By ENOCK NGOME

Handicap 26 golfer Charles Njoroge Kinyanjui topped club night yesterday at the par-70 9-hole Kiambu Golf Club. In the seventh event of the ongoing NIC Bank Golf Series, Kinyanjui posted 20 points in the first nine and 21 points in the second nine to emerge best overall with 41 points on count back.

Samuel Ngara Kabundi playing of 12 managed 41 stableford points but came in second after losing on count back with 21 points on the front nine and 20 points on the back nine. Settling for third place was Col Nathan Kigotho playing off 24, with 38 stableford points.

Handicap 11 golfer Gladys Athiru scored 20 stableford points on the first nine and 18 stableford points on the back nine for a total of 38 points to emerge best lady golfer.

George Maara playing off handicap 5 was the gross winner with 79 points beating John Ngure on count back.

In the first nine Francis Waithaka of handicap 18 emerged best posting 21 points with Peter Njirwa of handicap 20 scoring 20 to be the favorite in the back nine.

The NIC Bank Golf Series now heads to Thika and Nyali in the two last events of the series which began in June with the aim of supporting the local golfing industry and introducing their asset finance services to potential customers. nike air max günstig nike air max günstig

CHAMPIONSHIP COURSE: Lake Benoni Golf Club in Gauteng, South Africa.

By ENOCK NGOME

Lake Benoni Golf Club in Gauteng, South Africa will be the venue for The All Africa Championships this year.

The course is a par 72 and 6572m long from the championship tees, with the difficulty rating in 3 stars out of
5.

According to top amateur golfer Stephan Andersen who has played on the course, the course itself can be set up
to play hard with very hard pin positions due to good bunker placements, because it’s the course’s only defense, because it’s not long, it’s fairly tight of the tee but because it’s not long accuracy in key of the tee and it allows you to have a variety from the tee box.

“Iron play would be a big factor. Greens are narrow and undulating. Greens will be slick and consistent. I think
good preparation will be to play at Muthaiga Golf Club (MGC) because greens will be similar but faster at Lake Benoni Club, but also to vary tee boxes, for example play MGC from the back then from ladies tee and then to vary ladies tee and blue tees,” said Andersen.

He added: “One of the things myself and my coach noticed was that some holes can play 30 to 110m longer just from changing the tee box. The key to shooting good scores is course management, clever shots from the tee to leave yourself with scoring clubs into the greens.

The more pars you make the less bogey’s you will make and the more chances you will have to make birdies.” air max mujer air max mujer