Former Boston Marathon winner Moses Tanui tee off at the Eldoret Golf Club at a past tournamnet.

By  CORRESPONDENT

Over 100 golfers will this weekend be converging at the 18 hole Eldoret Golf Club for the second leg of the Barclays Golf Circuit. The Eldoret tournament follows the successful premier of the circuit series in Limuru two weeks ago where Kirumba Mukuria playing off handicap 16 demolished a large field of 208 players to emerge the overall winner.

Two-time Boston marathon winner Moses Tanui will be counting on his combo of athletics, military and golfing talents to lead the Eldoret team in defending their home turf. The handicap 21 Tanui will be joined by the Eldoret golf Club Chairman John Barorot and 24 Eldoret Club members.

While speaking ahead of the highly anticipated Saturday’s action, Eldoret Golf Club Captain John Barorot said: “The course is in a fantastic condition thanks to our green keeper who has been working tirelessly to get the course into shape for the Barclays event. Our members are ready to defend the home turf.

Commenting on the tourney, Barclays Head of Compliance Banking Laban Omangi said “Just like we did in Limuru we be going for the team trophy, our colleagues from Eldoret will advise us on how to tackle the tree laden course”

“This is a tournament that will be very competitive and I am certain that every player will be aiming for the top prize – which is to claim a slot to play at the 2014 Barclays Kenya Open Pro Am.”

The Barclays sponsored tourney aims at supporting the development of the game of golf in Kenya, as well as raising funds that go towards supporting charitable initiatives that enhance the livelihoods of communities through financial literacy, enterprise skills and life skills.

At total of 25 clubs will be participating in the countrywide tourney including with fifteen of them hosting the circuit rounds. The hosting clubs include; Eldoret Club, Vet Lab Sports Club, Nyeri Club, Machakos Golf Club, Nakuru Golf Club, Nyanza Club ,Thika Golf Club, Sigona, Nyali, Windsor, Nyeri, Royal Nairobi, Karen County Club an, Muthaiga  Golf Club.

  michael kors sac a main michael kors sac a main

South Africa’s Hennie du Plessis (far right) poses with the rest of the junior players after he was crowned the Kenya Junior Champion at Muthaiga Golf Club on Thursday.

By FIDEL ONO

South Africa’s Hennie du Plessis put on a master class from tee to green at Muthaiga Golf Club in Nairobi to claim a commanding victory at this year’s Kenya Junior Championship on Thursday sponsored by Crown Paints.

Although the 16-year-old golfer from Polokwane dropped four shots in the last three holes of the final round, his fourth successive 70 was good enough to secure a 17-shot victory in the prestigious Kenya Junior Golf Foundation event.

Du Plessis finished on a winning total of four-under-par 284 with the country’s top ranked junior, Daniel Nduva, second on 297 after carding a closing 78.

Although Nduva had taken the first round lead with an opening 68, but Du Plessis joined the defending champion in the lead at the 36-hole mark. The pair were nine shots clear of the field and it looked like a two-man race to the end, but the much expected feud failed to ensue when the defending champion practically gifted Du Plessis the title with a third round 79.

The victory comes on the back of a great run of form for South Africa’s number two ranked junior, who claimed runner-up finishes in two prestigious junior events and a tie for fourth at the Limpopo Open in July.

“I really enjoyed my experience here at Muthaiga,” Du Plessis said. “Everyone made us feel very welcome here and I have to thank Taufiq (Balala) and everyone at the Kenyan Junior Golf Foundation, as well as the greenkeeper and staff at Muthaiga for giving us a fantastic course and a great tournament.

“I would also like to thank Crown Paints Kenya for giving the country’s junior golfers and players the chance to compete in this event. It was an awesome experience for me and I am thrilled with the victory.”

The Limpopo golfer hopes to carry his form into the Kenya Golf Union’s Kabete Open this weekend. The 54-hole tournament that is part of the Kenya Golfer of the Year series and will be played at the Vet Club in Kabete.

“The Kabete Open also carries world ranking points, so I decided to play and see how I measure up against the older, more experienced amateurs. I’m not sure yet if I will stay to play the Kenya Junior Match Play next week, but it could be interesting to see if I can win the double.”

The Kenya Junior Match Play from 13-16 August recently received a three-year sponsorship endorsement from Kingsway Tyres Limited.

sac michael kors soldes sac michael kors soldes