-The tournaments will feature professional and elite amateur male and female golfers, drawn from across East Africa, West Africa and South Africa’s Big Easy Tour.
-The Sunshine Development Tour-East Africa Swing officially launched in March 2025 as part of the Sunshine Tour’s expansion into Kenya and the East African region.
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A total prize purse of Ksh. 2 million per event will be up for grabs as the Sunshine Development Tour- East Africa Swing resumes in August with a highly anticipated double-header in Kenya’s coastal region.
The Tour will stage its third leg from August 4 th to 6 th, 2025, at the Nyali Golf & Country Club in Mombasa county.
It will then be followed by the fourth leg from August 9 th to 11 th August, 2025 the at the Diamonds Leisure Beach & Golf Resort course, South Coast of Mombasa in Kwale county.
Each event will be played over three rounds and will offer Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) points and World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) points, reinforcing the Tour’s role as an exclusive pathway to global golfing opportunities in East Africa.
The tournaments will feature professional and elite amateur male and female golfers, drawn from across East Africa, West Africa, and South Africa’s Big Easy Tour.
Commenting on the upcoming events, Sunshine Development Tour East Africa Swing Promoter Charles Gacheru said, “We are excited to take the Sunshine Development Tour-East Africa Swing to the Coast Region. Both Nyali and Leisure are top-rated championship golf courses and playing at the Kenyan Coast provides players with a totally different experience and challenge. The Tour isn’t just about prize money, it is more importantly about offering players a clearly defined pathway to the global world of golf. This is the only Tour in East Africa that provides a structured and defined pathway to events such as the Olympic Games, “said Gacheru.
He pointed out that the Sunshine Development Tour is the only golf tour in East Africa offering OWGR points which are a mandatory requirement for Olympic qualification and provide a clear route into one of the world’s top golf tours, the Sunshine Tour.
“Members of the Sunshine Development Tour here in East Africa have access to playing opportunities on the Big Easy Tour in South Africa, limited invite slots into the Sunshine Tour and the Sunshine Ladies Tour, and at the end of the season, our members will have the opportunity to compete for Sunshine Tour cards.This Tour has already enabled Dismas Indiza to move over 2,000 positions on the Official World Golf Ranking, and we believe that after the Coast leg, Indiza, Njoroge Kibugu, and John Lejirma will be close to breaking into the top 1,000 in the world, a first for our country,” said Gacheru.
Dismas Indiza currently leads the Sunshine Development Tour Order of Merit with 280.35 points, followed by Njoroge Kibugu with 275.78 points, and John Lejirma with 255 points.
Other notable players expected to feature include Rwanda’s Celestin Nsanzuwera, Uganda’s Ronald Rugumayo, Tanzania’s Nuru Mollel, and Nigeria’s Sunday Abimbola.
The women’s field will be led by Naom Wafula of Vipingo Ridge Golf Resort, who recently turned professional.
Wafula is expected to be among the top lady golfers in both tournaments as she continues her transition into the professional ranks.
The Sunshine Development Tour-East Africa Swing officially launched in March 2025 as part of the Sunshine Tour’s expansion into Kenya and the East African region.
It is designed to provide consistent, high-caliber tournaments aligned with Sunshine Tour standards, helping local and regional players accumulate Sunshine Development Tour points, OWGR points, and WAGR points while gaining visibility on the international stage.
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