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By DANIELLA APIYO AND AMANDA DAMARIS

SuperSport viewers on DStv can look forward to seeing all the action from the WGC-Mexico Championship at The Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Florida from 25 to 28 February 2021.

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The WGC-Mexico is one of four annual World Golf Championship events – it is usually held at the Club de Golf Chapultepec just outside Mexico City, but logistical challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic have forced a move to The Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Florida.

“The PGA Tour is grateful for its continued partnership with Grupo Salinas as we navigate the unique challenges created by the pandemic,” said Ty Votaw, PGA Tour Executive Vice President, International. “While we work toward returning to Mexico in 2022, we are appreciative of the collective effort to bring this event to a worthy venue in The Concession Golf Club, which is renowned as one of the top courses in the state of Florida.”

Club de Golf Chapultepec hosted the World Golf Championships four times, with Dustin Johnson (2017, 2019), Phil Mickelson (2018) and Patrick Reed (2020) winning. The narrow, tree-lined course is also known for being the highest-altitude course on the PGA Tour.

WGC-Mexico’s new venue is named for one of the greatest acts of sportsmanship in the game’s history. The club was designed by Jack Nicklaus in association with fellow World Golf Hall of Famer Tony Jacklin. Nicklaus conceded a two-foot putt to Jacklin on the final hole of the 1969 Ryder Cup.
The gesture, known as “the concession”, guaranteed the first tie in Ryder Cup history. The United States still retained the Cup with the tie, but it would have won the Cup outright if Jacklin, who’d won that year’s Open Championship, missed the short putt.

“I don’t believe you would have missed that, but I’d never give you the opportunity in these circumstances,” Jacklin recalled Nicklaus telling him.

All eyes will be on a potential showdown between two of the world’s best players, Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson, with the pair having had an epic battle in the 2019 edition of the WGC-Mexico.

“If they both play their best golf, I think Rory beats him,” former pro golfer Brandel Chamblee explained. “Rory won majors by eight. DJ at this point in his career is winning tournaments by wide margins. I think it is very close. I’d love to see Rory play his best golf.

“How many times have they gone head to head? WGC Mexico, DJ got the better of him. I remember seeing Rory shortly after that and he said when you run into someone playing that type of golf and you’re not playing as well you just can’t beat him.”

Other players to watch include the likes of defending WGC-Mexico champion Patrick Reed, Brooks Koepka, Bubba Watson, Jon Rahm and South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen.

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WGC-Mexico broadcast details

Thursday 25 February

20:00: Day 1 – LIVE on SuperSport Golf

Friday 26 February

20:00: Day 2 – LIVE on SuperSport Golf

Saturday 27 February

19:00: Day 3 – LIVE on SuperSport Golf

Sunday 28 February

19:00: Day 4 – LIVE on SuperSport Golf

Winner Dismas Indiza poses at Karen Country Club today.

By DANIELLA APIYO AND AMANDA DAMARIS

Kenya’s Dismas Indiza beat Zimbabwe’s Robson Chinhoi in a sudden death play-off after tying in the three-hole play-off, to clinch the final leg of the nine-events 2021 Safari Tour title at the Karen Country Club course on Wednesday.

Before the play off, Indiza and Chinhoi had tied with a tournament score of 14 under par 270, with Indiza having fired five under par 66 in the final round where Chinhoi shot two under par 69. For the long hitter Indiza, it was his birdie at the 17th hole to tie with Chinhoi, brought him back to the hunt for the top prize of Sh375,000 as the Zimbabwean parred the hole and at the 18th, for the two to go to the three hole play- off.

Earlier Indiza had birdied the second, sixth, and seventh, and at the 11th and 12th, and despite dropping the shot at the 14th his last birdie (17th) made all the difference. “I was not really worried about winning or losing this event. My aim was to get the pace for the Magical Kenya Open, and after the four rounds I think I am ready for the Open’’ said Indiza after the play-off.

Chinhoi on the other hand said playing in the Safari Tour had changed his game altogether and that he was also ready with the Magical Kenya Open. “I am hitting the ball very well though today’s game was not just an ordinary round. I felt a bit of pressure which is very normal in this game, but when all said and done, I am still very happy with my performance. I am also happy with Indiza who is a very experience player and he played well throughout the week but more or so today’’ said Chinhoi

Dismas Indiza receiving a dummy cheque after winning the latest Safari Golf Tour at Karen Club.

But back to the first three holes of play off, Chinhoi drove to the uppron on the usual 10th hole at Karen chipped well to birdie the hole with Indiza getting a par. The two then parred the second hole, but Indiza drove onto the green in the third hole where he won the hole with a par as Chinhoi chipped shot of the par to drop a shot, hence the sudden death hole where Indiza chipped from the left of the green to about a foot while the Zimbabwe missed, co concede the hole, giving Indiza his much needed victory after losing in another play off at Muthaiga Golf Club two weeks ago.

While Indiza took top prize plus 75 points towards the Order of Merit, Chinhoi, a winner of three Safari Tour events including the Uganda Open, pocketed Sh250,000 and 71 points in the Order of Merit. Meanwhile Thika Sports Club’s Simon Ngige shot one under par 70 to finish third with an all rounds total of eight under par 276. In his round, Ngige made four birdies and dropped two shots for the day. In fourth place was Nigeria’s Andrew Odoh who also shot one under par 70 for a total of five under par 279. Odoh got 64 points which pushed him to second place among the foreign players in the Order of Merit hence

he has qualified for the Magical Kenya Open along with Chinhoi. The third slot among the foreign players is likely to go one of the two Ugandas Deo Akope or Philip Kasozi.

The final leader board:

Dismas Indiza 270 (67, 69, 65, 66)

Robson Chinhoi (Zim) 270 (67, 69, 65, 69)

Simon Ngige 276 (69, 71, 66, 70)

Andrew Odoh (Nig) 279 (66, 70, 73, 70)

Visitor Mapwanya(Zim) 280 (68, 73, 70, 69)

David Wakhu 283 (69, 72, 72, 70)

John Wangai 285 (68, 72, 69, 76)

Riz Charania 286 (69, 73, 71, 73)