Bipin Gathani tees off during last year's event at the Royal Golf Club.

By KGG CORRESPONDENT

Veteran golfer Jay Sandhu starts favourite as Nairobi hosts the 11th edition of Dasani Golf Gala series this weekend.

Sandhu will team-up with handicap 2 Sylvester Odunga, handicap 3 Josia Kogo and Kasamu Malonza, who plays off handicap 4.

According to Nairobi Royal Club captain Mugambi Murwithania, his members started forming teams as early as March because they anticipated stiff competition considering the many single handicapped players, who will be parading for the extravaganza.

“This is one of the events on the golfing calendar that has elicited a lot of interest in the golfing fraternity. Players are very excited about it and they all look forward to it. The ultimate prize is causing a lot of enthusiasm in the circles and some players are going an extra mile of playing in outside clubs after failing to qualify at their home clubs.”

Murwithainia, who tees off shortly after 1pm will team up with the Dasani team led by the Coca-Cola East Africa general manager Peter Njonjo, Joseph Kahuko and Gerald Kamau. Commenting of the Royal leg, Njonjo predicted a thriller and urged golfers to turn up in big numbers.

“The event has attracted a lot of attention and this makes it more enjoyable as many players come on board. The ultimate prize is an all expenses paid trip to the TOUR Championship at the East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, USA courtesy of Coca Cola,” he said.

The winners will get to play on some of the most prestigious golf course on the PGA Tour including the TPC SugarLoaf and the TPC SawGrass. They will also tour the headquarters of the Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta. The Nairobi Royal event has so far attracted over 150 golfers.

The event has already visited Kiambu, Limuru, Vetlab, Machakos, Muthaiga, Sigona, Thika, Windsor, Nyali and Nakuru.

From Royal the gala moves to the Kenya Railways Club, where members will compete for two qualification slots into the grand finale.

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Wayuwa Mululu follows her tee shot during the Crown Berger Grande Finalle at the Limuru Golf and Country Club last Sunday.

By PHILLIP MWEMBI

Vet labs Robinson Owiti and Wayuwa Mululu are the winners of the just concluded Crown Berger “Greensome” tournament held at the Limuru golf club over the weekend.

Robinson Owiti and Wayuwa Mululu playing off handicap 28 and 10 respectively carded 43 stable ford points to win the grand prize of three nights for two in South Africa courtesy ofpaint manufacture Crown Berger.

The pair started the front nine with two impressive pars on the first two holes and a birdie on the third hole. They followed it up with two more pars, dropped a shot on the 6^th and finished the first nine with three consecutive pars to card 25 points on the front nine.
On the back nine,the pair continued with their good run, getting a par on the 10th.Dropped a shot each on the 11th and 12th and
scratched the 14th hole, they recovered with two pars on the 15th and 16^thdropped a shot on the 17th and finished the last two holes with two pars to get 18 points.

“We were a great team, we complimented each other play, we had trouble in the second nine after we blanked on one hole but the first nine was very good for us” said an elated Robinson Owiti after picking the prize.

Ken Mambo and Joyce Karanja came in second playing 40 stableford points. The pair started the first nine by dropping a shot on the 1st hole, carded two pars on the 2^nd and 3^rd holes. They dropped a single shot each on the 4th and 5^th and recovered with a par on the 6th. They dropped a shot on the 7^th a par on the 8th and finished the first nine with a bogey for a score of 18 points.

At the front nine they dropped a shot on the 10th, birdied on the 11th and 12th and got consecutive pars on the last five holes to take home a prize of three nights for two in Mombasa.

The tournament involved pairs of players who after driving select one ball then play alternative until the ball is in the hole.

The tournament saw over 800 players from all over the country participate in 15 venues where as average of six pairs qualified from each qualifier for a grand final at Limuru Country Club last Saturday.

The venues covered in this competition included Railway, Royal, Nairobi, Karen, Sigona, Muthaiga, Windsor, Limuru, Vet Lab, Thika, Nyeri, Nakuru, Eldoret, Kiambu and Kericho. canada goose outlet canada goose outlet