WELL OUT: Joseph Kahuko during the Dasani Golf Gala at Sigona Golf Club. He was the guest winner.

Four teams from the Sigona Golf Club have qualified for the Dasani Golf Gala Grand Finale. The team of Jimmy Ndenderu, Ngigi Mondo, Karanja David and Chris Muraya were the best team on the day with a good team score of 117 stable-ford points. Muraya, a handicap-16 golfer anchored his team to victory with an impressive score of 41 points. Ndenderu added 39-pionts to the team’s tally and Mondo wrapped up the score with Mondo 37-points. The team’s weakest link was Karanja who suffered on the hills of Sigona managing to score a measly 26 points.

Speaking after the prize giving that saw the winners walk away with amazing prizes courtesy of Dasani, Muraya said that the secret to their performance was having a clear understanding of the course an advantage the team earned from consistent practices. “We have been practicing and this has made my team consistent on the course,” an elated Muraya said. “We now have an opportunity to participate in the Grand Finale and hopefully win the VIP trip to Atlanta, that is exciting.”

The team of Haki Sehmi, Chet Mukherjee, Vicky Chawla and Sachin Patel finished second with a team score of 109 points. Sehmi was in top form and led the team with a magnificent 40  points while Patel contributed 37 points. Mukherjee a handicap-10 player posted 32 points whilst Chawla claimed the weakest link title with a descent 31 points. The team of Kamal Sehni, Sunny Syan, Rajesh Matharu and Ted Macharia finished third with 107 points to book their place in the Grand Finale. Matharu was the team anchor with 37 points, Syan contributed 36 points and Macharia added 34 points. Sehni could not find his form scoring only 29 points and the title of “weakest link” was duly his!

The final team to go through to the Gala’s Finale was that of Paresh Shah, Tajesh Shah and Ashok Sanghani with a team score of 106 points. Although the fourth member of this team did not show up for the competition, the rules of the Dasani Golf Gala allow teams of three to compete with all their scores going towards the team score. Under the rules, this team now has the opportunity to nominate a fourth member for the Grand Finale.

The individual prizes went to Ronak Malde on 41 points followed by Mela Dhanjal who netted an impressive 38 points. The guest winner was Limuru’s Joseph Kahuko on 31 points.

The Dasani Golf Gala now moves to Thika Sports Club where teams drawn from Ruiru and Thika will compete for 2 slots to the Dasani Golf Gala Grand Finale. Over 200 golfers are expected to compete at the 18-hole golf course in pineapple country.

The winning team in the Dasani Golf Gala wins an all expense paid trip to the TOUR Championship, presented by Coca-Cola, at the East Lake Golf Course in Atlanta, Georgia. The TOUR Championship is the last event of the US-PGA Tour and only the top 30 golf professionals in the world are invited to compete. The VIP winners will also play on the Tour’s top golf courses including the TPC SugarLoaf and the TPC SawGrass in Florida. The winners will also get a tour of the home Coca-Cola in Atlanta, Georgia. canada goose kinder canada goose kinder

WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH: Kenya's James Lorum relaxes on one of the greens during the third round of the KCB Golf Tour in Kigali.

By JAPHETH KAGONDU in Kigali

Despite light showers, going to the course yesterday morning had a lot of promises. With Greg Snow in the lead, it was clear that the promising youngster meant nothing but business when he upheld his lead on day three (Friday) after he yielded 4 under par 68 for cumulative total of 9 under par 207 in the on-going KCB Rwanda Open.

Greg, who is now well acquainted with the Kigali Golf Club showed great resilience when he sunk birdies on the second, fourth, and seventh to ninth to produce 5 under par 30 on the inward nine. However, at the inward nine he dropped two shots each at holes thirteen and eighteenth but recovered well with birdies on the twelfth and fifteenth to round up 1 over par 38 for a total of 4 under par 68.

Adrenaline was high between his compatriot Dismas Indiza after he fired five birdies to profit 3 under par 69 and a collective total of 6 under par 210 rising from third position on day two to second position in the fifth round of the KCB East African Golf Tour. Day one leader Ali Kimani was relegated to third position after his putting failed him leading him to finish at level par and a three -day total of 4 under par 212. The stage is now set for a stiff challenge on the last day after Nakuru’s left-hander Richard Ainley sunk seven birdies to reap the best score of the day of 5 under par 67 and a total of 1 under 215 to secure himself a joint-fourth position on the leader board with Rwanda’s Emmanuel Ruterana. South Africa based Anil Shah who has been very consistent with 73,73 and 71 for a total of 1 over 217 romped home on sixth position while Brian Njoroge came seventh with 2 over par 218. Rwanda’s John Baptiste also resisted the tough challenge to fly the Rwandan flag at position eight on the leader board.

Today, during the final round, the professionals from the region will be joined by armatures in the final round of the KCB Rwanda Open staged at the scenic and only golf course in Kigali, Rwanda.

Meanwhile, in a rare gesture of social responsibility, the elite golfers joined KCB Bank Rwanda staff in visiting patients and donating over 800,000 Rwanda francs to Kibagabaga Hospital (Government Hospital). The funds will be used to purchase medical supplies and assist the government to help pay medical bills for the poor.

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