Golfer Dustin Johnson of the US tees off on the 6th hole during the first round of the Northern Trust golf tournament at the Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA, 19 August 2021. The annual PGA Tour golf tournament runs from 19 August until 22 August 2021. EPA/JUSTIN LANE

By THE BUDDY

SuperSport viewers on DStv can look forward to seeing all the action from the PGA Tour’s BMW Championship at the Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Maryland from Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 August 2021.

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The BMW Championship serves as the second round of the FedEx Cup (featuring 70 players and no midway cut), following on from last week’s Northern Trust tournament. The top 30 FedEX Cup points leaders will then advance into the prestigious Tour Championship, where the FedEx Cup champion will be determined.

Last year’s BMW Championship was won by Spaniard Jon Rahm in dramatic style, as he sunk an incredible 65-foot putt on the 18^th to take victory over Dustin Johnson in a playoff.

“I knew how good DJ has been playing. I was expecting nothing else,” Rahm said. “I was fully confident it was going to come into a playoff and hoping to win it. Never did I think I would make another 50-, 60-footer, a couple of breaks in there, to end up winning it.”

The 2021 event will mark the first time the BMW Championship has been held in Maryland and the second time in four years to be held on the East Coast. Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, just outside of Philadelphia, hosted the 2018 edition.

“This is a terrific recognition of the remarkable golf experience at Caves Valley, and we are confident the golfers will find our course a great test,” said Steve Fader, chairman of Caves Valley Golf Club. “Golf fans will enjoy a terrific fan experience watching the best players compete here in Baltimore. The BMW Championship also will provide a significant economic impact for Baltimore and the surrounding areas.”

Recent past champions of the BMW Championship other than Rahm include Johnson, who has won the tournament in 2010 and 2016, 2019 champion Justin Thomas, 2018 winner Keegan Bradley and Marc Leishman, who claimed the trophy in 2017.

Players at the top of the FedEX Cup standings include Collin Morikawa, Jordan Spieth, Patrick Cantlay, Harris English, Rahm, Abraham Ancer, Bryson DeChambeau, Louis Oosthuizen, Thomas and Sam Burns.

The Caves Valley Golf Club has a 7,226 yard par 71 course. The purse for the BMW Championship is $9.5million.

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PGA Tour BMW Championship broadcast details

All times CAT

Thursday 26 August

16:00: 2nd Feed – LIVE on SuperSport Grandstand

21:00: Day 1 – LIVE on SuperSport Grandstand and SuperSport Golf

Friday 27 August

16:00: 2nd Feed – LIVE on SuperSport Grandstand

21:00: Day 2 – LIVE on SuperSport Golf

Saturday 28 August

14:00: 2nd Feed – LIVE on SuperSport Grandstand

18:00: Day 3 – LIVE on SuperSport Golf

Sunday 29 August

14:00: 2nd Feed – LIVE on SuperSport Grandstand

18:00: Day 4 – LIVE on SuperSport Golf

KGU Chairman Peter Kiguru during Prize giving ceremony at Nakuru Golf Club

By DANIELLA APIYO AND AMANDA DAMARIS

Karen Country Club will be hosting this year’s International pairs grand finale on Saturday. The top three pairs will secure slots to represent Kenya at the World international pairs tournament scheduled for October 26 to 29 at Pinheiros Altos Golf Course in Algarve, Portugal.

Kenya Golf Union (KGU) has successfully held 13 international pairs qualifying rounds so far at different clubs across the country. The top five pairs of each of the qualifiers will now be brought together on Saturday where they will rub shoulders at the Karen Country Club. A total of 65 pairs are expected to participate in the event.

The International Pairs tournament was introduced in Kenya in 2019, where the top three pairs get a fully paid sponsorship to participate in the World finals. During the inaugural 2019 edition, James Kamenchu & Anthony Murage, Michael Karanga & Stephen Kiaro, Bhamra Bilu and Sandhu R. represented the country, where they emerged third in the worldn in their debut outing.

KGU chairman Peter Kigur thanked all the sponsors that came on board, including Lake Nakuru Flamingo Resort and Spa, Windhoek Kenya, K2U Africa and all the golfers that participated in the series for their dedication and generous support.

“We look forward to even a bigger series next year and we do hope that we will get more sponsors to support these events,” said Kiguru.

He added: “International pairs series is Kenya’s most prestigious pairs tournament; indeed, one can argue that it has no equal.”

International Pairs is a worldwide golf competition for amateur club golfers with a recognized golf handicap and is arguably the World’s largest amateur pairs golf competition.

Originating in the UK in 1998 as a golf tournament to celebrate the millennium, International Pairs is now firmly established as a major event in the diaries of many golf clubs and public handicap-registered golfers worldwide.