-The tour’s Grand finale slated for December 6, 2024 will feature Golfers from the Country and the East African Region;
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Patrick Mburu G.G Nganga, Ngahu Njoroge, and T.S Channa booked their slots to the grand final after emerging the overall team winners of the 11th leg of the KCB East Africa Golf Tour series played at the Sigona Golf Club on Wednesday.
The team carded a combined score of 113 points to claim the top spot and qualified for the tour’s grand finale slated for December 6, 2024.
They will join other teams from Nairobi, Mombasa, Kakamega, Nandi, Nyeri, Uasin Gishu, Kericho, Nakuru, Kiambu and Burundi who have already booked their slots.
“We are elated to be crowned as the overall team winners of the competitive KCB golf series. The amateur tournament brought together a huge field of golfers from around Nairobi who badly wanted to get an opportunity to represent this club at the grand finale. As winners, we know that we have a huge coming up and we are up for the challenge,” noted Mburu after the win.
Handicap 17 Golfer Pritesh Patel was named the overall Individual winner of the competition after carding 42 stable ford points in the tourney that featured over 150 golfers, beating handicap 22 Men winner Jimmy Muthundo by a two points difference.
Rachel Ndei who plays off handicap 11 returned 38 points to be crowned as the overall lady winner while David Karanja who plays off handicap 29 returned the same points to emerge as the division two winner.
Allan Kirui, handicap 25, also carded 38 stable ford points to claim the staff winner award that saw the regular winner Scola Onsongo dethroned from her crown and handicap 33 Peter Ndichu returned 37 points to be the guest winner.
While Pratik Sangrajka, who plays off handicap 11 was named the second nine winner, handicap 3, Ronak Malde claimed the first nine award with a similar score.
The 24-leg Amateur series is set to traverse twenty Counties in Kenya and four Countries in the East African regions namely Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda and Tanzania in a bid to elevate the Sport to an elite level.
Additionally, the series will headline 3000 participants and 1500 Juniors through the Golf clinics that run concurrently with the tour, underscoring the Bank’s commitment to expand the game.
KCB Bank footprint in sports support in the Country is expansive and cuts across various sports disciplines and has its Sports brand assets that include the KCB Women Volleyball Club, KCB Football Club and KCB Rugby Club besides other sports including Chess, Athletics, and Golf.
The long-standing tradition of sponsoring major sporting events in the Country has seen the Bank pump millions of shillings in sponsorships over the years.
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