Kenneth Bollo in previous action.

By KGG CORRESPONDENT

International player Kenneth Bollo braved a wet course at the par 73 Kitale Golf Club to emerge the winner of this year’s Trans Nzoia Chapionships at the weekend.

The win means that Bollo, a member of Royal Nairobi Golf Club have won five out of six Golfer Of The Year events this season and puts him a very strong position of winning the coveted title for the first time in his career.

He beat Limuru’s Paul Muchangi on a three-holes play-off after they had tied on a score of 227 after three rounds. In the tensed play-offs, Bollo sunk a birdie on hole 10 as Muchangi managed a par, while on hole 17 Bollo played a par and Muchangi bogeyed, then they both scored pars on hole 18 for the contest to be settled.

In the first round, Bollo playing off handicap +1 had a score of 77, then posted 80 in the second round before carding an impressive 70 in the final round round, while Muchangi had 74 in the first round, 76 in the second round and 77 in the third and final round.

David Saikwa was third on 233 (78, 78, 77), while Phillip Shiharsy finished fourth on 234 (79, 77, 78) and Vet Lab’s Edwin Mudanyi who won the last Winstone Churchil in Thika recently settled for the fifth spot on 235 (79, 77, 79).

“The rain was heavy and the condition of the course was not friendly, however, I am happy that I still managed to recover from first two rounds poor performance and win the tournament. Now I’m shifting my focus to the Victoria Cup and Kenya Amateur Matchplay Championships to be held at Muthaiga and Sigona respectively,” said Bollo. air max 95 air max 95

Uganda top amateur Ronald Otile who is expected to lead the Ugandans against Kenya during the Victoria Cup next month.

By FIDEL ONO

Kenya Golf Union (KGU) administrators are facing a revolt from top amateur players on the mode of selecting the national team.

The top players, currently occupying the top 15 positions in the Golfer Of The Year (GOTY) competition on Tuesday boycotted a qualifying event at the Muthaiga Golf Club meant to pick a team to represent the country at the prestigious Victoria Cup where Kenya will rub shoulders with arch rivals Uganda at the same venue between June 2 and 5.

The players are further furious with the union boss Anthony Muhoro over an article that appeared on a local daily on April 29, where he accused the national team players for performing poorly at international events because they were playing for allowances and not the country.

“We have always been against these qualifying events as criteria for picking the national team. Goty would be the best, or if the union officials don’t recognize the the Goty series then they should scrap it out because the qualifiers have rendered it meaningless,” said a top player who sought anonymity over fears of victimization.

He added: “We had also just come from playing a Goty event at Thika Sports Club, the Winstone Churchill and before we even rest we are told of a qualifying event immediately. Allowances has also been an issue and it must not be linked with loyalty to the country. If we are entitled to allowances, where does the money go to?”

With the boycott of the cream of amateur golf players, the union may be left with a feeble side to face a daring Uganda in the regional competition.

KGU chairman Muhoro could not be reached for comments. cheap air max 97 cheap air max 97