Kengen CEO Eddie Njoroge follows his tee at a past Tusker Malt Golf Series event. Sigona hosts the latest action on Saturday.

By DISMAS ONYANGO

The ninth event in the ongoing Tusker Malt Golf Carnival tees off this weekend at the 18-hole par 71 Sigona Golf Club.

Over 200 golfers have been drawn from host Sigona as well as from Nairobi and Kikuyu area and are expected to participate in the weekend tournament. The golfers will be battling for top spot in the challenge that has incorporated the internationally recognized format of play, The Four Ball Better Ball. This format of play presents its challenges but so far it has attracted huge fields of amateur golfers who manage to score highly.

Club Captain Kamal Shah expresses confidence in the condition of the course but warns that the greens might not be easily navigable during the Saturday event.

“We expect the greens to be slick and fast; definitely not making it easy for the players. Last week our top amateurs of Kenya played the course during the Sigona Bowl and found it quite challenging!” says Captain Shah.

Morning action begins at 7.30am with the afternoon tee off scheduled for 2pm to end slightly before 6pm. “Given the huge field expected we plan to begin early in order to wrap up in good time, “says Captain Shah.

Top contenders for this challenge include handicap 2 John Ndichu, handicap 6 and Vice Chairman of Sigona Club Michael Njoroge as well as handicap 8 Parit Mehta.

Others expected to give fellow golfers a run for their money are Nitin “Jogoo” Shah (8) and former captain Amit Sodha. Captain Shah says golfers can expect an exciting tournament citing improved course conditions as well as favorable weather conditions. . “We are honored to have the tusker malt series at Sigona, the members are extremely excited and I hope guests will love the experience at Sigona, on and off the course, “ he says

The tenth leg of the Tusker Malt Golf Carnival which began in September last year will take place at Vetlab Sports Club before moving to the Nyali Golf and Country Club in February.  So far, eight events have been held at the Kenya Railways, Machakos, Njoro, Kiambu, Eldoret, Nyanza, Limuru and Muthaiga golf clubs.

The carnival is scheduled to visit 30 golf clubs and engage some 10, 000 golfers from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda in a regional tour aimed at promoting bonding and friendship, the brand value of Tusker Malt. canada goose frauen canada goose frauen

Professional Golfers of Kenya chairman Charan Thethy recives a cheque for the Tour

By ENOCK NGOME

Kenya’s professional golfers will begin the 2012 series on a high after Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) announced a KSH 9,000,000 sponsorship on Tuesday morning. This will mark the 6th edition of the series which was initiated back in 2007 with Kenya Commercial Bank as the main tournament sponsor.  The golf series is scheduled to run for a period of 7 months with the finals set for August 2012.
The sponsorship will support the activities of the 2012 season. According to the bank’s marketing and communications director Angela Mwirigi, KCB is aimed at promoting the sport across the country in order to improve the country’s tourism sector by making Kenya a destination for golf tourism.
“Our objective is to continue to grow this championship to a level of attracting top regional and continental golfers to Kenya hence promoting the country as a golf tourism destination,” she said.
The 2012 sponsorship has increased by KSH 300,000 therefore increasing the total from last year’s 8.7 Million to  KSH 9,000,000 this year.
KSH 6.4 million of the total money has been set aside for prize money that will be divided among the 6 tours scheduled for the series while 2.6 million will be used on tournament’s  administration process. A bonus amount of KSH 200,000 is also inclusive in the budget. This will be awarded to the best placed professional in the KCB order of merit.
On the same note, the captain of the professional golfers of Kenya (PGK) Rizwan Charani praised the series for helping in exposing the involved golfers to different weather conditions across the country throughout the series thus hardening their skills.
“A professional golfer should have the ability to play under any kind of weather conditions and that is exactly the chance that the KCB East Africa tour has really offered our players,” stated Charani.
Mwirigi also urged other sponsors to take up individual golfers so as to promote their golf passion in to a career they can pursue. canada goose deutschland canada goose deutschland