Amateur golfers from Limuru Club in action during the Tannahill event in April. This year’s Kenya Amateur Strokeplay Championships has been brought forward.

By KENNETH KING

This year’s Kenya Amateur Strokeplay Championships has been brought forward from October 17 and 18 to October 8 to 10, tournament organizers announced yesterday.

According to tournament director Peter Warui, the move has been caused by the fact that Kenya will be hosting the African Amateur Golf Team Championship, towards the end of that month.

Kirui said the event will, however, be held at the par 72 Sigona Golf Club as earlier planned and that it will be played as 72 holes stroke play.

“On Tuesday October 8, the players will play strokeplay over 36 holes in the morning and afternoon, then on Wednesday October 9 they will play 18 holes strokeplay in the morning before playing another 18 hole strokeplay on Thursday, October 10 in the morning,” said Kirui.

He added: “This is a World Amateur Golf Ranking event and the winner will get an automatic slot to play at next year’s Kenya Open golf event in March.” cheap air max 95 cheap air max 95

Greg Snow prepares to tee at a past tournament.

By KENNETH BROWN

Kenya’s Greg Snow today had a bad day in office when he played a round of eight over par 79 to end the third round of the Dubai Creek Open currently being played at the Dubai Creek Golf and Yacht Club, with total of 10 over par 223.

Snow who started well on the first day of the competition which is part of the Mena Tour, where he was joint 11^th on level par, played two over in the second round on Tuesday and Wednesday’s round went from bad to worse as he now enters the final round placed joint 41^st.

Other Kenyans who took part in the tournament which has a prize money of 50, 000 dollars, were Royal’s Hardeep Thethy and Sigona’s Ganeev Giddie, but they both failed to make the cut after the first two rounds.

During today’s round, Snow sunk a birdies on the par four first hole, but had a double bogey on the on the par four second hole, dropped a shot on the par five fourth, par four sixth and par three eight for a first nine score of 39. In the second, the Muthaiga golfer started off well with a birdie on the par five hole 10, but had double bogeys on the par three 14^th and par three 16^th for a score of 40.

England’s Zane Scotland assumed the lead on seven under par 206, while first round leader Trevor Marshal from Wales was second on six under par 207. pandora uk pandora uk