Thika’s Simon Ngige follows his tee shot during the event.

By FIDEL ONO

First leg champion Simon Ngige of Sports Club, fired his second 67 for a total of six under par total of 134 to take home the top prize of Sh117, 000 in the third leg of the 2014 KCB Golf Tour at the par 70 Nyanza Golf Club course on Saturday.

Ngige, a two times winner of the KCb Tour Order of Merit, played a low and bogey-free three under par in the first nine which included birdies at the fourth, fifth and ninth, made a double bogey at the 11^th, and a single bogey at the 16^th, but picked up birdies at the 12^th, 14^th and 15^th for his second 67. “ I only missed one fairway, and three putted the 11^th, otherwise my game was general fine. I am hitting the ball fairly well at the moment’’ said Ngige who beat long hitting Dismas Indiza from Mumias Golf Club by two shots. Indiza birdied the second, fifth, sixth, eighth and the ninth but also dropped shots at the first, fourth, seventh, bogeyed the 13^th, the same hole he holed in one in the first round, picked up a double bogey at the 16^th for one under par 69. “ I made several three putts which real coasted me the title. Its difficult to predict these greens’’ said Indiza who won the second leg at Royal Nairobi. Also shooting one under 69 was David Wakhu from Royal to finish third on 140. Wakhu birdied the fifth, sixth and eighth and the 11^th and 15^th against bogeys at the second, third, fourth and 10^th. Home pro David Odhiambo and Royal Nairobi’s Hardeep Thethy tied on 141. Odhiambo birdied three holes at the front nine and two at the back nine but also bogeyed the third and 12^th and 18^th  at the back nine.

The Leaderboard;

134 Simon Ngige 67, 67

136 Dismas Indiza 67, 69

140 David Wakhu 71, 69

141 David Odhiambo 73, 68

141 Hardeep Thethy 68, 73

141 Mathew Omondi 71, 70

143 Joseph Karanja 69, 74

144 Njuguna Ngugi 74, 70

145 Riz Charania 71, 74. nike air max cheap wholesale nike air max cheap wholesale

WELL OUT: Kevin Mabele leaves the bunker during today’s action.

By FIDEL ONO

Long hitter Dismas Indiza sunk a hole-in-one at the par three-13th in addition to four birdies, to share the round one lead with Thika Sports Club’s Simon Ngige on three under par 67 during the opening round of the KCB Golf Tour at the par 70 Nyanza Golf Club course today.

He started the first round well, rolling in two birdies at the outward nine where he also dropped a shot at the par three-eighth. “The greens at this time of the year are very difficult and one has to be real careful. I am happy though, I managed to sink in a couple of birdies” said Indiza. He birdied the 10th, hit a “soft” nine-iron at the 13th for his second hole in one as a pro and the third in his career. He added a birdie at the 15th but double-bogeyed the 16th to share the lead with Ngige who birdied the second, sixth, and ninth at the front nine and the 12th, 14th, and 15th but bogeyed the fourth, 10th and 16th. “My game is coming back at least, had a poor outing during the second leg at Royal” said Ngige who won the first leg at Thika Greens. He and Indiza were a shot better than Royal Nairobi’s Hardeep Thethy who had six birdies, made bogeys at the three single bogeys and a double bogey for 68. Royal Nairobi’s Eric Ooko was next on level par 70 while tying on one over par were Richard Ainley, Mathew Omondi, and Riz Charania. The second round gets underway at 6.30am today where the pros will tee off ahead of over 100 amateurs. The pros are playing for Sh500,000 with the winner expected to take home Sh117,000.

The KCB Golf Tour is 8 years old and throughout this time they have continued to receive tremendous support from the professional and amateur golfers . For the professionals, the KCB Golf Tour remains the only local golf tour available to them. The Sh5.7m prize money on offer in 2014 will sufficiently motivate them to play their best through the five legs. cheap air max 2017 cheap air max 2017