The Mercedes at stake

By DANIELLA APIYO AND AMANDA DAMARIS

In addition to taking home prizes for their placings in the ongoing Kenya Open Golf Championship which ends on Sunday (March 17^th) players have a chance of winning a brand new Mercedes Benz GLC 250 coupe worth over 10 million shillings for the first hole in one on the 14^th hole. The stylish Mercedes SUV has been provided by DT Dobie to add greater excitement and sparkle to Kenya’s premier golf event.

DT Dobie is the sole distributor of Mercedes Benz passenger cars, trucks, buses, Volkswagen cars, light commercial vehicles, GWM Wingle pick-ups and Hyundai trucks in Kenya. The Company is located at Lusaka Road in Nairobi and has branches in Mombasa, Nakuru and Kisumu.

Renato Paratore from the Castelgandolfo Golf Club, at the 2019 Magical Kenya Open Pro-Am tournament in Karen. Renato led his team to victory.

By DANIELLA APIYO AND AMANDA DAMARIS

Italy’s Renato Paratore from the Castelgandolfo Golf Club, led his team to victory at the 2019 Magical Kenya Open PRO-AM tournament that was held at the Karen Country Club on Wedensday. His team returned a combined score of 92 to carry the day.

His team’s efforts were enough to fend off the challenge posed by the team led by France’s Clément Sordet which returned a combined score of 88 on the day, to finish second. Their tally was just enough to leave a two-point lead ahead of the team led by South Africa’s Haydn Porteous, which included the Kenya Open Golf Limited chairman Peter Kanyago, which returned a total of 86, to finish third.

Great Rift Valley Lodge and Golf Resort’s Justus Madoya was the best placed Kenyan, leading his team which included Kenya Golf Union’s Vice chairman Anthony Murage for a combined score of 83, to place them 10th. They were tied on points, and separated on count back, with the teams led by Uganda’s Philip Kasozi, the 2016 Kenya Open winner Sebastian Soderberg and the 2018/19 Safari Tour winner Greg Snow, whose team finished in 13th place.

The tournament, which attracted a field of over 126 golfers, was played under the course layout that will be played during the 2019 Magical Kenya Open Golf Championship, giving the pros an opportunity to acclimatize to the course ahead of the tournament tomorrow.

Attention now shifts to the main tournament, which gets underway tomorrow at 7:20am with 144 players including 14 Kenya Pros, and six elite amateurs, taking to the course. Tickets for the tournament can be purchased via the website www.kenyaopen.golf.