Joseph Wanjohi plans to line his putt during the tournament.

By KGG REPORTER

Stan Ngure of Thika golf club shot an impressive 42 stableford points to win the Safaricom Business golf challenge held at the par 72 Thika Golf Course.

The amateur golfer shot 1 par in hole 7 and a couple of bogies for a total of 19 points in the front nine. In the back nine he played even better golf sinking one birdie in hole 16, shot three pars in the tenth, thirteenth and eighteenth for a total of 23 points in the back nine.

The handicap 26 amateur golfer was excited after winning the Safaricom business challenge in a day that saw a large field of 221 amateur golfers take to well-manicured Thika Golf course.

“It was not an easy day but my fourball was great. I had to up my tee shots whne I realized I was not getting the yardage I required for a good score mainly in the first nine” Ngure said.

For the win Ngure took home 10,000 worth of airtime, a Tab and a trophy.

Safaricom Enterprise Business Unit Head Tony Tugee said that Safaricom will continue to sponsor the golf tournament as a measure to engage with its customers as well as further entrench the sport.

“Safaricom is identifying with its customers to understand their needs in various areas be it in Agriculture, Health or business enterprises we are ready to partner to ensure we empower our customers and deliver effective service” he said.

The men winner’s position was Mwariri Nduati playing off handicap 12 with an impressive 41 points taking home 10, 000 worth of airtime Nokia TAB and a trophy. Lady winner was S. M. Patel playing off handicap 20 shot an impressive 39 points to bag 10, 000 worth of airtime a trophy and a Tab.

The men runner up position was picked by John Mureithi playing of handicap 21. He shot 41 points to take home 5000 worth of Safaricom airtime, and a Nokia Lumia phone. Brian Omondi won the junior top honors. Playing off handicap 6 Omondi shot a superb 32 points to take home a tablet and 5000 worth of Safaricom airtime.

R. Kioni playing of handicap 26 shot 38 points to win the guest category.

Cyllus took home a trophy, 5,000 worth of airtime and a tab. Joseph Wanjohi of Safaricom took the staff prize. Playing off handicap 28 he carded 35 points of 22 and 13 in the first and back nine respectively.

The longest driver men position was won by Amon Ngechu taking home 5,000 worth of airtime, and a Samsung Galaxy S6 phone. Eunice Muthemba playing off Handicap 32 won the ladies longest driver to win 5,000 safaricom airtime, and a Samsung Galaxy S6 phone.

Nearest to the pin title was picked by Watson Burugu who also took home 5,000 airtime a trophy and a Nokia Lumia phone from Safaricom. The best effort position went to David Person playing off handicap 25 he shot 12 points 8 and back nine respectively. The next Safaricom Business golf tour will be staged in Karen Golf and country club.

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Junior golfer Kellie Gachaga (left) receives a trophy from Junior Golf Foundation Trustee Christina Andersen at a past event. Gachaga was among the Kenyan juniors in action at Nyali Club.

By KGG REPORTER

The Kenya junior girls and boys teams emerged victorious in their respective categories at the inaugural All Africa Girls Trophy and the Tri-Nations Boys Trophy by massive margins at the picturesque 71-par Nyali Golf & Country Club in the Mombasa county.

The junior girls led from the start winning on a score of 748, (best three scores counting) 40 shots ahead of second place Zambia on 748. In the first round, scores from Kellie Gachage (78), Agnes Nyakio (83)and Naomi Wafula (76) took Kenya ahead by 12 shots. In the second round, Kellie Gachage shot 74 (3-over par), Agnes 81 and Naomi 80 to keep Kenya ahead by a smaller margin. It was the final round of Naomi Wafula 73 (2-over par), Serah Khanyereri 79 and Kellie Gachaga 84 that took them across the line..

The individual prize for the best girl was also won by Kenya, – Naomi Wafula, handicap 2 – with a margin of 7 shots on 229 (76,80,73) 16-over ahead of team mate Kellie Gachage (78,74,84) who tied second with Zambia’s Tina Nawa on 236 (79,75,82) 23-over par.

In the boys Tri-Nations Trophy, defending champions Zimbabwe and holders of this trophy since its inception three years ago suffered a huge defeat at the hands of a home-grown team. Kenya total score after four rounds was 59, a massive 21 shot ahead of Zimbabwe on 38 who played the same team from the past two editions.

The Kenyans, made up of Nyali golfers in the majority – bar one – led from start to finish. In the Singles Matchplay played on Friday, 21 August  Kenya notched up a slender lead of one point over Zimbabwe with 17 points with Nigeria, playing in their first Tri-Nations winning 3 points from Kenya and Zimbabwe.

On the second day, the teams played two rounds of Foursomes Matchplay in the morning – Kenya won all their matches against Zimbabwe and Nigeria taking their total to 29 points, leaving Zimbabwe with much work to do in the afternoon’s Fourball Betterball trailing on 22 points.

With light fading fast, Kenya had to win as many as possible and took valuable points from Zimbabwe. At the end of three rounds, Kenya had 39 points, Zimbabw 29 and Nigeria 4.

The singles strokeplay was the last round, with a maximum of 4 points to be won by each of the six team players. Kenya managed 20 points, Zimbabwe 16 and Nigeria nil.

The Kenya junior boys team members were Adel Balala, Agil Is Haq, Akshay Chandaria (Windsor), Mathew Wahome, Tahir Mohamed, Temi Katemboh, Charles Farrar (Manager). ukoutletsonline ukoutletsonline