Mumias-Sugar’s Dismas Indiza in action at the Karen Country Club leg of the Safari Tour Golf Series. He is currently second going into the final round.

By DANIELLA APIYO AND AMANDA DAMARIS

Greg Snow returned a decent 1-under par 70 score on round three of the Karen Country Club leg of the Safari Tour Golf Series taking his tournament total to 3-under par 210 to extend his lead at the top by three strokes. On the first nine, he carded a total of 36 courtesy of a lone bogey at the par-3, fourth; and having held par on the rest of the holes.

On the back nine, he carded a total of 34 courtesy of birdies on the par-5, 12^th, the par-4, 13^th and the par-4, 17^th with his only bogey coming at the end of his round at the par-4, 18^th. He has now played under-par for the three rounds; a feat he only attained at the Muthaiga Golf Club leg of the Safari Tour Golf Series when he registered under-par scores across the four rounds.

Dismas Indiza continued with his steady form to return a 1-under par 70 score on round three to take his total for the tournament to level-par 213. This leaves him firmly in second-place; four strokes ahead of his nearest challenger. On the first nine, he carded a total of 35 with consecutive birdies on the par-5, sixth and the par-4, seventh which cancelled out dropped shots at the par-4, eighth and the par-4, ninth.

On the back nine, he started off hot with consecutive birdies on the par-4, 10^th, the par-5, 11^th and the par-5, 12^th before dropping shots at the par-4, 13^th and the par-4, 15^th. He holed a birdie on the par-4, 17^th before following it up with a bogey on the last hole.

Speaking after the round, Indiza said he was happy with his performance for the day, adding that he is looking forward to finishing off the season with a flourish tomorrow.

“I am happy with my performance today; it has been a steady three rounds and I now focus my attention to tomorrow’s round which is the last on the 2018/2019 Safari Tour season. I will give it my all to see if I can reduce the gap to Snow at the top,” he said.

Windsor Golf and Country Club’s Rizwan Charania returned a decent score of 1-over par 73 to take his total for the tournament to 4-over par 217; leaving him in tied for third alongside Nyali Golf and Country Club’s elite amateur, Daniel Nduva.

On the first nine, he started off with a birdie at the first, before holing a bogey at the par-3, fourth and later a birdie at the par-5, sixth for a total of 34. It is on the back nine that he struggled with form to card a total of 39. On his part, Nduva carded a decent 34 on the first nine but struggled on the back nine for a total of 41 to take his total for the day to 4-over 75.

Meanwhile, the race for the final three qualification spots to the 2019 Magical Kenya Open Golf Championship has intensified with five players battling it out. The five include Ooko Obura (currently at +5 for the tournament) Justus Madoya (currently at +6 for the tournament) Jeff Kubwa (currently at +7 for the tournament), Ugandan Phillip Kasozi (Currently at +9) and Jacob Okello (Currently at +10).

Action for the final round of the Karen Country Club leg of the Safari Tour Golf Series tees off tomorrow at 7am. The tournament is sponsored by Magical Kenya and Barclays Bank of Kenya.

Muthaiga’s Greg Snow follows his shot at the Karen Country Club leg of the Safari Tour Golf Series.

By DANIELLA APIYO AND AMANDA DAMARIS

Muthaiga Golf Club’s Greg Snow continued with his steady performance at the Karen Country Club leg of the Safari Tour Golf Series to remain top of the leaderboard going into the final two rounds. He returned a decent level-par 71 in today’s round to take his total for the tournament to 2-under par 140.

On the first nine, he impressed to record a total of 32 having played bogey-free, and picking up birdies on the par-3, fourth, the par-5, sixth and the par-4, ninth. It is on the back nine where he struggled with a double-bogey on the par-4, 13^th, followed by a bogey on the par-3 14^th and another at the par-4, 18^th. He however holed a solo birdie on the par-5, 12^th for a total of 39.

On his part, Nyali Golf and Country Club’s elite amateur, Daniel Nduva (handicap +2) who is also the 2018 Kenya Amateur Match Play Champion, sustained his impressive form at the Karen leg of the Safari Tour to return a respectable score of 1-over par 72; to take his total for the tournament to level-par 142 – enough to leave him in second.

On the first nine, he carded a total of 35 having dropped a shot at the par-4, third before holing a birdie at the par-4, seventh; and having held par on the rest of the holes. On the back nine, he carded a total of 37 having holed a birdie on the par-5, 11^th but dropping shots at the par-5, 12^th and on the par-4, 15^th.

Speaking after the round, Nduva said: “My round today was okay although I do not think it was the best. I haven’t been hitting my irons as well as I should, and I feel that has contributed to today’s performance. Going into the final two rounds, I will work on my tee shots with the view of hitting the fairways more for better scores at this tournament.”

Meanwhile, Mumias Sugar’s Dismas Indiza returned an impressive 2-under 69 score to post the lowest score of the day and to end the round tied for third alongside Kenya Air Force Golf Club’s Kevin Mabele with a tournament total score of 1-over par 143. He had finished tied for 16^th after the first round of the tournament.

On the first nine, he carded a total of 34 with consecutive birdies at the par-4, eighth and the par-4 ninth cancelling out a lone bogey at the par-4, first; having held par on the rest of the holes. On the back nine, he carded a total of 35 with birdies on the par-4, 10^th, par-5, 12^th and the par-4, 18^th cancelling out dropped shots at the par-5, 11^th and the par-3, 16^th.

A total of 25 players made the cut – which was today set at 10-over par – among them being elite amateurs Edwin Mudanyi (handicap +1) from Vet Lab, Nyali Golf and Country Club’s Daniel Nduva (handicap +2), Vet Lab’s Mike Kisia (handicap +1), Railways Golf Club’s Samuel Njoroge (handicap +2) and South-African-based Matthew Wahome. Eight of the nine Kenyan Pros who have qualified to play at this year’s Magical Kenya Open made the Cut, with Vet Lab’s Nelson Simwa being the exception.

The Karen Country Club leg of the Safari Tour series will offer three more players, outside the nine Pros and six amateurs who have already qualified to play at the 2019 Magical Kenya Open Golf Championship, qualification slots into this year’s tournament. Jacob Okello, Justus Madoya, David Odhiambo and Ugandan Philip Kasozi are all in the hunt for the final three slots which are available.

Action for Round Three of the Karen Country Club leg of the Safari Tour Golf Series tees off tomorrow at 8:00am. The tournament is sponsored by Magical Kenya and Barclays Bank of Kenya.