Mathew Wahome putt at the 14th green at Karen Golf Club today.

By DONALD WELLINGTON

Teenager Mathew Wahome, the Nyali Golf Club elite amateur junior golfer is the leading Kenyan at the 2016 Barclays Kenya Open.
At the time of going to press, Wahome and Dismas Indiza had completed their first round with an impressive score of 3-under par 69; and were joint tired in 8th place behind clubhouse leaders Swede Sebastian Soderberg and Frenchman Adrien Saddier on 5-under par and Swede Steven Jeppesen on 4-under par.
Wahome started his round on the 10th tee and made two quick birdies on the par-4 10th and par-4 12th. However, he dropped shots on the easy and short par-3 14th and the long and challenging par-3 16th to finish the back nine on level gross 36. On the first tee, he found the right rough and a quick bogey followed, however the young man from Mombasa quickly corrected his boat and made three birdies in a row from the 2nd to 4th holes. He followed that with a string of pars and closed the round with a birdie on the par-4 9 th and an impressive score of 3-under par 69.
Wahome will tee off just after noon on Friday for his second and crucial round. nike air max womens nike air max womens

Kenya Open Director Kathleen Kihanya reacts to her putt during the Coca-Cola Pro Am at Karen Golf and Country Club.

By DANIELLA APIYO

The team made up of French professional golfer Edouard Dubois and Kenyan amateur golfer Patrick Nduati are the winners of the 2016 Coca-Cola Pro-Am at the Barclays Kenya Open.

The Dubois/Nduati partnership returned an impressive score of nine-under par 63 to pocket Sh 67, 500 (Euros 600) for Dubois and a golf prize for Nduati. Played in the Better Ball Format, the team score is from the combined effort of each team member.

Four teams were tied in second place with a score of eight-under par 64; they included the team of Swede professional golfer Gabriel Axell and Maurice Gitari, the team of Kenyan professional Riz Charania and Waweru Thuku, the team of Swiss professional golfer Benjamin Rusch and Humphrey Maina and the team of Swede Pontus Widegren and KOGL Chairman Peter Kanyago. The professional golfers in these teams bagged Sh 40, 000 (Euros 350) each.

Three other teams were tied in sixth place with a score of seven-under par 65 including the team of Italian professional golfer Lorenzo Gagli and Peter Harris, Kenya professional golfer Brian Njoroge and Daniel Mwambu and South African professional golfer Jacques Blaauw and George Kiraithe. The professional golfers in these team earned Sh9,500 (Euros 83.33) each.

The 48^th edition of the Barclays Kenya Open will tee off tomorrow and run through to Sunday the 20^th of March, 2016. nike air max womens nike air max womens