Riz Charania takes a walk during a recent golf event.

By DANIELLA APIYO

Windsor Golf Club resident Pro Rizwan Charania shot to the lead of the third leg of KCB Pro-Am golf tour that teed off today at the Par 70 Nyanza Golf club with a superb 3 under par 67.

The Windsor Pro golfer came into this leg rejuvenated and focused to make headways after missing the first two legs. In a day that saw a full house with 36 Pros on the course. Despite the heavy rains that have been pounding the entire country, Nyanza golf course was dry and good for a good golf outing.

“The greens were firm and the course was dry so I had a good outing today. I actually managed to get two bogeys only to have a good start,” said Rizwan Charania.

Charania Managed to card 11 pars, five birdies and two bogeys in a day that saw mixed performance from other pros participating in the four day Pro’s only tournament.

Charania who is the immediate former PGK chairman, was upbeat about the Nyanza tour added: “I look forward to good performance here today I had some difficulties in hole number seven and number fifteen but the rest were ok.”

Dismas Indiza was second with a strong 2 under par 68 in his debut appearance after missing the second leg in Thika. The Mumias resident Pro won the first leg in Royal Nairobi golf club and is looking to retain his order of merit lead in this year’s KCB Pro-Am golf tour.

Leader board after round 1:

Rizwan Charania- 67

Dismas Indiza- 68

Frank Matilo -68

Brian Njoroge-68

Simon Ngige-69

Boniface Simwa-69

John Wangai-71

David Opati-71

Joseph Karanja-71

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Professional Golfers of Kenya (PGK) chairman Riz Charania at the launch of this year’s KCB Tour. The tour action moves to Nyanza club on Tuesday.

By DANIELLA APIYO

The KCB Pro-Am tour third leg tees off on Tuesday at the par 72 Nyanza Golf Club with a field of 36 professional golfers expected to be on the course in Nyanza.

This will be a four-day Pros only tournament followed by a one day amateur Corporate Golf day on Saturday 13^th June 2015. There will be a golf clinic for amateurs on Friday 12^th June to hone their skills in golf courtesy of KCB and the Professional Golfers of Kenya (PGK).

At stake for the pros in this third leg of the 2015 KCB Golf Tour series, will be Sh1 million to be shared by the top 12 pros who will make the second round cut in Kisumu. The winner will take home Ksh 200,000.

Prize money for this year’s series has gone up to Sh1 million per event from last year’s Sh500,000 per event. This brings the total prize money for the pros in the five events to Sh5.7 million.

The KCB 2015 tour has so far seen the tournament hosted in Royal Nairobi Golf club and Thika Golf club. Dismas Indiza won the Royal Nairobi leg while Pro Golfer Greg Snow won the Thika outing.

“We have put everything in order for the Nyanza tour where 36 professional golfers are expected to play for the next four days. There will be two days of the tour where the pros will be making the cut to the final two days,” said Elisha Kasuku the PGK tournament Director.

KCB Group sponsored the top four Pros of the 2014 KCB Pro-Am tour series to play in the South Africa’s Sunshine tour. The four Pros were Dismas Indiza from Mumias Golf Club, John Wangai from Sigona Golf Club, David Wakhu from Royal Nairobi Golf Club and David Odhiambo from Nyanza Golf Club.

“This is the first time in a long time that all Professional golfers in Kenya will converge in one tournament. We have all the members and this is a record performance by PGK to assemble all of us in one tour,” said PGK Captain John Wangai. nike air max 1 nike air max 1