Greg Snow follows his tee shot during this year’s Kenya Open Golf Championships. He has ruled himself out of next week’s KCB Tour Grand Finale

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Muthaiga’s Greg Snow has pulled out of next week’s KCB Golf Tour Grand Finale slated for Leisure Lodge Golf Club between August 7 and 10.

Snow who is currently based in Cartford in the United Kingdom, confirmed this in an exclusive interview with www.kenyagolfguide.co.ke today saying he had a busy schedule as he was preparing for MeNa Tour to be held in Dubai.

The tour has a lucrative prize money of Sh4.3 million (50, 000 dollars) in every event with the eventual tour champions pocketing an extra Sh6.5million (75, 000 dollars).

“I have a busy schedule at the moment and as much as I could have liked to play at the grand finale in Leisure I cant because I am focusing on the MeNa Tour starting in Dubai, then Qatar, Oman and Abu Dhabi all from September 22 to November 13,” said Snow who was among the local players that made the cut during this year’s Kenya Open at Karen Club in February.

This means that Snow would not have participated in any KCB Tour event this year.

He played in the MeNa Tour in Morocco earlier this year and also took part in the German Swiss Challenge Tour.

In Morocco, Snow tied third then tied fourth in the second event to currently secure the fifth position in the Order of Merit of the tour. He, however, missed the cut in the Challenge Tour.

“The top three players in the MeNa tour competition qualify to play in the Qatar Open, Abu Dhabi Championships, Dubai Desert Classic, King Hassan Trophy and all European tour events and that is my target. I know I can make it I am only two positions short at the moment,” the Muthaiga pro said.

He added: “My golf has not been great in recent past, I was a bit off form, but I am working hard on it in preparation of the crucial Middle East events next month.” nike air max homme pas cher nike air max homme pas cher

From left-right Hellen Gatiramu (Junior Golf Foundation Trustee), Francis Okwara (KGU Chairman), Rajeev Mediratta (Lighting Solutions) and Aashit Shah (CEO Kingsway Tyres) during a cheque presentation for the Junior Matchplay Championship at KGU offices in Muthaiga today.

By FIDEL ONO
THIS year’s Kenya Junior Matchplay Championship yesterday received a major boost today when Kingway Tyres Limited presented event organisers, Junior Golf Foundation (JGF) with a cheque of Sh150, 000 for the world amateur golf ranking tournament.
The event will be held at the Sigona Golf Club between August 13 and 16.
“The youth of today need to be given the support and attention to excel in all aspects of their lives. Sporting activities like golf helps to develop the children all-round in becoming better leaders” said Aashit Shah the New CEO of Kingsway Tyres.
He added: “We aim to support JGF this year and in the next few years sponsoring Junior Golf tournaments across the country which will encourage Junior golfers from all Golf clubs to participate and compete.”
Kenya Golf Union (KGU) chairman Francis Okwara lauded the sponsors for their gestures and urged more companies to emulate the effort.
Okwara said the future of golf in the country is through Junior Golf Development and noted that an intensive program of partnership had been started aimed at taking the sport to another level.

“On behalf of the Kenya Golf Union and the Kenya Ladies Golf Union who are parent bodies of Junior Golf Foundation, I would like to thank Kingsway Tyres Ltd for partnering with the Junior Golf Foundation
through the sponsorship of Junior Matchplay Championship to be held at Sigona on 13-16 August 2013.
He added: “In order to actualize our dream, the Union has made it possible for all juniors to access golf facilities by having an annual junior membership of Sh1,000. Through this, we have seen many junior
whose parents are not golfers enrolling for the membership. The membership allows them to access all golf courses in the country by paying a nominal fee of Sh 100.”
Okwara appealed to the Clubs to have a strong junior development base and to partner with schools around their courses so as to demystify the game. maillotdefootpaschers maillotdefootpaschers