Golfer in action on a putting green during the last Natural Sweetness event held at the Vipingo Ridge Golf Club a fortnight ago. Mumias will host the next leg on Saturday.

By FIDEL ONO

Mumias Golf Club, the home of the Natural Sweetness Golf Series,    will this weekend host three other clubs as some 65 players battle for 12 slots in the third last qualifier of the countrywide series.

With the other remaining events at Nyanza Golf Club and the Royal Nairobi Golf Club to come before the Mumias Sugar-sponsored series finals in Limuru early November, the heat is on for amateur golfers seeking to vie for final places.

“As the home of the Natural Sweetness Golf Series, we are proud to host the 11^th leg here at Mumias Golf Club and as usual, we have fabulous prizes for all handicap categories as well as our guests,” said Pamela Lutta, the MSC Director for Marketing and Corporate Affairs.

Players from Kitale, Kakamega and Eldoret will join  members to contest for 12 slots on offer with local professional, Dismas Indiza,  playing with new Chief Executive, Peter Kebati, just before noon to spice up the event that will tee off at 8.30 a.m.   Pamela Lutta will join the second three-ball at 8.40 a.m. while local captain H. Wafula will hit his first shot at 10.00 a.m.

“We welcome post entries by 9.00 a.m.  to allow for as many golfers as possible to participate  in our home leg of the series,” said Lutta.

The Mumias Sugar-sponsored golf series was launched under the aegis of the   Kenya Golf Union to spread the game of golf across the country with 14 clubs hosting players from a total of over30 clubs.  So far 10 events have been held at various clubs including Vipingo Ridge Golf Resort which hosted the last leg two weeks ago.

“The natural sweetness Golf series has done tremendously well to position our corporate brand as well as our products among key target markets,” said Mumias Sugar Chief Executive, Peter Kebati.

The stroke-play 18-hole event   is open to all Confederation of Golf Unions (CONGU)-handicapped players in the following handicap categories: 1-5, 6-10, 11-15, 16-20, 21-25 and 26-36.  Two players qualify from each handicap category.

The series has already been to various clubs including Kenya Railways Golf Club, Karen Country Club, Thika Sports Club, Limuru Country Club, Sigona Golf Club, Muthaiga Golf Club, Nakuru Golf Club, Kiambu Golf Club, Vetlab Sports Club and Vipingo Ridge Golf Resort.

Royal Nairobi Golf Club and Nyanza Golf Club will host host their qualifiers over the next few weeks paving the way for the grand finale at Limuru Country Club on November 2, 2012. sac michael kors sac michael kors

WELL OUT: Mike Ongom comes out of the bunker at the 18th hole during last weekend’s qualifier at Muthaiga Golf Club. Limuru Club hosts the last qualifier on Saturday.

By FIDEL ONO

Stakes will be raised as a large field of 196 players come together to rub shoulders and seek the last eight remaining slots in the final qualifier of this year’s Dasani Golf Gala at the par 71 Limuru Golf Country and Country Club on Saturday.

After a marathon series that started with the Kiambu qualifier in May, the qualifiers come to an end this weekend with the 18^th leg in Limuru where only eight players from the large field of 196 will book tickets to the Grand Finale slated for September 29 at the Karen Golf and Country Club, making Saturday’s event a must watch. It will certainly be explosive, given the fact that all the players who are keen to qualify for the finale will throw all their ammunition at Limuru to seek the limited slots.

So far, the series has gone through Kiambu, Vet Lab, Thika, Railway, Sigona, Royal, Karen, Nakuru, Machakos, Nakuru, Nyeri, Nyali, Leisure Lodge, Kisii, Eldoret, Muthaiga and Nyanza.

According to Limuru Club’s chairman Yassin Awale, players would be in for a great treat as the course is current lash courtesy of the recent rains, but he has warned that posting more than 4o points would not be an easy feet.

“We are used to hosting many golfers, in fact last weekend we hosted more than 200 players for the KPMG Golf Day so we are happy to have 196 players this weekend as well. The course is currently lash and players will also have a great chance of putting their woes aside when we visit our social able 19^th hole after the event,” said Awale.

He added: “The fairway is tight and roughs are very rough, so players are advised to keep the ball in the fairway if they want to excel. The greens are also pretty fast from my experience during the Club Night on Wednesday.”

This year, the grand prize will see the winning team of four players travel to Dubai to attend the Grand Finale of the European Tour, the DP World Tour Championships at the Jumeirah Golf Estates. While in Dubai, they will also have the opportunity to see Europe’s top 60 money earners on the 2012 Order of Merit battle it out for a 1.3 million winner’s cheque.

In addition, they will play at some of the best golf courses in the region, including the Dubai Creek Course and the challenging Faldo Course at the Emirates Golf Club, a course designed by former world number 1 and six-time major Champion Sir Nick Faldo. maillot de foot 2018 maillot de foot 2018