Jatinder Thethy in action during the Club Night.

By DANIELLA APIYO AND AMANDA DAMARIS

A large field of more than 200 players has been drawn to play at the Royal Nairobi Golf Club’s Chairman’s Prize tournament slated for Friday and Saturday at the par 72 golf course.

The tournament that has been organised by outgoing club chairman Jatinder Thethy who has served in the position for a year now will reach its climax tomorrow after a week of activities that started with a juniors tournament on Sunday, then a tree planting ceremony, before a caddies event that attracted 110 caddies and then a tournament for professional players and a club night. Click this link https://a.meridianbet.ke/c/C7pYjz to start gaming and stand a chance of winning big with a meridian bet.

Thethy 49, who started playing golf at the age of 12, will be remembered for several achievements at the club including a heated swimming pool, a dam, and a borehole.

Meanwhile, during the Chairman’s Prize’s pro tournament, Muthaiga pro Greg Snow fired one over par 73 to emerge the winner.

Snow, one of Kenya’s finest pro golfers, shot 36 in the front nine and 37 in the back nine to beat Vet Lab’s Isaiah Otuke by a solitary shot.

Otuke, on his part, fired a 37 in the front nine and repeated the score in the back nine to settle for second position.

On his way up Snow made four birdies in holes 3, 7, 13, and 15 and parred holes 2, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, and 18.

The celebrated Muthaiga pro dropped four shots including the par 4 twelfth where he picked up a double bogey.

Third was home player Hesbon Kutwa with scores of 37 and 39 for a gross total of 4 over par 76. Mohit Mediratta of Sigona came fourth with a gross total of 5 over par 77 returning scores of 39 and 38 on both nines.

Joint fifth with 9 over par 81 were Kopan Timbe and G. Giddie.

KCB Bank Kenya Corporate Banking Director John Okullo (Left) awards Caroline Nyarandi the winner of the 15th leg of the KCB East Africa Golf Tour in Nyali, Mombasa on November 4, 2023.

By DANIELLA APIYO AND AMANDA DAMARIS

The penultimate leg of the KCB East Africa Golf Tour will be held at the 9-hole Nandi Bears Course this coming Saturday as top amateur golfers converge for a competitive outing.

Winny Cheruiyot, Jacob Keino, John Mitei, and Boaz Sugut will be the first four-ball to swing into action at 7 am in the morning before the subsequent groups take on the tough course.

The top two teams will get an opportunity to participate in the tour’s grand finale slated for December 15 at the Karen Country Club, joining 14 other teams that have already secured their places in the much-awaited event.

Nandi Bears Club Captain Isaac Kuto said: “The KCB East Africa Golf Tour offers a platform for golfers from this region to compete against top players from other clubs. We have kept our greens well and the ambiance here provides an excellent environment for a round of golf. I am expecting a huge turnout on Saturday and looking forward to awarding the winners at the end of the tourney.”

The latest entries to book slots in the grand finale are William Kaguta, Edwin Kiptoo, Caroline Nyarandi, Raajkamal Dhanjal, Detan Ondieki, Wilson Rading, Peter Umara, and Joan Kimani who qualified during the 15^th leg of the tour at the Nyali Club a week ago.

“Since we launched the KCB East Africa Golf Tour in April, it has been a huge success. We have reached so many participants as well as nurtured budding talent through the clinics that run concurrently with the series. As we approach the end of this year’s edition, we urge golfers to sign up for the Nandi edition to battle for the slots remaining for the grand finale showpiece,” noted KCB Group Director Marketing and Communication Rosalind Gichuru.

KCB golf series has so far reached over 1500 participants and over 800 juniors and ladies through the clinics that run concurrently with the tournament.

On Sunday, juniors and ladies will take part in the golf clinic before the tree-planting exercise at the same venue that is geared toward environmental conservation efforts.