MAARUFU MOHAMED-GOLFNEWSLINKS;
Kenyan Juniors Chanelle Wangari and Andrew Wahome has won the Congaree Global Initiative Scholarship (CGGI) which is an immersive collegiate preparatory program tailored to high school students from the U.S. and abroad with ambitions to play golf at the collegiate level.
According to a press release yesterday and signed by the Kenya’s Junior Golf foundation (JGF) Hon. Secretary Rachel Chebukati, the two junior duos who are both members of JGF won the two scholarship slots out of the forty-eight (48) available awards globally and the selected participants will be invited to attend an all-expense paid, and a one-week summer session at Congaree.
“A hearty congratulations to Chanelle and Andrew for this great achievement. We wish them every success in the program,”said Chebukati.
She pointed out that the two Juniors who have represented Kenya in the National Junior Golf Team will go through the program designed to provide CGGI participants with the highest level of golf coaching,Academic counselling, mentorship and ongoing support to enhance their opportunities for success when applying to college.
“The majority of CGGI participants in the first four classes received golf scholarship offers from accredited four-year colleges and universities and 95% enrolled in college,”noted Chebukati.
She said JGF through the Kenya Golf Union (KGU), received an invitation in September 2022 to nominate players to the 2023 Congaree Global Golf Initiative (CGGI).
Chebuati said JGF issued a call to members to submit applications for consideration to the program and Sixteen (16) entries were received where Six (6) entries which met the requirements were submitted to the Congaree Foundation.
She pointed out JGF is committed to the development of Junior golf in Kenya and college Golf is an important pathway that remains key to transitioning a Junior Golfer to a top Amateur or Professional Golfer.
“JGF shall continue to identify opportunities in Colleges and Universities and share such
Opportunities to our members,”said Chebukati.
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