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Edoardo Molinari is one of six players with Ryder Cup pedigree competing in the fourth edition of the Avantha Masters next week.

The Italian will be joined at Jaypee Greens Golf Course by his fellow former Ryder Cup stars Ignacio Garrido of Spain, England’s David Howell, Frenchman Thomas Levet, Scotland’s Colin Montgomerie and Welshman Philip Price.

Between them, the six have amassed a total of 31 points in the biennial contest, with Montgomerie contributing most to the European cause with 23.5 points won in eight appearances as a player.

Molinari played under Montgomerie’s captaincy in Wales in 2010, winning one point out of a possible three as Europe survived a final day fight back to defeat the Americans 14½-13½.

The two-time European Tour champion will be making his debut in the Avantha Masters, which will be tri-sanctioned by The European Tour, the Asian Tour and the Professional Golf Tour of India.

He said: “Part of the joy of playing golf for a living is travelling the world and experiencing new countries and different cultures, so I’m really looking forward to playing in the Avantha Masters for the first time next week.

“I have heard that golf is getting bigger in India all the time, so I’m excited about experiencing the atmosphere and hopefully I can give a good account of myself.”

Molinari is one of 50 European Tour winners in the illustrious field, including one former European Number One in Montgomerie and four winners of the Asian Tour Order of Merit: namely Thailand’s Thongchai Jaidee, the Indian duo of Jyoti Randhawa and Jeev Milkha Singh, and China’s Liang Wenchong.

Randhawa and Singh will lead the home challenge in Greater Noida, with Challenge Tour champions Gaganjeet Bhullar and Shiv Kapur and two-time European Tour champion SSP Chowrasia also vying to take home the lion’s share of the €1.8million prize fund.

Delhi’s favourite son Daniel Chopra will also be return to his father’s birthplace to tee up in the Avantha Masters for the first time.

The two-time US PGA Tour champion, who was born in Sweden but raised in India, will be bidding to capture his third professional title on ‘home’ soil, having won the Indian Masters and the Indian PGA Championship in 1994.

Held for the first time at the Greg Norman-designed Jaypee Greens GC, which at 7,347 yards is India’s longest golf course, the Avantha Masters will offer free entry to all spectators. sac michael kors soldes sac michael kors soldes

Limuru Club Chairman Yassin Awale (Left), KLGU Chairperson Dorcas Mbalanya and KLGU Rep Western Dr. Rosemary Obara pose with some of the prizes during the Limuru Ladies Open at the weekend.

By DONALD WELLINGTON

Naomi Wafula, a student of the Rose Naliaka Golf Academy, is this year’s Limuru Ladies Open winner. Playing off a handicap of 4, she managed an impressive score of 75 to take the lead of a field of 103 lady golfers.

She beat veteran golfer Mary Karano of  Vet Lab Sports Club, playing off a handicap of 6, on countback.

Another protégé of Rose Naliaka, Mary Monari claimed the third position playing a gross score of 79 off a handicap of 7. A former Chairperson of Kenya Ladies Golf Union (KLGU) Shaila Mauladad from Muthaiga Golf Club was the Nett Score winner with a score of 83 gross off handicap 15 for a nett score of 68.

Speaking at the event, the KLGU Chairperson, Dorcas Mbalanya thanked Limuru Country Club for the support they showed for all the Golfing ladies from across the country.

“It was great to see such a large turnout of 103 ladies for the open and 60 men for the mixed foursomes that was played in afternoon” she added. She also thanked the Limuru Country Club Chairman, Yassin Awale, for sacrificing the Muthaiga Open to support the ladies.

The Limuru Country Club Lady Captain, Laureen Gibson, thanked the ladies from all over the country for attending the event. She thanked the Club, through it’s Chairman Yassin Awale for sponsoring the event.

“I thank and salute you for standing by your Limuru Sisters and making this day such a success. To the men, this is the largest turnout that I have witnessed in the mixed foursomes. air max pas cher air max pas cher