Njuguna Ngugi of Railway Club follows his tee shot today during the first round of the PGK Golf Tour second leg at the Royal Nairobi Golf Club. He has an early lead at the event.

By FIDEL ONO

Kenya Railway Golf Club’s Njuguna Ngugi recovered from the weekend’s disastrous performance in the Rwanda Open in Kigali, to take an early lead in the second of the 2014 KCB Golf Tour at the par 72 Royal Nairobi Golf Club course today.

The long hitting professional who shot 26 over par at the dry Kigali Golf Club course yesterday shot three under par 69 at Royal despite the slow greens to lead by a shot from Mumias Golf Club’s Dismas Indiza, Nicholas Rokoine from Muthaiga and Nyanza Golf Club’s David Odhiambo who all shot two under par 70 in the opening round of the one million shillings event. “Playing here was like playing at Augusta compare to where we were during the weekend. The course at Kigali was terrible, the greens were slow but hard’’ said Ngugi started the round with a bogey at the rather straight par four-first. He however put that bogey behind him, after rolling in an eagle putt at the par five-second which was followed by four birdies, three of them at the back nine.  “I three putted at the ninth and 10^th where I should have made pars easily’’ added Ngugi. Indiza birdied the second, seventh and 15^th and dropped a shot at the fifth while Odhiambo also eagled the second, made birdies at the seventh and 15^th both par fives, but dropped two shots including the first hole and 18^th while Rokoine birdied the second, eighth, ninth and 16^th and bogeyed the 11^th and 14^th.  The three were a shot better than Vet Lab’s Brian Njoroge on one under par 71 and finishing level par 72 was Royal Nairobi’s David Wakhu. A total of 33 professionals turned up at Royal for the first round.  The second round where the top 20 pros will proceed to the last two rounds is on this morning from 8.30am.

The leader board after round 1:

1. Njuguna Ngugi 69

2. Dismas Indiza 70

David Odhiambo 70

Nicholas Rokoine 70

5. Brian Njoroge 71

6. David Wakhu 72

7. Hardeep Thethy 73

Charan Thethy 73

9. Richard Ainley 74

Mathew Omondi 74

Riz Charania 74

John Wangai 74

Frank Matilo 74

Hesbon Kutwa 74. pandora jewelry pandora jewelry

Junior golfer Mary Monari in action recently. She is part of the team to the British Junior Open.

By DONALD WELLINGTON

Kenya’s recent golf bronze medalists from the Youth Olympic Games, Africa qualifier in Botswana in May 2014, Adel Balala (Nyali Golf) and Mary Monari (Rose Naliaka Academy) leave Friday (11 July 2014) for the Junior Open championships 2014, to be held at West Lancashire Golf Club in the United Kingdom.
Founded in 1994, the Junior Open came under The R&A administrative umbrella in 2000. Staged every two years, the event is closely linked to The Open Championship and played on a nearby course. All golfing nations affiliated to The R&A are invited to enter their best under 16 boy and girl golfers on 1 January in the year of the event.

The 54-hole strokeplay will start on Monday 14 July until Wednesday, 16 July after which the juniors will visit The 143rd Open Championships at Royal Liverpool, Hoylake – the most coveted trophy (the Claret Jug) in the game and one of the most iconic in all of sport.
The Junior Open is both a scratch and handicap event – all competitors will play 36 holes with the leading 80 and ties (gross) qualifying to play the third round. Prizes in the regional categories are awarded on the best nett score over 36 holes. In 2012, the field was 123 competitors from 68 nations.
The 15-year old Balala, (handicap 3) is currently a student at Tuks Sports High School in Pretoria, South Africa. He has represented the national golf team from the age of 13 years and is a member of the Kenya junior team since 2013, playing in the Africa Junior Challenge in Mauritius, Zimbabwe and Zambia and the Italian Under 16 golf championships last year.
Mary Monari, just turned 16 years of age, was a member of the victorious national side that defended the biennial Gilberson & Page Trophy at Muthaiga in 2013. Playing off 6 handicap, Mary was also in the winning team of the Lisle Shaw (Inter School Trophy) and the Nancy Millar Trophy at Karen She was placed second in both the Karen Junior Open and the Royal Nairobi Junior Championships last year. She is a Class 8 student at Malezi Academy.
The best boy to represent Kenya is selected at the Annual Boys Championships in August in the year preceeding the Junior Open – the winner of the Under 16 trophy- whilst the girls had a qualifying event at Windsor Golf and Country Club earlier this year.
A once in a lifetime experience, the players will be accompanied by Junior Golf Foundation (JGF) Trustee Christina Engell Andersen as the official delegate/chaperone. Andersen participated in the 2002 Junior Open winning the Africa Trophy. nike air max cheap uk mens nike air max cheap uk mens