SWEET VICTORY: Sam Gakiria (left) receives the overall winner's prize of a return air ticket for two to Zanzibar, after he reigned supreme at Muthaiga Golf Club on Saturday.

By ENOCK NGOME

Home player Sam Gakiria defeated a large field of about 198 players to emerge the overall winner of the Kenya Airways Golf Safari at the Muthaiga Golf Club on Sunday.

Gakiria playing off handicap 14 amassed a total of 38 points (16, 22) to beat his closest challengers on count back and in the process scooped the overall winner’s prize of a return air ticket of two to Zanzibar.

David Mwita playing off handicap 17 was the men winner on 38 points (17, 21), while handicap 12 David Ngugi finished as the men runner-up on 38 points (17, 21) and veteran Kumar Dhall playing off handicap two finished in the third position also with 38 points (18, 20).

Stellah Macharia playing off handicap 18 won the ladies prize with a score of 35 points (16, 19), while 10 years old Mutahi Kagwe playing off handicap 28 registered the best score of the day to lift the junior prize. Kagwe played a round of 41 points (20, 21).

Evans Vitisia won the gross prize on 75 gross while handicap 16 Larry Ngala was the guest winner on 35 points (16, 19).

Meanwhile, Philip Shiharsy beat a large field of seasoned North Rift golfers to emerge the winner of the Safaricom Business Golf Challenge seventh qualifying round at the par 73 Kitale Golf Club over the weekend.

The event, which attracted a total of 100 golfers from Eldoret and Kitale, saw Philip return a gross score of 71 points and a net score of 41 points to qualify for the grand finale scheduled for April at Vipingo Ridge Golf
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By ENOCK NGOME

Haki Sehmi is the winner of the annual KenGen Golf Day played at the Sigona Golf Club over the weekend. The handicap-11 golfer, was on top form posting scores of 19 stable ford points on the opening nine ad 21 points on the closing nine for a total of 40 points.

Sehmi opened his scoring with back to back pars through the first four holes, before dropping a shot on the long par-three fifth and another on the dogleg left seventh, the toughest hole on the golf course.

On the closing nine, Sehmi upped his game, dropping just two strokes on the par-3 11th, which now boasts a beautiful water feature to the front and to the right of the undulating green.

Speaking after his round, Sehmi said his swing was now back. “I have had some swing problems in the last few weeks, but now I am hitting the ball better and hence my score,” Sehmi said. “I hope I will be able to defend this victory next year.”

Speaking at the prize giving ceremony, KenGen CEO Eddy Njoroge said that sports was a deliberate agenda at KenGen. “Unfortunately, at KenGen we cannot sample our product to our clients! Nevertheless, these kind of sports sponsorships allow us to interact with our clients and they give us an opportunity to give back to the community that works with us, that consumes our product,” Njoroge commented. “KenGen is making every effort to produce energy more efficiently and in a manner that is friendly to the environment.”

Bhachu Singh, playing off handicap-15 was the day’s runner up with 39 points. Singh returned scores of 19 and 20 stable ford points to lose out by a single stroke.

Majur Shah was third with 38 points whilst Jane Njau was the lady winner with 36 points. The prizes for the first and second nine went to Akif Butt and Mohamed Samji whilst the longest drive for men wen to Ritesh Shah who unleashed a massive 320-yard drive down the middle of the fairway on the par-4 16th hole.

The nearest to the pin prize went to John Ndichu who missed a hole-in-one by a whisker on the uphill par-3 third hole.

The staff winner was KenGen’s Sammy Ndungu on 33 points, winning by one-point over Bethwel Ogwanjo. John Odhiambo was the guest winner with 34 points whilst Peter Musango was the runner up with 33 points. Sigona’s Meer Dhanani was the Junior winner with an excellent 38-points. michael kors tasche michael kors tasche