Junior golfer Hindocha JNR tees off during the 7th leg of the Barclays Golf Circuit at Sigona Golf Club. Action moves to Nyali tomorrow.

By CORRESPONDENT

The par 71 Nyali Golf and Copuntry Club will on Saturday host the eight leg of the ongoing Barclays Golf Circuit where a field of 160 players is expected to take part.

According to the club’s resident professional Kopan Timbe, players should expect a tough round going by the tough conditions at the course at the moment, but he promised fans a thrilling and memorable round.

“The course is currently playing very tough especially after we prepared it in readiness of Nyali Open nest month. It will be playing long and the rough has not been trimmed so it will be a no go zone for the players,” said Timbe.

He added: “We are currently experiencing rains, so the fairway is in a great condition, but the winds are very strong and the greens are fast.”

The day long event will bring together players from home club Nyali, Leisure Lodge, Vipingo Ridge, Mombasa Club, Malindi Golf Club and Watamu Bay to battle it out for the limited tickets for the Circuit’s grand finale to the held at the Karen Golf and Country Club in February.
Saturday’s event comes two weeks after a successful tour of Sigona where home player Naveed Nanji beat a large field of 209 players to emerge the men winner on 39 points and lead a group of six qualifiers to the grand finale.

The overall winner during the grand finale will land a fully paid golfing tour on the expansive golf courses in South Africa, while the top 20 at the finale will get slots to play at next year’s Barclays Kenya Open Golf Pro Am.
From Nyali, the action will move to Windsor Golf and Country Club on November 23 to be followed with Nyeri Golf Club on November 30. The grand finale will be in Karen Golf Club on February 22. nike air max trainers nike air max trainers

Team Kenya’s Mathew Wahome takes a breath during the regional competition at the Great Rift Valley Lodge yeaterday.

By FIDEL ONO

Hosts Kenya today showed what they are really made off as they rallied to retain the East Africa Challenge Golf title after a thrilling final day at the Great Rift Valley Lodge and Golf Resort as the regional tournament came to an end today.

They beat initial runner-away leaders Uganda in three tough matches for a maximum of eight points, to retain the East Africa Challenge Golf Championship title though by a narrow margin of half a point.

Needing all eight points to win, Kenya’s John Karichu beat Uganda’s Ronald Rugumayo 1-up at the 18th, as Justus Madoya who enjoyed a home crowd posted 3-2 win against Willy Kitata. There after Kenya’s team captain Robinson Owiti beat Daniel Baguma 2-1 to brighten the Kenyans face as Daniel Nduva picked up a point from Burundi’s Karim Gwabe with 7-5 victory before Mathew Wahome beat Ethiopia’s Natanim Sisay 6-4. Adel Balala added one more point with a 6-4 win against Ephrem Gabreselassie. However it was a tough encounter for Kenya’s last player William Odera who at one time was four up against Rwanda’s long serving Leonard Nkurunziza who Odera however managed to over power him at the 16th hole with a 3-2 victory for Kenya’s clean sweep in the final round singles which saw them retain the cup with a total of 19 points, just half a point from Uganda. This was the third back to back victory for Kenya who won in Arusha in 2011 and Burundi in 2012. Uganda who won all the eight points in the foursomes and four ball better ball, managed only three and half for 18.5 as Tanzania settled for third place on 15.5 having also picked up a point from the Ugandas through Nuru Mollel. Rwanda was fourth on 8.5 and playing the event for the first time Ethiopia won three matches and halved one to finish fifth on 7 points with Burundi finishing last with only three and half points.

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