 105.5 points.
The other legs of the series were held in Sigona and Vet Lab. In the Sigona qualifier, Snow picked 32 points, before securing 37.5 points at Vet Lab and his feat at Muthaiga earned him a further 36 points.
Vet Lab’s Mathew Omondi is second in the series on 97 points, while Golf Park’s Jacob Okello is third on 95.5 points and David Wakhu of Royal Nairobi Golf Club is fourth on 93 points.
According to Okello who is also the Professional Golfers of Kenya (PGK) chairman, the top 18 in the series automatically qualify for the Open to be staged at Muthaiga Golf Course from March 23 to 26. The four players who made the cut at last year’s Open, Dismas Indiza, Brian Njoroge, Simon Ngige and Stefan Andersen have wild cards and complete the slot of 22 professionals awarded to Kenya pros by the tournament organisers.
However, the tie of 18th placed Richard Ainley and Anil Shah is likely to give PGK a headache on maintaining the required 22 as the number is now at 23. Ainley and Anil both amassed 71.5 points after the three qualifying series.
“We are having a meeting with Kenya Open Golf Limited officials next week to request for one more slot so that we can accommodate the two tied pros. We will then release the final list of professionals to feature in the Open,” said Okello.
Series performance:
Greg Snow                             105.5
Mathew Omondi                 97
Jacob Okello                         95.5
David Wakhu                       93
C.J. Wangai                          91
N. M. Ngugi                          89.5
David Odhiambo                88.5
Nicholas Rokoine               87
Justus Madoyo                   86
Kopan Timbe                      86
Boniface Simwa                  85
Nelson Simwa                    83
Riz Charania                      79
David Opati                       76.5
Nelson Mudanyi               76
J. W. Karanja                    73.5
Tony Omuli                       72.5
Anil Shah                           71.5
Richard Ainley                 71.5 pandora charms sale uk pandora charms sale uk