TAKING CHARGE: Greg Snow swings his way to the top of the KCB Regional Tour on the second day of the competition at the Nyali Club.

By ENOCK NGOME

Despite light showers, youngster Greg Snow displayed outstanding golf to make a major come back to jointly lead day two with Anil Shah in the 2011 KCB East African Golf Tour finals at the harsh playing Nyali Golf Club. Greg, who finished 1 over par 72 on day one rolled three birdies to finish 1 under par 70 and a cumulative total of level par 142to triumph the leader board on day two. At the outward nine, he played very safe with birdies on the fifth, eighth and pared the rest. At the inward nine, he dropped a shot each on hole ten and sixteen but managed to sink a birdie on the seventeenth with pars on the other holes. Anil Shah, sunk four birdies to romp home in a joint first position with 1 over par 72 and a cumulative level par 142 on day two that saw 27 golfers make the cut of 13 over. Anil, embarked on the front nine with two pars on the first two holes before dropping a shoton the par three hole three but recovered with a par on the fourth and three consecutive birdies, a par and dropped a shot again on the ninth. At the backnine, he only dropped a shot each on hole fifteen and sixteen but rounded upwith a birdie. Ngugi Njuguna jointly followed with Thika’s Simon Ngige who carded level par 71 and 3 over par 73 respectively for a cumulative 2 over par 144. Day one leader, Riz Charania was relegated to a fifth position after he frolicked home 4 over par 75 and a total of 3 over par 145 to jointly tie with Jacob Okelo. Prolific golfer Deo Akope and Emmanuel Opio were the only two from Uganda to make the cut while Fadhili Nkya was the only Tanzanian to make cut. In addition, Emmanuel Ruterana and Jean Baptiste the only golfers from Rwandaalso made the cut. The KCB regional elites finals event continues tomorrow where the remaining 27 golfers will battle it for the Shs 3 million prize kitty.

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HAPPY TIMES: Tim Alala (left) share some light moment with Gary Player in a past Dasani Golf Gala at the Eldoret Golf Club.

By ENOCK NGOME

The nine-hole Eldoret Golf Club will this weekend host the 15th event on the Dasani Golf Series; in attendance will be members from the host club, Eldoret Golf Club, Kitale Club and Nandi Bears golfers.

Hosted by the Rift Valley Bottlers, this event will give one team, of four golfers, the opportunity to participate in the Dasani Golf Gala Grand Finale to be held on the 27th of August 2011 at the Karen Country Club.

According to the Eldoret Golf Club Captain Joseph Waweru, the club has been experiencing heavy rains in the past weeks but this is not a cause for alarm as the course is manageable even in such harsh conditions.

“Our course is designed in such a way that it does not easily flood. The water is controlled and golfers should expect to have an exciting time,” Waweru said. “River Sosian brings in water from the highlands and since it meanders through the golf club, cutting across several holes, it is both a source of great beauty but also a source for concern in extremely wet and rainy conditions.”

With over 120 golfers registered to participate, competition is expected to be fierce.

The team to watch will be the 2010 Dasani Golf Gala Champions, the team of Willy Samoei, Michael Rotich, Ahmed Ferej and Tim Alala, all of Eldoret Golf Club.

It is this team that eventually represented Kenya at the Gary Player Invitational, presented by Coca-Cola at the Fancourt Golf Resort in George, South Africa. To make it to Atlanta, Georgia as the 2011 Champions, the Samoei, Rotich, Ferej and Alala team will have to dig deep at the qualification round at Eldoret and then brave the tough conditions expected at the Karen Country Club during the Grand Finale.

Captain Waweru will be leading the team of Kamau Watunu, Geoffrey Kitiwa and George Njoroge.

“We call ourselves the Dream Team and we believe we are in very good shape to take the Dasani champions title from Samoei’s team, “says Waweru. “As the representatives of Rift Valley Bottlers, we will do our best to ensure that we make it two wins in a row.”

The first team is expected to tee off at 8am to finish at slightly after 10.30am while the afternoon session will begin a little after 11am and end at 5.30pm.

After Eldoret, the Dasani Golf Gala will visit Nyanza Club and then Kisii Club on the same weekend before culminating at the Grand Finale at Karen. The 2011 Dasani Golf Gala Champions will win a VIP trip to the TOUR Championship, presented by Coca-Cola, the last event on the US PGA Tour and due to be held at the East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. canada goose outlet canada goose outlet