Railway's John Wangai at a past Tusker Malt event

By ENOCK NGOME

The team of Sammy Ndung’u and Anthony Wachira are the winners of the 9th leg of the Tusker Malt Golf Carnival that took place at Sigona Golf Club over the weekend.

The tournament attracted over 200 amateur golfers who converged at the 18-hole par-71 course to battle it out for top place.

Ndung’u, handicap 13, and Wachira, handicap 21, teamed up well to emerge the day’s best golfers posting 26 on the first nine and 24 points on the second nine for a team score of 50 points.

The score of 50 now puts Ndung’u and Wachira at the top followed closely by the team of Moses Tanui and David Kimutai of Eldoret Golf Club who posted 49 points in the fifth leg of the Tusker Malt Golf Carnival that took place in December 2011.

Coming in second was the duo of Neel Shah and Rachna Patel. Playing off 26 and 33 respectively, Shah and Patel scored 23 points on the front nine and 25 points on the back nine for a team score of 48 points.

Winning on count back was the team of Rajesh Shah and Rimal Sira took third place. Shah and Sira, playing off handicap 20 and 24 respectively, scored 22 points on the first nine and 24 points on the second nine for a cumulative score of 46 points.

The team of Prabhulal C. Shah and Vipin N. Dave played well in the first nine posting 25 points but could not match up shedding off four points in the second nine to register 21 for 46. Shah and Dave settled for fourth place losing on count back to the pair of Shah and Sira.

Handicap 26 Gopal Savani and handicap 16 Anand Radia were fifth managing 20 and 25 for 45. D. G Okello (14) and Dan Owino (12) scooped the guest price with an unchanged score of 21 points in the first and second nine for a total of 42 points.

The Tusker Malt Golf Carnival has so far been to the Railway Golf Club, Machakos Golf Club, Njoro, Kiambu, Eldoret, Nyanza, Limuru and Muthaiga. The carnival is scheduled to visit 30 golf clubs and engage some 10, 000 golfers from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda in a regional tour aimed at promoting bonding and friendship, the brand value of Tusker Malt.

The challenge now heads to VetLab Sports Club on February 4 with Malindi Golf Club scheduled to host the 11th leg on February 8. michael kors tasche jet set michael kors tasche jet set

Stefan Andersen in a past action

By ENOCK NGOME

Six birdies and three bogies, saw Kenya’s professional Stefan Anderson play three under, 69 in the second round of the Gujarat Kensville Challenge in Ahmedabad India and in the process finished the day tied 19th as the rest of the scores still trickled in.

The player who turned pro late last year moved 45 places up and is poised to earn his first professional win.

Meanwhile, spurred by the sensational final round of nine-under 63 at the Asian Tour Final Qualifying in Cha Am, Thailand, last week, India’s Rahil Gangjee continued his fine touch as he fired a fourunder par 68 to take a onestroke lead at the end of the opening round of the Gujarat Kensville Challenge in Ahmedabad on Thursday.

Delhi golfer Shiv Kapur, too, started his campaign on a high. He shot a bogey-free three under 69 and joined Gary Lockerby (England) and Dodge Kemmer (USA) for the tied second position.

Manav Jaini ensured India’s dominance as he recovered to score 70 to be placed tied fifth with six golfers.

Defending champion Gaganjeet Bhullar managed one-under 71 and is sharing the 12th position with Chiragh Kumar, Ranjit Singh and others.

Gangjee hogged the limelight last week at Cha Am where he finished tied second and earned an Asian Tour card for a year. On Thursday, at the Kensville Golf and Country Club, he shone again with a brilliant round, strewn with seven birdies. The three bogeys on the back nine came as a spoiler.

“It was good to follow a nineunder last week with a fourunder today. Before starting the round, I told myself to keep the basics in place and I am happy to perform to my expectation,” he said.

Gangjee made his intentions clear on the second hole, sinking a 15-footer birdie putt. He propelled to four-under after front nine with birdies coming on third, sixth and seventh holes.

He continued the birdie blitz with two more on 10th and 12th, before conceding bogeys on the next two holes.

On 13th, he misjudged his putt while on 14th, his second shot sank into water. The Kolkata pro staged a recovery with a birdie on 15th, holing his longest putt of the day from 20 feet.

But the eventful round had a forgettable end as Gangjee dropped a shot on the closing hole, missing a par putt from eight feet.

“It was a good start overall and I will try to maintain the momentum tomorrow,” said Gangjee.

While Gangjee was keeping the clubhouse abuzz with his bridie spree throughout the day, his old friend Kapur was not far behind. The Delhi golfer was even par after the first 10 holes but he turned his fortunes around with birdies on 11th, 13th and 14th holes.

“I am feeling good after a bogey-free round as I have not played competitive golf in a month,” said Kapur. michael kors tasche sale michael kors tasche sale